diff --git a/Shorewall2/changelog.txt b/Shorewall2/changelog.txt
index 46cc29602..70fab6f2b 100644
--- a/Shorewall2/changelog.txt
+++ b/Shorewall2/changelog.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ Changes in 2.4.0-RC2
 
 1) Relax "detect" restriction.
 
+2) Fix detection via 'nexthop' so it will work with BusyBox
+
 Changes in 2.4.0-RC1
 
 1) Fix output from firewall itself vis-a-vis multiple providers.
diff --git a/Shorewall2/functions b/Shorewall2/functions
index 61a928d72..74391002c 100755
--- a/Shorewall2/functions
+++ b/Shorewall2/functions
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ find_rt_interface() {
 
 find_nexthop() # $1 = interface
 {
-    echo $(find_gateway `ip route ls | grep -E "[[:space:]]*nexthop.* $1"`)
+    echo $(find_gateway `ip route ls | grep "[[:space:]]nexthop.* $1"`)
 }    
 
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