diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d0233d109d..a093fc70ba 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2006-04-16  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
+
+	Patch from Paul Blazejowski <paulb@blazebox.homeip.net>
+	* configure.in
+	  initscript/Slackware/Makefile.am
+	  initscript/Slackware/rc.networkmanager-dispatcher.in
+	  initscript/Slackware/rc.networkmanager.in
+		- Update slackware initscripts
+
 2006-04-10  Robert Love  <rml@novell.com>
 
 	* gnome/vpn-properties/nm-vpn-properties.c: Intercept and short-circuit
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 7aac0b6041..3e488c15d5 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -341,6 +341,8 @@ initscript/Gentoo/Makefile
 initscript/Gentoo/NetworkManager
 initscript/Debian/Makefile
 initscript/Slackware/Makefile
+initscript/Slackware/rc.networkmanager
+initscript/Slackware/rc.networkmanager-dispatcher
 initscript/SUSE/Makefile
 initscript/SUSE/networkmanager
 initscript/SUSE/networkmanager-dispatcher
diff --git a/initscript/Slackware/Makefile.am b/initscript/Slackware/Makefile.am
index 5c7c4421df..70c508ff5b 100644
--- a/initscript/Slackware/Makefile.am
+++ b/initscript/Slackware/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-EXTRA_DIST = rc.networkmanager
+EXTRA_DIST = rc.networkmanager rc.networkmanager-dispatcher
 
 initddir = $(sysconfdir)/rc.d
-initd_SCRIPTS = rc.networkmanager
+initd_SCRIPTS = rc.networkmanager rc.networkmanager-dispatcher
 
diff --git a/initscript/Slackware/rc.networkmanager-dispatcher.in b/initscript/Slackware/rc.networkmanager-dispatcher.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72e5b4ab6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/initscript/Slackware/rc.networkmanager-dispatcher.in
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# NetworkManagerDispatcher:   NetworkManagerDispatcher daemon
+#
+# description:  This is a daemon for automatically switching network \
+#               connections to the best available connection. \
+#
+# processname: NetworkManagerDispatcher
+# pidfile: /var/run/NetworkManagerDispatcher.pid
+#
+
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@prefix@
+sbindir=@sbindir@
+
+NETWORKMANAGER_BIN=${sbindir}/NetworkManagerDispatcher
+
+# Sanity checks.
+[ -x $NETWORKMANAGER_BIN ] || exit 0
+
+# We need /sbin/ip
+[ -x /sbin/ip ] || exit 0
+
+PIDFILE=/var/run/NetworkManagerDispatcher.pid
+
+nm_start()
+{
+	if [ "`pgrep dbus-daemon`" = "" ]; then
+    echo "D-BUS must be running to start NetworkManagerDispatcher"
+    return
+	fi
+  
+	if [ "`pgrep hald`" = "" ]; then
+	 echo "HAL must be running to start NetworkManagerDispatcher"
+	 return
+	fi
+ 
+  # Just in case the pidfile is still there, we may need to nuke it.
+  if [ -e "$PIDFILE" ]; then
+    rm -f $PIDFILE
+  fi
+
+  echo "Starting NetworkManagerDispatcher daemon:  $NETWORKMANAGER_BIN"
+  $NETWORKMANAGER_BIN
+}
+
+nm_status()
+{
+  local pidlist=`cat $PIDFILE 2>/dev/null`
+  if [ -z "$pidlist" ]; then
+    return 1
+  fi
+  local command=`ps -p $pidlist -o comm=`
+  if [ "$command" != 'NetworkManagerDispatcher' ]; then
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+nm_stop()
+{
+  echo -en "Stopping NetworkManagerDispatcher: "
+  local pidlist=`cat $PIDFILE 2>/dev/null`
+  if [ ! -z "$pidlist" ]; then
+    kill $pidlist &>/dev/null
+    rm -f $PIDFILE &>/dev/null
+	fi
+  echo "stopped";
+}
+
+nm_restart()
+{
+  nm_stop
+  nm_start
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+'start')
+  if ( ! nm_status ); then
+    nm_start
+  else
+    echo "NetworkManagerDispatcher is already running (will not start it twice)."
+  fi
+		;;
+'stop')
+  nm_stop
+		;;
+'restart')
+  nm_restart
+		;;
+'status')
+  if ( nm_status ); then
+    echo "NetworkManagerDispatcher is currently running"
+  else
+    echo "NetworkManagerDispatcher is not running."
+  fi
+		;;
+*)
+  echo "usage $0 start|stop|status|restart"
+esac
diff --git a/initscript/Slackware/rc.networkmanager b/initscript/Slackware/rc.networkmanager.in
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 85%
rename from initscript/Slackware/rc.networkmanager
rename to initscript/Slackware/rc.networkmanager.in
index f02eddff5f..2d5bab9105
--- a/initscript/Slackware/rc.networkmanager
+++ b/initscript/Slackware/rc.networkmanager.in
@@ -8,8 +8,18 @@
 # processname: NetworkManager
 # pidfile: /var/run/NetworkManager.pid
 #
+
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@prefix@
+sbindir=@sbindir@
+
+NETWORKMANAGER_BIN=${sbindir}/NetworkManager
+
+# Sanity checks.
+[ -x $NETWORKMANAGER_BIN ] || exit 0
+
 # We need /sbin/ip
-[ -x /sbin/ip ] || exit 1
+[ -x /sbin/ip ] || exit 0
 
 PIDFILE=/var/run/NetworkManager.pid
 
@@ -30,8 +40,8 @@ nm_start()
     rm -f $PIDFILE
   fi
 
-  echo "Starting NetworkManager daemon:  /usr/sbin/NetworkManager"
-  /usr/sbin/NetworkManager
+  echo "Starting NetworkManager daemon:  $NETWORKMANAGER_BIN"
+  $NETWORKMANAGER_BIN
 }
 
 nm_status()