diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index a98b101..702a865 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 version 2.63
             Do duplicate dhcp-host address check in --test mode.
 
+	    Check that tftp-root directories are accessible before
+	    start-up. Thanks to Daniel Veillard for the initial patch.
+
+	    Allow more than one --tfp-root flag. The per-interface
+	    stuff is pointless without that.
+
 
 version 2.62
             Update German translation. Thanks to Conrad Kostecki.
diff --git a/src/dnsmasq.c b/src/dnsmasq.c
index a6237ba..e48424b 100644
--- a/src/dnsmasq.c
+++ b/src/dnsmasq.c
@@ -498,6 +498,34 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
     prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 1, 0, 0, 0);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_TFTP
+  if (daemon->tftp_unlimited || daemon->tftp_interfaces)
+    {
+      DIR *dir;
+      struct tftp_prefix *p;
+      
+      if (daemon->tftp_prefix)
+	{
+	  if (!((dir = opendir(daemon->tftp_prefix))))
+	    {
+	      send_event(err_pipe[1], EVENT_TFTP_ERR, errno, daemon->tftp_prefix);
+	      _exit(0);
+	    }
+	  closedir(dir);
+	}
+
+      for (p = daemon->if_prefix; p; p = p->next)
+	{
+	  if (!((dir = opendir(p->prefix))))
+	   {
+	     send_event(err_pipe[1], EVENT_TFTP_ERR, errno, p->prefix);
+	     _exit(0);
+	   } 
+	  closedir(dir);
+	}
+    }
+#endif
+
   if (daemon->port == 0)
     my_syslog(LOG_INFO, _("started, version %s DNS disabled"), VERSION);
   else if (daemon->cachesize != 0)
@@ -995,6 +1023,9 @@ static void fatal_event(struct event_desc *ev, char *msg)
     
     case EVENT_LUA_ERR:
       die(_("failed to load Lua script: %s"), msg, EC_MISC);
+
+    case EVENT_TFTP_ERR:
+      die(_("TFTP directory %s inaccessible: %s"), msg, EC_FILE);
     }
 }	
       
diff --git a/src/dnsmasq.h b/src/dnsmasq.h
index 4b24acc..689d29b 100644
--- a/src/dnsmasq.h
+++ b/src/dnsmasq.h
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ struct event_desc {
 #define EVENT_LOG_ERR   17
 #define EVENT_FORK_ERR  18
 #define EVENT_LUA_ERR   19
+#define EVENT_TFTP_ERR  20
 
 /* Exit codes. */
 #define EC_GOOD        0
diff --git a/src/option.c b/src/option.c
index 23b4114..0014269 100644
--- a/src/option.c
+++ b/src/option.c
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ static struct {
   { LOPT_NO_NAMES, ARG_DUP, "[=tag:<tag>]...", gettext_noop("Ignore hostnames provided by DHCP clients."), NULL },
   { LOPT_OVERRIDE, OPT_NO_OVERRIDE, NULL, gettext_noop("Do NOT reuse filename and server fields for extra DHCP options."), NULL },
   { LOPT_TFTP, ARG_DUP, "[=<interface>]", gettext_noop("Enable integrated read-only TFTP server."), NULL },
-  { LOPT_PREFIX, ARG_ONE, "<dir>[,<iface>]", gettext_noop("Export files by TFTP only from the specified subtree."), NULL },
+  { LOPT_PREFIX, ARG_DUP, "<dir>[,<iface>]", gettext_noop("Export files by TFTP only from the specified subtree."), NULL },
   { LOPT_APREF, OPT_TFTP_APREF, NULL, gettext_noop("Add client IP address to tftp-root."), NULL },
   { LOPT_SECURE, OPT_TFTP_SECURE, NULL, gettext_noop("Allow access only to files owned by the user running dnsmasq."), NULL },
   { LOPT_TFTP_MAX, ARG_ONE, "<integer>", gettext_noop("Maximum number of conncurrent TFTP transfers (defaults to %s)."), "#" },