diff --git a/cmd/multicall.h b/cmd/multicall.h
index bd7cf7d..647e0ba 100644
--- a/cmd/multicall.h
+++ b/cmd/multicall.h
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 
 #include "libifupdown/libifupdown.h"
 
-#define ARRAY_SIZE(x)   (sizeof(x) / sizeof(*x))
-
 struct if_applet;
 
 struct if_option {
diff --git a/libifupdown/interface-file.c b/libifupdown/interface-file.c
index 74d74c1..b59ca8a 100644
--- a/libifupdown/interface-file.c
+++ b/libifupdown/interface-file.c
@@ -16,9 +16,38 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include "libifupdown/interface-file.h"
-#include "libifupdown/fgetline.h"
-#include "libifupdown/tokenize.h"
+#include "libifupdown/libifupdown.h"
+
+/* internally rewrite problematic ifupdown2 tokens to ifupdown-ng equivalents */
+struct remap_token {
+	const char *token;
+	const char *alternative;
+};
+
+static const struct remap_token tokens[] = {
+	{"vrf", "vrf-member"}
+};
+
+static int
+token_cmp(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	const char *key = a;
+	const struct remap_token *token = b;
+
+	return strcmp(key, token->token);
+}
+
+static char *
+maybe_remap_token(const char *token)
+{
+	const struct remap_token *tok = NULL;
+	static char tokbuf[4096];
+
+	tok = bsearch(token, tokens, ARRAY_SIZE(tokens), sizeof(*tokens), token_cmp);
+	strlcpy(tokbuf, tok != NULL ? tok->alternative : token, sizeof tokbuf);
+
+	return tokbuf;
+}
 
 bool
 lif_interface_file_parse(struct lif_dict *collection, const char *filename)
@@ -167,6 +196,8 @@ lif_interface_file_parse(struct lif_dict *collection, const char *filename)
 		}
 		else if (cur_iface != NULL)
 		{
+			token = maybe_remap_token(token);
+
 			lif_dict_add(&cur_iface->vars, token, strdup(bufp));
 
 			/* Check if token looks like <word1>-<word*> and assume <word1> is an addon */
diff --git a/libifupdown/libifupdown.h b/libifupdown/libifupdown.h
index 87cc5fd..33da802 100644
--- a/libifupdown/libifupdown.h
+++ b/libifupdown/libifupdown.h
@@ -28,4 +28,8 @@
 #include "libifupdown/lifecycle.h"
 #include "libifupdown/tokenize.h"
 
+#ifndef ARRAY_SIZE
+# define ARRAY_SIZE(x)   (sizeof(x) / sizeof(*x))
+#endif
+
 #endif
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/vrf-ifupdown2.interfaces b/tests/fixtures/vrf-ifupdown2.interfaces
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..242cba5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/vrf-ifupdown2.interfaces
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+iface vrf-red
+    vrf-table 1
+
+auto eth0
+iface eth0
+    use dhcp
+    vrf vrf-red
diff --git a/tests/ifquery_test b/tests/ifquery_test
index 0b557d7..f6afe13 100755
--- a/tests/ifquery_test
+++ b/tests/ifquery_test
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ tests_init \
 	inheritance_0 \
 	inheritance_1 \
 	implicit_vlan \
-	vrf_dependency
+	vrf_dependency \
+	vrf_ifupdown2_rewrite \
+	vrf_ifupdown2_dependency
 
 noargs_body() {
 	atf_check -s exit:1 -e ignore ifquery -S/dev/null
@@ -118,3 +120,13 @@ vrf_dependency_body() {
 	atf_check -s exit:0 -o match:"requires vrf-red" \
 		ifquery -E $EXECUTORS_LINUX -i $FIXTURES/vrf.interfaces eth0
 }
+
+vrf_ifupdown2_rewrite_body() {
+	atf_check -s exit:0 -o match:"vrf-member vrf-red" \
+		ifquery -E $EXECUTORS -i $FIXTURES/vrf-ifupdown2.interfaces eth0
+}
+
+vrf_ifupdown2_dependency_body() {
+	atf_check -s exit:0 -o match:"requires vrf-red" \
+		ifquery -E $EXECUTORS_LINUX -i $FIXTURES/vrf-ifupdown2.interfaces eth0
+}