diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index af39cbc3..20d9269e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
   02 Nov 2007; Roy Marples <uberlord@gentoo.org>:
 
+    Fix ppp config, #197775.
     Fix an ifconfig calculation for shells that don't support the newer
     POSIX shell math expansion, #197856.
 
diff --git a/conf.d.Linux/net.example b/conf.d.Linux/net.example
index c2d4b371..cda4edb6 100644
--- a/conf.d.Linux/net.example
+++ b/conf.d.Linux/net.example
@@ -701,22 +701,22 @@
 # Dial-up PPP users need to specify at least one telephone number
 #phone_number_ppp0="12345689" # Maximum 2 phone numbers are supported
 # They will also need a chat script - here's a good one
-#chat_ppp0=" \
-#	'ABORT' 'BUSY' \
-#	'ABORT' 'ERROR' \
-#	'ABORT' 'NO ANSWER' \
-#	'ABORT' 'NO CARRIER' \
-#	'ABORT' 'NO DIALTONE' \
-#	'ABORT' 'Invalid Login' \
-#	'ABORT' 'Login incorrect' \
-#	'TIMEOUT' '5' \
-#	'' 'ATZ' \
-#	'OK' 'AT' # Put your modem initialization string here \
-#	'OK' 'ATDT\T' \
-#	'TIMEOUT' '60' \
-#	'CONNECT' '' \
-#	'TIMEOUT' '5' \
-#	'~--' '' \
+#chat_ppp0="
+#ABORT BUSY
+#ABORT ERROR
+#ABORT 'NO ANSWER'
+#ABORT 'NO CARRIER'
+#ABORT 'NO DIALTONE'
+#ABORT 'Invalid Login'
+#ABORT 'Login incorrect'
+#TIMEOUT 5
+#'' ATZ
+#OK AT # Put your modem initialization string here
+#OK 'ATDT\T'
+#TIMEOUT 60
+#CONNECT ''
+#TIMEOUT 5
+#~-- ''
 #"
 
 # If the link require extra configuration - for example wireless or
diff --git a/net.Linux/pppd.sh b/net.Linux/pppd.sh
index 4dbad395..30f2cb67 100644
--- a/net.Linux/pppd.sh
+++ b/net.Linux/pppd.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pppd_pre_start() {
 		return 0
 	fi
 
-	local link= i= unit="${IFACE#ppp}" opts= 
+	local link= i= unit="${IFACE#ppp}" opts=
 	
 	# PPP requires a link to communicate over - normally a serial port
 	# PPPoE communicates over Ethernet
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ pppd_pre_start() {
 		return 1
 	fi
 
-	eval opts=\$pppd_${IFVAR}
+	# We need to flatten the useless array
+	set -- $(_get_array "pppd_${IFVAR}")
+	opts="$@"
 
 	local mtu= hasmtu=false hasmru=false hasmaxfail=false haspersist=false
 	local hasupdetach=false hasdefaultmetric=false
@@ -117,16 +119,15 @@ pppd_pre_start() {
 	opts="unit ${unit} ${opts}"
 	
 	# Setup connect script
-	local chatopts="/usr/sbin/chat -e -E -v" phone=
+	local chatprog="/usr/sbin/chat -e -E -v" phone=
 	eval phone=\$phone_number_${IFVAR}
 	set -- ${phone}
-	[ -n "$1" ] && chatopts="${chatopts} -T '$1'"
-	[ -n "$2" ] && chatopts="${chatopts} -U '$2'"
-	local chat="$(_get_array "chat_${IFVAR}")"
-	if [ "${chat}" ] ; then
-		local IFS="$__IFS"
-		opts="${opts} connect $(printf "\\'%s\\'" "${chatopts} $(printf "\\'\\\\'\\'%s\\'\\\'' " "$@")")"
-		unset IFS
+	[ -n "$1" ] && chatprog="${chatprog} -T '$1'"
+	[ -n "$2" ] && chatprog="${chatprog} -U '$2'"
+	# We need to flatten the useless array
+	set -- $(_get_array "chat_${IFVAR}")
+	if [ $# != 0 ]; then
+		opts="${opts} connect '$(echo ${chatprog} $@ | sed -e "s:':'\\\\'':g")'"
 	fi
 
 	# Add plugins