diff --git a/alfred/Makefile b/alfred/Makefile
index ef260ad..646a2ab 100644
--- a/alfred/Makefile
+++ b/alfred/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=alfred
 PKG_VERSION:=2018.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 PKG_HASH:=808fa6acf65c7a8e26405115176a5587157f746108cbe5dd974788eb05416d76
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
diff --git a/alfred/patches/0001-alfred-Fix-detection-of-own-packets-for-IPv4-mode.patch b/alfred/patches/0001-alfred-Fix-detection-of-own-packets-for-IPv4-mode.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..576ca8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alfred/patches/0001-alfred-Fix-detection-of-own-packets-for-IPv4-mode.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+From: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
+Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 18:05:42 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] alfred: Fix detection of own packets for IPv4 mode
+
+The incoming packet address is checked for a match against the local
+interface addresses to avoid processing its own packets. The IPv4
+implementation used the same code but only initialized 4 of the 16 bytes of
+the address in the recv function. The interface initialization code in
+netsock_set_interfaces set all unused bytes to zero but recv_alfred_packet
+was modified to use 12 random bytes from the stack.
+
+Both functions must work the same way and first set the address bytes to
+zero and overwrite the actual used bytes with the address bytes. Otherwise,
+the result of netsock_set_interfaces for own packets is random in the IPv4
+implementation.
+
+Fixes: c7da798113a2 ("alfred: IPv4 multicast distribution support.")
+Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
+Tested-by: Jonathan Haws <jhaws@sdl.usu.edu>
+
+Origin: upstream, https://git.open-mesh.org/alfred.git/commit/db842ed210d00345619e0ebc45a4d0d840e0b7e5
+---
+ recv.c | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/recv.c b/recv.c
+index 59d759cfba816d3dd7ed4a56fd3269730093bcfd..5ff4bb5df2354d7f2310e2105ee385b9365b0c4b 100644
+--- a/recv.c
++++ b/recv.c
+@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@ int recv_alfred_packet(struct globals *globals, struct interface *interface,
+ 
+ 	packet = (struct alfred_tlv *)buf;
+ 
++	memset(&alfred_source, 0, sizeof(alfred_source));
+ 	if (globals->ipv4mode) {
+ 		memcpy(&alfred_source, &source4.sin_addr, sizeof(source4.sin_addr));
+ 	} else {
diff --git a/alfred/patches/0002-alfred-Request-MAC-resolution-for-IPv4-address-not-i.patch b/alfred/patches/0002-alfred-Request-MAC-resolution-for-IPv4-address-not-i.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f60da7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alfred/patches/0002-alfred-Request-MAC-resolution-for-IPv4-address-not-i.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+From: Jonathan Haws <jhaws@sdl.usu.edu>
+Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 11:57:59 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH] alfred: Request MAC resolution for IPv4 address not in ARP cache
+
+When using IPv4, if the remote server is not yet in the ARP cache, the
+MAC resolution will fail and data appear to not be shared via alfred.
+Add a routine (modified from batctl sources) to request MAC resolution
+by simply sending a datagram to the discard port (UDP/9). This adds the
+remote MAC to the ARP cache, resulting in successful MAC resolution.
+
+Fixes: c7da798113a2 ("alfred: IPv4 multicast distribution support.")
+Signed-off-by: Jonathan Haws <jhaws@sdl.usu.edu>
+Tested-by: Gary Zou <guohuizou2000@sina.com>
+Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
+
+Origin: upstream, https://git.open-mesh.org/alfred.git/commit/5610d5bf8f4447b4d689aede638b4e92ae343340
+---
+ util.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
+ 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
+index dd3f00fa6280d7de04a11acb8485c11cead3d0a4..07947929dfe2d5a22ca16f5bf33846d7365c771e 100644
+--- a/util.c
++++ b/util.c
+@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
+ #include <sys/ioctl.h>
+ #include <sys/time.h>
+ #include <time.h>
++#include <unistd.h>
+ #include "alfred.h"
+ 
+ int time_diff(struct timespec *tv1, struct timespec *tv2,
+@@ -80,11 +81,35 @@ bool is_valid_ether_addr(uint8_t addr[ETH_ALEN])
+ 	return true;
+ }
+ 
++static void ipv4_request_mac_resolve(const alfred_addr *addr)
++{
++	const struct sockaddr *sockaddr;
++	struct sockaddr_in inet4;
++	size_t sockaddr_len;
++	int sock;
++	char t = 0;
++
++	sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);
++	if (sock < 0)
++		return;
++
++	memset(&inet4, 0, sizeof(inet4));
++	inet4.sin_family = AF_INET;
++	inet4.sin_port = htons(9);
++	inet4.sin_addr.s_addr = addr->ipv4.s_addr;
++	sockaddr = (const struct sockaddr *)&inet4;
++	sockaddr_len = sizeof(inet4);
++
++	sendto(sock, &t, sizeof(t), 0, sockaddr, sockaddr_len);
++	close(sock);
++}
++
+ int ipv4_arp_request(struct interface *interface, const alfred_addr *addr,
+ 		     struct ether_addr *mac)
+ {
+ 	struct arpreq arpreq;
+ 	struct sockaddr_in *sin;
++	int retries = 1;
+ 
+ 	memset(&arpreq, 0, sizeof(arpreq));
+ 	memset(mac, 0, ETH_ALEN);
+@@ -96,8 +121,13 @@ int ipv4_arp_request(struct interface *interface, const alfred_addr *addr,
+ 	strncpy(arpreq.arp_dev, interface->interface, sizeof(arpreq.arp_dev));
+ 	arpreq.arp_dev[sizeof(arpreq.arp_dev) - 1] = '\0';
+ 
+-	if (ioctl(interface->netsock, SIOCGARP, &arpreq) < 0)
+-		return -1;
++	while ((ioctl(interface->netsock, SIOCGARP, &arpreq) < 0) || !(arpreq.arp_flags & ATF_COM)) {
++		ipv4_request_mac_resolve(addr);
++		usleep(200000);
++
++		if (retries-- == 0)
++			break;
++	}
+ 
+ 	if (arpreq.arp_flags & ATF_COM) {
+ 		memcpy(mac, arpreq.arp_ha.sa_data, sizeof(*mac));