--- networking/udhcp/dhcpc.c.orig	2004-05-19 04:29:05.000000000 -0400
+++ networking/udhcp/dhcpc.c	2007-06-04 17:58:55.000000000 -0400
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ static void __attribute__ ((noreturn)) s
 "  -f, --foreground                Do not fork after getting lease\n"
 "  -b, --background                Fork to background if lease cannot be\n"
 "                                  immediately negotiated.\n"
+"  -B,                             Background Immediately.\n"
 "  -i, --interface=INTERFACE       Interface to use (default: eth0)\n"
 "  -n, --now                       Exit with failure if lease cannot be\n"
 "                                  immediately negotiated.\n"
@@ -191,6 +192,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	long now;
 	int max_fd;
 	int sig;
+	int backgrounding = 0;
 
 	static const struct option arg_options[] = {
 		{"clientid",	required_argument,	0, 'c'},
@@ -211,7 +213,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	/* get options */
 	while (1) {
 		int option_index = 0;
-		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "c:fbH:h:i:np:qr:s:v", arg_options, &option_index);
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "c:fbBH:h:i:np:qr:s:v", arg_options, &option_index);
 		if (c == -1) break;
 
 		switch (c) {
@@ -225,11 +227,19 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			strncpy(client_config.clientid + OPT_DATA, optarg, len);
 			break;
 		case 'f':
+			if( backgrounding == 1 ) break;
 			client_config.foreground = 1;
 			break;
 		case 'b':
+			if( backgrounding == 1 ) break;
 			client_config.background_if_no_lease = 1;
 			break;
+		case 'B':
+			if( backgrounding == 1 ) break;
+			LOG(LOG_INFO,"Backgrounding before lease");
+			client_background();
+			backgrounding = 1;
+			break;
 		case 'h':
 		case 'H':
 			len = strlen(optarg) > 255 ? 255 : strlen(optarg);