diff --git a/net-firewall/iptables/files/iptables-1.4.13-r1.init b/net-firewall/iptables/files/iptables.init
similarity index 88%
rename from net-firewall/iptables/files/iptables-1.4.13-r1.init
rename to net-firewall/iptables/files/iptables.init
index a63d076..f396ea2 100644
--- a/net-firewall/iptables/files/iptables-1.4.13-r1.init
+++ b/net-firewall/iptables/files/iptables.init
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/sbin/runscript
 # Copyright 1999-2013 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/net-firewall/iptables/files/iptables-1.4.13-r1.init,v 1.3 2013/04/27 17:29:09 vapier Exp $
+# $Id$
 
 extra_commands="check save panic"
 extra_started_commands="reload"
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ set_table_policy() {
 	esac
 	local chain
 	for chain in ${chains} ; do
-		${iptables_bin} -t ${table} -P ${chain} ${policy}
+		${iptables_bin} -w -t ${table} -P ${chain} ${policy}
 	done
 }
 
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ stop() {
 	for a in $(cat ${iptables_proc}) ; do
 		set_table_policy $a ACCEPT
 
-		${iptables_bin} -F -t $a
-		${iptables_bin} -X -t $a
+		${iptables_bin} -w -F -t $a
+		${iptables_bin} -w -X -t $a
 	done
 	eend $?
 }
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ reload() {
 	ebegin "Flushing firewall"
 	local a
 	for a in $(cat ${iptables_proc}) ; do
-		${iptables_bin} -F -t $a
-		${iptables_bin} -X -t $a
+		${iptables_bin} -w -F -t $a
+		${iptables_bin} -w -X -t $a
 	done
 	eend $?
 
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ panic() {
 	local a
 	ebegin "Dropping all packets"
 	for a in $(cat ${iptables_proc}) ; do
-		${iptables_bin} -F -t $a
-		${iptables_bin} -X -t $a
+		${iptables_bin} -w -F -t $a
+		${iptables_bin} -w -X -t $a
 
 		set_table_policy $a DROP
 	done
diff --git a/net-firewall/iptables/iptables-9999.ebuild b/net-firewall/iptables/iptables-9999.ebuild
index d02af67..cc7b683 100644
--- a/net-firewall/iptables/iptables-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-firewall/iptables/iptables-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,31 +1,34 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2013 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2014 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
 
 EAPI="5"
 
 # Force users doing their own patches to install their own tools
 AUTOTOOLS_AUTO_DEPEND=no
 
-inherit autotools eutils git-r3 multilib systemd toolchain-funcs
+inherit eutils multilib systemd toolchain-funcs autotools flag-o-matic git-r3
 
-DESCRIPTION="Linux kernel (3.13+) firewall, NAT and packet mangling tools, with nftables compatibility"
-HOMEPAGE="http://www.netfilter.org/projects/nftables/"
+DESCRIPTION="Linux kernel (2.4+) firewall, NAT and packet mangling tools"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables/"
 EGIT_REPO_URI="git://git.netfilter.org/iptables.git"
 
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
-SLOT="0"
+# Subslot tracks libxtables as that's the one other packages generally link
+# against and iptables changes.  Will have to revisit if other sonames change.
+SLOT="0/10"
 KEYWORDS=""
-IUSE="ipv6 netlink static-libs"
+IUSE="conntrack ipv6 netlink pcap static-libs"
 
 RDEPEND="
+	conntrack? ( net-libs/libnetfilter_conntrack )
 	netlink? ( net-libs/libnfnetlink )
+	pcap? ( net-libs/libpcap )
+	net-libs/libnftnl
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	virtual/os-headers
 	virtual/pkgconfig
-	net-libs/libnetfilter_conntrack
-	net-libs/libnftnl
-	net-libs/libpcap
 "
 
 src_prepare() {
@@ -39,8 +42,12 @@ src_configure() {
 	# Some libs use $(AR) rather than libtool to build #444282
 	tc-export AR
 
+	# Hack around struct mismatches between userland & kernel for some ABIs. #472388
+	use amd64 && [[ ${ABI} == "x32" ]] && append-flags -fpack-struct
+
 	sed -i \
 		-e "/nfnetlink=[01]/s:=[01]:=$(usex netlink 1 0):" \
+		-e "/nfconntrack=[01]/s:=[01]:=$(usex conntrack 1 0):" \
 		configure || die
 
 	econf \
@@ -48,9 +55,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		--libexecdir="${EPREFIX}/$(get_libdir)" \
 		--enable-devel \
 		--enable-shared \
-		--enable-libipq \
-		--enable-bpf-compiler \
-		--enable-nfsynproxy \
+		$(use_enable pcap bpf-compiler) \
 		$(use_enable static-libs static) \
 		$(use_enable ipv6)
 }
@@ -76,11 +81,11 @@ src_install() {
 	doins include/iptables/internal.h
 
 	keepdir /var/lib/iptables
-	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.4.13-r1.init iptables
+	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.init iptables
 	newconfd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.4.13.confd iptables
 	if use ipv6 ; then
 		keepdir /var/lib/ip6tables
-		newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/iptables-1.4.13-r1.init ip6tables
+		newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/iptables.init ip6tables
 		newconfd "${FILESDIR}"/ip6tables-1.4.13.confd ip6tables
 	fi
 
@@ -89,7 +94,7 @@ src_install() {
 		systemd_dounit "${FILESDIR}"/systemd/ip6tables{,-{re,}store}.service
 	fi
 
-	# Move important libs to /lib
+	# Move important libs to /lib #332175
 	gen_usr_ldscript -a ip{4,6}tc iptc xtables
 
 	prune_libtool_files