diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 656358d53..bfbc68587 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2006-04-02  Tor Krill  <tor@krill.nu>
+
+	* initscript/Arch/networkmanager.in: Added checks for HAL and dhcdbd
+	  in start of service.
+	* src/backends/NetworkManagerArch.c: (nm_system_get_mtu): Added to
+	  get Archlinux backend up to date.
+
 2006-03-29  Robert Love  <rml@novell.com>
 
 	Patch by Vinay R <rvinay@novell.com> and Robert Love <rml@novell.com>,
diff --git a/initscript/Arch/networkmanager.in b/initscript/Arch/networkmanager.in
index 41b7c8694..417a0386e 100644
--- a/initscript/Arch/networkmanager.in
+++ b/initscript/Arch/networkmanager.in
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ NETWORKMANAGER_BIN=${sbindir}/NetworkManager
 PID=`pidof -o %PPID $NETWORKMANAGER_BIN`
 case "$1" in
 	start)
+		ck_daemon hal && /etc/rc.d/hal start
+		sleep 1
+		ck_daemon dhcdbd && /etc/rc.d/dhcdbd start
+		sleep 1
 		stat_busy "Starting NetworkManager"
 		if [ -z "$PID" ]; then
 			$NETWORKMANAGER_BIN
diff --git a/src/backends/NetworkManagerArch.c b/src/backends/NetworkManagerArch.c
index c6cb52d6f..37654e8fd 100644
--- a/src/backends/NetworkManagerArch.c
+++ b/src/backends/NetworkManagerArch.c
@@ -952,3 +952,15 @@ void nm_system_set_hostname (NMIP4Config *config)
 {
 }
 
+/*
+ * nm_system_get_mtu
+ *
+ * Return a user-provided or system-mandated MTU for this device or zero if
+ * no such MTU is provided.
+ */
+guint32 nm_system_get_mtu (NMDevice *dev)
+{
+	return 0;
+
+}
+