--- b/config.h.in	2011-05-07 13:34:44.000000000 +1000
+++ a/config.h.in	2011-05-07 13:34:44.000000000 +1000
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@
 /* Define if you have Gentoo */
 #undef TARGET_GENTOO
 
+/* Define if you have NuTyX */
+#undef TARGET_NUTYX
+
 /* Define if you have linexa */
 #undef TARGET_LINEXA
 
--- b/configure.ac	2011-05-07 13:34:44.000000000 +1000
+++ a/configure.ac	2011-05-07 13:34:44.000000000 +1000
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 dnl
 AC_C_BIGENDIAN
 
-AC_ARG_WITH(distro, AS_HELP_STRING([--with-distro=DISTRO], [Specify the Linux distribution to target: One of redhat, suse, gentoo, debian, arch, slackware, paldo, mandriva, pardus, linexa or exherbo]))
+AC_ARG_WITH(distro, AS_HELP_STRING([--with-distro=DISTRO], [Specify the Linux distribution to target: One of redhat, suse, gentoo, debian, arch, slackware, paldo, mandriva, pardus, linexa, exherbo or nutyx]))
 if test "z$with_distro" = "z"; then
 	AC_CHECK_FILE(/etc/redhat-release,with_distro="redhat")
 	AC_CHECK_FILE(/etc/SuSE-release,with_distro="suse")
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
 	AC_CHECK_FILE(/etc/pardus-release,with_distro="pardus")
 	AC_CHECK_FILE(/etc/linexa-release,with_distro="linexa")
 	AC_CHECK_FILE(/etc/exherbo-release,with_distro="exherbo")
+	AC_CHECK_FILE(/etc/nutyx-version,with_distro="nutyx")
 	if test "z$with_distro" = "z"; then
 		with_distro=`lsb_release -is`
 	fi
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@
 	exit 1
 else
 	case $with_distro in
-		redhat|suse|gentoo|debian|slackware|arch|paldo|frugalware|mandriva|pardus|linexa|exherbo) ;;
+		redhat|suse|gentoo|debian|slackware|arch|paldo|frugalware|mandriva|pardus|linexa|exherbo|nutyx) ;;
 		*)
 			echo "Your distribution (${with_distro}) is not yet supported!  (patches welcome)"
 			exit 1
@@ -200,6 +201,11 @@
   AC_DEFINE(TARGET_EXHERBO, 1, [Define if you have Exherbo])
 fi
 
+AM_CONDITIONAL(TARGET_NUTYX, test x"$with_distro" = xnutyx)
+if test x"$with_distro" = xnutyx; then
+  AC_DEFINE(TARGET_NUTYX, 1, [Define if you have NuTyX])
+fi
+
 dnl
 dnl Distribution version string
 dnl
--- b/src/backends/Makefile.am	2011-05-07 13:34:44.000000000 +1000
+++ a/src/backends/Makefile.am	2011-05-07 13:34:44.000000000 +1000
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@
 libnmbackend_la_SOURCES += NetworkManagerExherbo.c
 endif
 
+if TARGET_NUTYX
+libnmbackend_la_SOURCES += NetworkManagerNuTyX.c
+endif
+
 libnmbackend_la_LIBADD += \
 	$(top_builddir)/src/logging/libnm-logging.la \
 	$(LIBNL_LIBS) \
--- b/src/backends/NetworkManagerNuTyX.c	1970-01-01 10:00:00.000000000 +1000
+++ a/src/backends/NetworkManagerNuTyX.c	2011-05-07 13:34:44.000000000 +1000
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/* NetworkManager -- Network link manager
+ *
+ * Jürg Billeter <juerg@paldo.org>
+ *
+ * Adapted for NuTyX by piernov <piernov@piernov.org>
+ * Heavily based on NetworkManagerRedhat.c by Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright 2004 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * (C) Copyright 2006 Jürg Billeter
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "NetworkManagerGeneric.h"
+#include "nm-system.h"
+#include "NetworkManagerUtils.h"
+#include "nm-logging.h"
+
+/*
+ * nm_system_enable_loopback
+ *
+ * Bring up the loopback interface
+ *
+ */
+void nm_system_enable_loopback (void)
+{
+       nm_spawn_process ("/etc/rc.d/init.d/localnet restart");
+}
+
+/*
+ * nm_system_update_dns
+ *
+ * Invalidate the nscd host cache, if it exists, since
+ * we changed resolv.conf.
+ *
+ */
+void nm_system_update_dns (void)
+{
+        if (g_file_test("/var/run/nscd/nscd.pid", G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS))
+               nm_log_info (LOGD_DNS, "Clearing nscd hosts cache.");
+               nm_spawn_process ("/usr/sbin/nscd -i hosts");
+}
+
+