diff -Naur a/toys/other/ifconfig.c b/toys/other/ifconfig.c
--- a/toys/other/ifconfig.c	2014-10-02 18:23:27.000000000 +0530
+++ b/toys/other/ifconfig.c	2014-10-06 17:09:37.575897768 +0530
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * Not in SUSv4.
 
-USE_IFCONFIG(NEWTOY(ifconfig, "?a", TOYFLAG_BIN))
+USE_IFCONFIG(NEWTOY(ifconfig, "^?a", TOYFLAG_BIN))
 
 config IFCONFIG
   bool "ifconfig"