diff --git a/package/utils/busybox/Makefile b/package/utils/busybox/Makefile
index fcfdc8bbefe..7421c0a5e7d 100644
--- a/package/utils/busybox/Makefile
+++ b/package/utils/busybox/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# 
-# Copyright (C) 2006-2014 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2015 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=busybox
 PKG_VERSION:=1.22.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=5
+PKG_RELEASE:=6
 PKG_FLAGS:=essential
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
diff --git a/package/utils/busybox/config/networking/Config.in b/package/utils/busybox/config/networking/Config.in
index 80dd42abd05..52e38a3f002 100644
--- a/package/utils/busybox/config/networking/Config.in
+++ b/package/utils/busybox/config/networking/Config.in
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NC_110_COMPAT
 	bool "Netcat 1.10 compatibility (+2.5k)"
 	default BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_NC_110_COMPAT  # off specially for Rob
 	depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NC
+	select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_NC_SERVER
 	help
 	  This option makes nc closely follow original nc-1.10.
 	  The code is about 2.5k bigger. It enables