arpd requires a directory (/var/lib/arpd/) to run.
see attached patch, which lets iproute create this directroy during install.
CONFDIR=/etc/iproute2
DOCDIR=/share/doc/iproute2
MANDIR=/share/man
+ARPDDIR=/var/lib/arpd
# Path to db_185.h include
DBM_INCLUDE:=/usr/include
install: all
install -m 0755 -d $(DESTDIR)$(SBINDIR)
install -m 0755 -d $(DESTDIR)$(CONFDIR)
+ install -m 0755 -d $(DESTDIR)$(ARPDDIR)
install -m 0755 -d $(DESTDIR)$(DOCDIR)/examples
install -m 0755 -d $(DESTDIR)$(DOCDIR)/examples/diffserv
install -m 0644 README.iproute2+tc $(shell find examples -maxdepth 1 -type f) \