diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e33d1ef..293c80d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 CRUXVERSION       = 2.5
 COLLECTIONS       = core opt xorg
 KERNEL_MIRROR     = ftp://ftp.kernel.org
-KERNEL_VERSION    = 2.6.27.7
+KERNEL_VERSION    = 2.6.27.8
 KERNEL_PATCHES    = squashfs3.4-patch
 STATIC_BB         = http://jaeger.morpheus.net/linux/crux/files/busybox-1.7.2-i386-static.bz2
 SYSLINUX_VERSION  = 3.72
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ISO_PACKAGES      = filesystem bash coreutils bzip2 e2fsprogs jfsutils \
                     procps readline sed shadow sysklogd sysvinit tar \
                     util-linux-ng vim which dialog nano mdadm pciutils libusb \
                     sysfsutils usbutils udev zlib openssl openssh \
-                    dhcpcd wget iproute2 libpcre
+                    dhcpcd wget iproute2 libpcre iputils
 
 PORTS_core        = $(shell /bin/ls -I README $(PORTS_DIR)/core)
 PORTS_opt         = $(shell /bin/cat packages.opt)
diff --git a/kernel/linux-2.6.27.7.config b/kernel/linux-2.6.27.8.config
similarity index 99%
rename from kernel/linux-2.6.27.7.config
rename to kernel/linux-2.6.27.8.config
index b8ac0f2..e938bd6 100644
--- a/kernel/linux-2.6.27.7.config
+++ b/kernel/linux-2.6.27.8.config
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated make config: don't edit
-# Linux kernel version: 2.6.27.7
-# Tue Nov 25 11:11:59 2008
+# Linux kernel version: 2.6.27.8
+# Wed Dec 10 13:49:30 2008
 #
 # CONFIG_64BIT is not set
 CONFIG_X86_32=y