diff --git a/Shorewall-common/changelog.txt b/Shorewall-common/changelog.txt
index 420d00c13..66a5fb74a 100644
--- a/Shorewall-common/changelog.txt
+++ b/Shorewall-common/changelog.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ Changes in 4.1.7
 
 9)  Add ORIGINAL DEST column to macros.
 
+10) Add NULL_ROUTE_RFC1918 option.
+
 Changes in 4.1.6
 
 1)  Deprecate IMPLICIT_CONTINUE=Yes
diff --git a/Shorewall-common/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall-common/releasenotes.txt
index 671248477..bf9e8b119 100644
--- a/Shorewall-common/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall-common/releasenotes.txt
@@ -196,8 +196,14 @@ New Features in 4.1.7.
     The column must be left empty if the macro is to be used in the
     body of an action.
 
-    Note that the position of the ORIGINAL DEST column is different
-    from its position in the /etc/shorewall/rules file. Beware!
+    The new column is placed between the SOURCE PORT(S) and RATE LIMIT
+    columns. So that Shorewall-perl can determine which column layout
+    each macro has, a new FORMAT directive is added:
+
+    	 FORMAT {1|2}
+
+    The default is FORMAT 1 which is the old format. FORMAT 2 specifies
+    that the macro is in the new format.
 
 5)  Shorewall-perl implements a new Rfc1918 macro that deals with
     RFC 1918 addresses. This macro should be used in place of 
@@ -205,17 +211,33 @@ New Features in 4.1.7.
 
     The macro body is:
 
-    #ACTION		SOURCE		DEST	PROTO	DEST	SOURCE	RATE	USER/	ORIGINAL
-    #						        PORT(S)	PORT(S)	LIMIT	GROUP   DEST
+    #ACTION		SOURCE		DEST	PROTO	DEST	SOURCE	ORIGINAL	RATE	USER/
+    #							PORT(S)	PORT(S)	DEST		LIMIT	GROUP
+    FORMAT 2
     PARAM		SOURCE:10.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/12,192.168.0.0/16 \
-			                DEST	-	-	-	-	-	-
-    PARAM		SOURCE		DEST	-	-	-	-	-	10.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/12,192.168.0.0/16
+					DEST	-	-	-	-		-	-
+    PARAM		SOURCE		DEST	-	-	-	10.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/12,192.168.0.0/16
+    #LAST LINE -- ADD YOUR ENTRIES BEFORE THIS ONE -- DO NOT REMOVE
 
     The 'norfc1918' option on the interface associated with zone 'z'
     and with RFC1018_STRICT=Yes is equivalent to:
 
         Rfc1918(DROP)      z    all
 
+6)  A better way to perform RFC 1918 filtration is to null-route the
+    address ranges reserved by RFC 1918. You can do that by setting the
+    new NULL_ROUTE_RFC1918 option to 'Yes' in shorewall.conf.
+
+    It is highly recommended that you also set ROUTE_FILTER=Yes to get
+    Martian messages. These will help diagnose problems where you need
+    to be able to access hosts with RFC 1918 addresses that are outside
+    of your local networks. Sometimes, these can be subtle such as the
+    case where your ISP is using RFC 1918 addresses on their DHCP
+    servers.
+
+    NULL_ROUTE_RFC1918 defaults to 'No' and is only supported by
+    Shorewall-perl; Shorewall-shell ignores the option.
+
 New Features in Shorewall 4.1.
 
 1)  Shorewall 4.1 contains support for multiple Internet providers
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
index 9ed08cab1..47d3ccd3c 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ sub initialize() {
 		DONT_LOAD => '',
 		AUTO_COMMENT => undef ,
 		MANGLE_ENABLED => undef ,
+		NULL_ROUTE_RFC1918 => undef ,
 		#
 		# Packet Disposition
 		#
@@ -1894,6 +1895,7 @@ sub get_configuration( $ ) {
     default_yes_no 'MULTICAST'                  , '';
     default_yes_no 'MARK_IN_FORWARD_CHAIN'      , '';
     default_yes_no 'MANGLE_ENABLED'             , 'Yes';
+    default_yes_no 'NULL_ROUTE_RFC1918'         , '';
     
     $capabilities{XCONNMARK} = '' unless $capabilities{XCONNMARK_MATCH} and $capabilities{XMARK};
 
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/IPAddrs.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/IPAddrs.pm
index b6cd5a6e4..24ef35bba 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/IPAddrs.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/IPAddrs.pm
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ our @EXPORT = qw( ALLIPv4
 		  ip_range_explicit
 		  expand_port_range
 		  allipv4
-		  rfc1918_neworks
+		  rfc1918_networks
 		  resolve_proto
 		  proto_name
 		  validate_port
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm
index d9f55a096..0cf979900 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm
@@ -454,6 +454,19 @@ sub add_an_rtrule( $$$$ ) {
 }
 
 sub setup_providers() {
+    #
+    # This probably doesn't belong here but looking forward to the day when we get Shorewall out of the routing business,
+    # it makes sense to keep all of the routing code together
+    #
+    if ( $config{NULL_ROUTE_RFC1918} ) {
+	emit 'if [ -z "$NOROUTES" ]; then';
+	push_indent;
+        save_progress_message "Null Routing the RFC 1918 subnets";
+	emit "run_ip route replace unreachable $_" for rfc1918_networks;
+	pop_indent;
+	emit "fi\n";
+    }
+
     my $providers = 0;
 
     my $fn = open_file 'providers';