diff --git a/network/vde2/README b/network/vde2/README
index c5595558df..35490f47f5 100644
--- a/network/vde2/README
+++ b/network/vde2/README
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ TUN/TAP support manually, you must set the following entry in your
 kernel's '.config' file and recompile:
 	CONFIG_TUN=m
 
+##  Experimental features
+If you know/want vde2's experimental features, execute the script as:
+EXPERIMENTAL=true sh vde2.SlackBuild
+
 ## Configuration
 An init script has been provided in /etc/rc.d/rc.vde2 to use with 
 vde_switch. Edit this script and provide the TAP inteface name as 
diff --git a/network/vde2/doinst.sh b/network/vde2/doinst.sh
index 9c1d24ce7f..1ea1b4a705 100644
--- a/network/vde2/doinst.sh
+++ b/network/vde2/doinst.sh
@@ -19,5 +19,3 @@ if [ -e etc/rc.d/rc.vde2 ]; then
   mv etc/rc.d/rc.vde2.new.incoming etc/rc.d/rc.vde2.new
 fi
 
-config etc/rc.d/rc.vde2.new
-
diff --git a/network/vde2/vde2.SlackBuild b/network/vde2/vde2.SlackBuild
index 874729f52e..25cc9dfc38 100644
--- a/network/vde2/vde2.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/vde2/vde2.SlackBuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # Modified by Antonio Hernández Blas <hba.nihilismus@gmail.com>
 
 PRGNAM=vde2
-VERSION=2.2.3
+VERSION=2.3.1
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -69,6 +69,17 @@ cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 chmod -R u+w,go+r-w,a-s .
 
+EXPERIMENTAL=${EXPERIMENTAL:-false}
+OPTIONS=""
+
+if [ "$EXPERIMENTAL" = "true" ]; then
+  OPTIONS+="--enable-experimental"
+fi
+
+# This seems like a not yet implemented feature so this is just
+# a reminder:
+#  --enable-kernel-switch
+
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 ./configure \
@@ -80,6 +91,7 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   --datadir=/usr/share \
   --enable-shared=yes \
   --disable-static \
+  $OPTIONS \
   --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
 make all
@@ -97,11 +109,23 @@ rm -f $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/doc/Makefile*
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/etc/rc.d
-install -m 0755 $CWD/rc.vde2 $PKG/etc/rc.d/rc.vde2.new
+install -m 0755 $CWD/rc.vde2 $PKG/etc/rc.d/rc.vde2
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
 cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
 
+# Add .new extension to all configuration files.
+for file in $(find $PKG/etc -type f)
+do
+  mv $file $file.new
+done
+
+# Add *.new files into doinst.sh
+for file in $(find $PKG/etc -type f -name "*.new")
+do
+  echo config $(echo $file | sed "s:$PKG/::") >> $PKG/install/doinst.sh
+done
+
 cd $PKG
 /sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/network/vde2/vde2.info b/network/vde2/vde2.info
index 0b0ded97f7..1bdeafcd3a 100644
--- a/network/vde2/vde2.info
+++ b/network/vde2/vde2.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="vde2"
-VERSION="2.2.3"
+VERSION="2.3.1"
 HOMEPAGE="http://vde.sourceforge.net"
-DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/vde/vde2/2.2.3/vde2-2.2.3.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="6f59e47fe2c8872afd85d130d2193794"
+DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/vde/vde2/2.3.1/vde2-2.3.1.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="22a7913beb50d6706155fc502ff3cbbe"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 MAINTAINER="Antonio Hernández Blas"
 EMAIL="hba.nihilismus@gmail.com"
-APPROVED="pprkut"
+APPROVED="dsomero"