diff --git a/package/base-files/Makefile b/package/base-files/Makefile
index 76a4dab..033eef0 100644
--- a/package/base-files/Makefile
+++ b/package/base-files/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/version.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=base-files
-PKG_RELEASE:=155
+PKG_RELEASE:=156
 
 PKG_FILE_DEPENDS:=$(PLATFORM_DIR)/ $(GENERIC_PLATFORM_DIR)/base-files/
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=opkg/host
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/lib/functions/network.sh b/package/base-files/files/lib/functions/network.sh
index 86ab890..f4cf2b5 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/lib/functions/network.sh
+++ b/package/base-files/files/lib/functions/network.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,18 @@ network_get_ipaddr() {
 # 1: destination variable
 # 2: interface
 network_get_ipaddr6() {
-	__network_ifstatus "$1" "$2" "['ipv6-address'][0].address";
+	local __addr
+
+	if __network_ifstatus "__addr" "$2" "['ipv6-address','ipv6-prefix-assignment'][0].address"; then
+		case "$__addr" in
+			*:)	export "$1=${__addr}1" ;;
+			*)	export "$1=${__addr}" ;;
+		esac
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+	unset $1
+	return 1
 }
 
 # determine first IPv4 subnet of given logical interface