--- lib/libstand/bootp.c.orig	2015-07-29 08:38:28.970379976 +0200
+++ lib/libstand/bootp.c	2015-07-29 09:08:59.747891922 +0200
@@ -383,8 +383,20 @@
 			bcopy(cp, &rootip.s_addr, sizeof(swapip.s_addr));
 		}
 		if (tag == TAG_ROOTPATH) {
-			strncpy(rootpath, (char *)cp, sizeof(rootpath));
-			rootpath[size] = '\0';
+			/*
+			 * XXX Set dhcp.root-path.override to force rootpath
+			 * locally and ignore BOOTP vendor tag 17 (root-path)
+			 */
+			char *rootpath_o = getenv("dhcp.root-path.override");
+			if (rootpath_o == NULL) {
+				strncpy(rootpath, (char *)cp, sizeof(rootpath));
+				rootpath[size] = '\0';
+			        /* printf("vend_rfc1048: rootpath set from BOOTP: %s\n", rootpath); */
+			}
+			else {
+				strcpy(rootpath, rootpath_o);
+			        /* printf("vend_rfc1048: rootpath set to: %s\n", rootpath); */
+			}
 		}
 		if (tag == TAG_HOSTNAME) {
 			strncpy(hostname, (char *)cp, sizeof(hostname));