diff -urN uuid-1.6.2/configure uuid-1.6.2/configure
--- uuid-1.6.2/configure	2008-07-04 15:43:09.000000000 -0600
+++ uuid-1.6.2/configure	2012-06-06 19:19:41.659880386 -0600
@@ -14208,7 +14208,7 @@
 
 
 
-for ac_header in netdb.h ifaddrs.h net/if.h net/if_dl.h net/if_arp.h netinet/in.h arpa/inet.h
+for ac_header in netdb.h ifaddrs.h net/if.h net/if_dl.h net/if_arp.h netinet/in.h arpa/inet.h netpacket/packet.h
 do
 as_ac_Header=`$as_echo "ac_cv_header_$ac_header" | $as_tr_sh`
 { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_header" >&5
diff -urN uuid-1.6.2/uuid.c uuid-1.6.2/uuid.c
--- uuid-1.6.2/uuid.c	2008-03-07 03:49:59.000000000 -0700
+++ uuid-1.6.2/uuid.c	2012-06-06 15:50:30.060881473 -0600
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@
 /* IEEE 802 MAC address octet length */
 #define IEEE_MAC_OCTETS 6
 
+static unsigned char mac_unset[IEEE_MAC_OCTETS] = {BM_OCTET(1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0), 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
+
 /* UUID binary representation according to UUID standards */
 typedef struct {
     uuid_uint32_t  time_low;                  /* bits  0-31 of time field */
@@ -967,7 +969,7 @@
      *  GENERATE NODE
      */
 
-    if ((mode & UUID_MAKE_MC) || (uuid->mac[0] & BM_OCTET(1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0))) {
+    if ((mode & UUID_MAKE_MC) || !memcmp(uuid->mac, mac_unset, IEEE_MAC_OCTETS)) {
         /* generate random IEEE 802 local multicast MAC address */
         if (prng_data(uuid->prng, (void *)&(uuid->obj.node), sizeof(uuid->obj.node)) != PRNG_RC_OK)
             return UUID_RC_INT;
diff -urN uuid-1.6.2/uuid_mac.c uuid-1.6.2/uuid_mac.c
--- uuid-1.6.2/uuid_mac.c	2008-03-07 03:49:59.000000000 -0700
+++ uuid-1.6.2/uuid_mac.c	2012-06-06 19:30:49.050879930 -0600
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_IFADDRS_H
 #include <ifaddrs.h>
 #endif
+#ifdef HAVE_NETPACKET_PACKET_H
+#include <netpacket/packet.h>
+#endif
 
 /* own headers (part (1/2) */
 #include "uuid_mac.h"
@@ -87,6 +90,10 @@
 #define TRUE (/*lint -save -e506*/ !FALSE /*lint -restore*/)
 #endif
 
+#if !defined(min)
+#define min(a,b) ((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b))
+#endif
+
 /* return the Media Access Control (MAC) address of
    the FIRST network interface card (NIC) */
 int mac_address(unsigned char *data_ptr, size_t data_len)
@@ -95,28 +102,41 @@
     if (data_ptr == NULL || data_len < MAC_LEN)
         return FALSE;
 
-#if defined(HAVE_IFADDRS_H) && defined(HAVE_NET_IF_DL_H) && defined(HAVE_GETIFADDRS)
+#if defined(HAVE_IFADDRS_H) && (defined(HAVE_NET_IF_DL_H) || defined(HAVE_NETPACKET_PACKET_H)) && defined(HAVE_GETIFADDRS)
     /* use getifaddrs(3) on BSD class platforms (xxxBSD, MacOS X, etc) */
     {
         struct ifaddrs *ifap;
         struct ifaddrs *ifap_head;
+#if defined(HAVE_NET_IF_DL_H)
         const struct sockaddr_dl *sdl;
         unsigned char *ucp;
-        int i;
+#else
+	const struct sockaddr_ll *sll;
+#endif
 
         if (getifaddrs(&ifap_head) < 0)
             return FALSE;
         for (ifap = ifap_head; ifap != NULL; ifap = ifap->ifa_next) {
+#if defined(HAVE_NET_IF_DL_H)
             if (ifap->ifa_addr != NULL && ifap->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_LINK) {
                 sdl = (const struct sockaddr_dl *)(void *)ifap->ifa_addr;
                 ucp = (unsigned char *)(sdl->sdl_data + sdl->sdl_nlen);
                 if (sdl->sdl_alen > 0) {
-                    for (i = 0; i < MAC_LEN && i < sdl->sdl_alen; i++, ucp++)
-                        data_ptr[i] = (unsigned char)(*ucp & 0xff);
+                    memcpy(data_ptr, ucp, min(sdl->sdl_alen, MAC_LEN));
                     freeifaddrs(ifap_head);
                     return TRUE;
                 }
             }
+#else
+            if (ifap->ifa_addr != NULL && ifap->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_PACKET) {
+                sll = (const struct sockaddr_ll *)(void *)ifap->ifa_addr;
+                if (sll->sll_hatype == ARPHRD_ETHER) {
+                    memcpy(data_ptr, sll->sll_addr, min(sll->sll_halen, MAC_LEN));
+                    freeifaddrs(ifap_head);
+                    return TRUE;
+                }
+            }
+#endif
         }
         freeifaddrs(ifap_head);
     }
diff -urN uuid-1.6.2/config.h.in uuid-1.6.2/config.h.in
--- uuid-1.6.2/config.h.in	2008-07-04 15:43:10.000000000 -0600
+++ uuid-1.6.2/config.h.in	2012-06-06 21:59:03.370227352 -0600
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <netinet/in.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_NETINET_IN_H
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <netpacket/packet.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_NETPACKET_PACKET_H
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <net/if_arp.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_NET_IF_ARP_H