diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index fd678ce..4560010 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+linux-netlink-ruby (0.17-1+squeeze1) oldstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream release
+
+ -- Patrick J Cherry <patrick@bytemark.co.uk>  Wed, 01 Apr 2015 22:48:55 +0100
+
 linux-netlink-ruby (0.16-1+squeeze1) oldstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release.
diff --git a/netlinkrb.gemspec b/netlinkrb.gemspec
index cdf2135..0e69d72 100644
--- a/netlinkrb.gemspec
+++ b/netlinkrb.gemspec
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ $:.unshift lib unless $:.include? lib
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = "netlinkrb"
-  s.version = "0.12"
+  s.version = "0.17"
   s.platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
-  s.authors = ["Brian Candler", "Matthew Bloch", "Patrick Cherry", "Alex Young"]
+  s.authors = ["Brian Candler", "Matthew Bloch", "Patrick Cherry", "Alex Young", "Nicholas Thomas"]
   s.email = ["matthew@bytemark.co.uk"]
   s.summary = "Interface to Linux' Netlink API"
   s.description = "Ruby native interface to the Netlink API which avoids shelling out to command-line tools as much as possible."
diff --git a/test/t_route.rb b/test/t_route.rb
index a9ab25c..acab915 100644
--- a/test/t_route.rb
+++ b/test/t_route.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,28 @@ class TestAddr < Test::Unit::TestCase
       end
     end
 
+    test "massively parallel IP address addition" do
+      @ifname = create_test_interface
+
+      ips = (10..20).map {|y| (1..254).map {|z| "10.100.#{y}.#{z}" } }.flatten.compact
+
+      threads = ips.map {|ip|
+        Thread.new {
+          Linux::Netlink::Route::Socket.new.addr.add(
+            :index => @ifname,
+            :local => ip,
+            :prefixlen => 8
+          )
+        }
+      }
+
+      threads.map(&:join)
+      created = @ip.addr.list(:index => @ifname, :family => Socket::AF_INET).
+        map {|ifaddr| ifaddr.address.to_s }
+
+      ips.each {|ip| assert created.include?( ip ), "#{ip} was not created" }
+    end
+
     def create_test_interface(ifname = "test_#{$$}")
       begin
         @ip.link.add(