diff -Naru a/files/openvpn-2.1.conf b/files/openvpn-2.1.conf
--- a/files/openvpn-2.1.conf	2013-04-17 21:53:35.649008025 +0000
+++ b/files/openvpn-2.1.conf	2013-04-17 22:15:15.151246596 +0000
@@ -16,3 +16,10 @@
 # In other words, unless you understand service dependencies and are a
 # competent shell scripter, don't set this.
 RE_ENTER="no"
+
+# OpenVPN is built with a static reference to the iproute2 'ip' program.
+# The initscript is able to dynamically determine the correct location based on
+# the environment $PATH. Most people will want to let the init script determine
+# this location, but if you would rather use the hard-coded path detected at
+# build-time, set this to "no" here.
+DETECT_IPROUTE2="yes"
diff -Naru a/files/openvpn-2.1.init b/files/openvpn-2.1.init
--- a/files/openvpn-2.1.init	2013-04-17 21:53:35.657008590 +0000
+++ b/files/openvpn-2.1.init	2013-04-17 22:21:14.369752630 +0000
@@ -72,6 +72,17 @@
 	if ! grep -q "^[ 	]*cd[ 	].*" "${VPNCONF}" ; then
 		args="${args} --cd ${VPNDIR}"
 	fi
+
+	# Under Linux, locate the 'ip' command to pass to --iproute
+	# See bug #407195
+	if [ $(uname -s) = "Linux" ] && [ "${DETECT_IPROUTE2:-yes}" = "yes" ]; then
+		local ip_bin="$(which ip)"
+		if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+			eerror "Unable to locate the 'ip' binary in your PATH"
+			return 1
+		fi
+		args="${args} --iproute $ip_bin"
+	fi
 	
 	# We mark the service as inactive and then start it.
 	# When we get an authenticated packet from the peer then we run our script
diff -Naru a/openvpn-2.2.2.ebuild b/openvpn-2.2.2.ebuild
--- a/openvpn-2.2.2.ebuild	2013-04-17 21:53:35.675009868 +0000
+++ b/openvpn-2.2.2.ebuild	2013-04-17 22:52:04.315354217 +0000
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="alpha amd64 arm hppa ia64 ~mips ppc ppc64 s390 sh sparc x86 ~sparc-fbsd ~x86-fbsd ~x86-freebsd ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
-IUSE="examples iproute2 minimal pam passwordsave selinux +ssl static pkcs11 userland_BSD"
+IUSE="examples minimal pam passwordsave selinux +ssl static pkcs11 userland_BSD"
 
 DEPEND=">=dev-libs/lzo-1.07
 	kernel_linux? (
-		iproute2? ( sys-apps/iproute2[-minimal] ) !iproute2? ( sys-apps/net-tools )
+		sys-apps/iproute2[-minimal]
 	)
 	!minimal? ( pam? ( virtual/pam ) )
 	selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-openvpn )
@@ -50,11 +50,13 @@
 		myconf="$(use_enable pkcs11)"
 	fi
 
+	# We require iproute2 under Linux, see Bug #407195
+	use kernel_linux && myconf="${myconf} --enable-iproute2"
+
 	econf ${myconf} \
 		$(use_enable passwordsave password-save) \
 		$(use_enable ssl) \
 		$(use_enable ssl crypto) \
-		$(use_enable iproute2) \
 		--docdir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/doc/${PF}"
 }
 
diff -Naru a/openvpn-2.3.0.ebuild b/openvpn-2.3.0.ebuild
--- a/openvpn-2.3.0.ebuild	2013-04-17 21:53:35.696011364 +0000
+++ b/openvpn-2.3.0.ebuild	2013-04-17 22:48:36.886564182 +0000
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~hppa ~ia64 ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sh ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~arm-linux ~sparc-fbsd ~x86-fbsd ~x86-freebsd ~x86-linux"
-IUSE="examples down-root iproute2 pam passwordsave pkcs11 +plugins selinux +ssl +lzo static userland_BSD"
+IUSE="examples down-root pam passwordsave pkcs11 +plugins selinux +ssl +lzo static userland_BSD"
 
 REQUIRED_USE="static? ( !plugins !pkcs11 )
 			!plugins? ( !pam !down-root )"
 
 DEPEND="
 	kernel_linux? (
-		iproute2? ( sys-apps/iproute2[-minimal] ) !iproute2? ( sys-apps/net-tools )
+		sys-apps/iproute2[-minimal]
 	)
 	pam? ( virtual/pam )
 	selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-openvpn )
@@ -35,7 +35,12 @@
 
 src_configure() {
 	use static && LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -Xcompiler -static"
-	econf \
+
+	# We require iproute2 under Linux, see Bug #407195
+	local myconf
+	use kernel_linux && myconf="--enable-iproute2"
+
+	econf ${myconf} \
 		--docdir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/doc/${PF}" \
 		--with-plugindir="${ROOT}/usr/$(get_libdir)/$PN" \
 		$(use_enable passwordsave password-save) \
@@ -44,7 +49,6 @@
 		$(use_enable lzo) \
 		$(use_enable pkcs11) \
 		$(use_enable plugins) \
-		$(use_enable iproute2) \
 		$(use_enable pam plugin-auth-pam) \
 		$(use_enable down-root plugin-down-root)
 }
diff -Naru a/openvpn-9999.ebuild b/openvpn-9999.ebuild
--- a/openvpn-9999.ebuild	2013-04-17 21:53:35.696011364 +0000
+++ b/openvpn-9999.ebuild	2013-04-17 22:52:34.253488700 +0000
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS=""
-IUSE="examples down-root iproute2 pam passwordsave pkcs11 +plugins selinux +ssl +lzo static userland_BSD"
+IUSE="examples down-root pam passwordsave pkcs11 +plugins selinux +ssl +lzo static userland_BSD"
 
 REQUIRED_USE="static? ( !plugins !pkcs11 )
 			!plugins? ( !pam !down-root )"
 
 DEPEND="
 	kernel_linux? (
-		iproute2? ( sys-apps/iproute2[-minimal] ) !iproute2? ( sys-apps/net-tools )
+		sys-apps/iproute2[-minimal]
 	)
 	pam? ( virtual/pam )
 	selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-openvpn )
@@ -35,7 +35,12 @@
 
 src_configure() {
 	use static && LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -Xcompiler -static"
-	econf \
+
+	# We require iproute2 under Linux, see Bug #407195
+	local myconf
+	use kernel_linux && myconf="--enable-iproute2"
+
+	econf ${myconf} \
 		--docdir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/doc/${PF}" \
 		--with-plugindir="${ROOT}/usr/$(get_libdir)/$PN" \
 		$(use_enable passwordsave password-save) \
@@ -44,7 +49,6 @@
 		$(use_enable lzo) \
 		$(use_enable pkcs11) \
 		$(use_enable plugins) \
-		$(use_enable iproute2) \
 		$(use_enable pam plugin-auth-pam) \
 		$(use_enable down-root plugin-down-root)
 }