diff --git a/release/src/router/rc/Makefile b/release/src/router/rc/Makefile
index 9c6ececfb..043a856e2 100644
--- a/release/src/router/rc/Makefile
+++ b/release/src/router/rc/Makefile
@@ -699,6 +699,7 @@ endif
 	@cd $(INSTALLDIR)/sbin && ln -sf rc reboot
 	@cd $(INSTALLDIR)/sbin && ln -sf rc halt
 	@cd $(INSTALLDIR)/sbin && ln -sf rc netool
+	@cd $(INSTALLDIR)/sbin && ln -sf rc ddns_custom_updated
 ifeq ($(HND_ROUTER),y)
 	@cd $(INSTALLDIR)/sbin && ln -sf rc hnd-write
 	@cd $(INSTALLDIR)/sbin && ln -sf rc hnd-erase
diff --git a/release/src/router/rc/rc.h b/release/src/router/rc/rc.h
index 001b8a3dc..15a917610 100644
--- a/release/src/router/rc/rc.h
+++ b/release/src/router/rc/rc.h
@@ -1647,6 +1647,7 @@ extern void start_DSLsenddiagmail(void);
 extern void start_snmpd(void);
 extern void stop_snmpd(void);
 #endif
+int ddns_custom_updated_main(int argc, char *argv[]);
 #ifdef RTCONFIG_TIMEMACHINE
 extern int start_timemachine(void);
 extern void stop_timemachine(void);
diff --git a/release/src/router/softcenter/Makefile b/release/src/router/softcenter/Makefile
index 76b09f570..37304d02f 100755
--- a/release/src/router/softcenter/Makefile
+++ b/release/src/router/softcenter/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 include ../common.mak
 
-all: versioncmp base64_encode
+all: versioncmp base64_encode resolvip
 
 versioncmp:
 	$(CC) versioncmp.c -o versioncmp
 base64_encode:
 	$(CC) base64.c -o base64_encode
+resolvip:
+	$(CC) resolvip.c -o resolvip
 install:
 	install -d $(INSTALLDIR)/sbin
 	install -d $(INSTALLDIR)/usr/sbin
diff --git a/release/src/router/softcenter/resolvip.c b/release/src/router/softcenter/resolvip.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43c5ae7f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release/src/router/softcenter/resolvip.c
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/*
+ * Based on code found at https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/4876 .
+ * Extended by Jo-Philipp Wich <jow@openwrt.org> for use in OpenWrt.
+ *
+ * You may use this program under the terms of the GPLv2 license.
+ */
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+
+
+static void abort_query(int sig)
+{
+	exit(1);
+}
+
+static void show_usage(void)
+{
+	printf("Usage:\n");
+	printf("	resolveip -h\n");
+	printf("	resolveip [-t timeout] hostname\n");
+	printf("	resolveip -4 [-t timeout] hostname\n");
+	printf("	resolveip -6 [-t timeout] hostname\n");
+	exit(255);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	int timeout = 3;
+	int opt;
+	char ipaddr[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
+	void *addr;
+	struct addrinfo *res, *rp;
+	struct sigaction sa = {	.sa_handler = &abort_query };
+	struct addrinfo hints = {
+		.ai_family   = AF_UNSPEC,
+		.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM,
+		.ai_protocol = IPPROTO_TCP,
+		.ai_flags    = 0
+	};
+
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "46t:h")) > -1)
+	{
+		switch ((char)opt)
+		{
+			case '4':
+				hints.ai_family = AF_INET;
+				break;
+
+			case '6':
+				hints.ai_family = AF_INET6;
+				break;
+
+			case 't':
+				timeout = atoi(optarg);
+				if (timeout <= 0)
+					show_usage();
+				break;
+
+			case 'h':
+				show_usage();
+				break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!argv[optind])
+		show_usage();
+
+	sigaction(SIGALRM, &sa, NULL);
+	alarm(timeout);
+
+	if (getaddrinfo(argv[optind], NULL, &hints, &res))
+		exit(2);
+
+	for (rp = res; rp != NULL; rp = rp->ai_next)
+	{
+		addr = (rp->ai_family == AF_INET)
+			? (void *)&((struct sockaddr_in *)rp->ai_addr)->sin_addr
+			: (void *)&((struct sockaddr_in6 *)rp->ai_addr)->sin6_addr
+		;
+
+		if (!inet_ntop(rp->ai_family, addr, ipaddr, INET6_ADDRSTRLEN - 1))
+			exit(3);
+
+		printf("%s\n", ipaddr);
+	}
+
+	freeaddrinfo(res);
+	exit(0);
+}