diff --git a/pppd/plugins/pppoe/discovery.c b/pppd/plugins/pppoe/discovery.c
index ccb88b2d..c1df4ffa 100644
--- a/pppd/plugins/pppoe/discovery.c
+++ b/pppd/plugins/pppoe/discovery.c
@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@ parsePADOTags(UINT16_t type, UINT16_t len, unsigned char *data,
 	    !strncmp((char *) data, conn->acName, len)) {
 	    pc->acNameOK = 1;
 	}
+	/* save a copy of the AC name if we can */
+	conn->actualACname = realloc(conn->actualACname, len + 1);
+	if (conn->actualACname)
+	    strlcpy(conn->actualACname, (char *) data, len + 1);
 	break;
     case TAG_SERVICE_NAME:
 	pc->seenServiceName = 1;
@@ -379,7 +383,7 @@ sendPADI(PPPoEConnection *conn)
 * Waits for a PADO packet and copies useful information
 ***********************************************************************/
 void
-waitForPADO(PPPoEConnection *conn, int timeout)
+waitForPADO(PPPoEConnection *conn, int timeout, int waitWholeTimeoutForPADO)
 {
     fd_set readable;
     int r;
@@ -480,7 +484,7 @@ waitForPADO(PPPoEConnection *conn, int timeout)
 		conn->discoveryState = STATE_RECEIVED_PADO;
 	    }
 	}
-    } while (pppoe_verbose >= 1 || conn->discoveryState != STATE_RECEIVED_PADO);
+    } while (waitWholeTimeoutForPADO || conn->discoveryState != STATE_RECEIVED_PADO);
 }
 
 /***********************************************************************
@@ -668,7 +672,7 @@ waitForPADS(PPPoEConnection *conn, int timeout)
 * Performs the PPPoE discovery phase 1
 ***********************************************************************/
 void
-discovery1(PPPoEConnection *conn)
+discovery1(PPPoEConnection *conn, int waitWholeTimeoutForPADO)
 {
     int padiAttempts = 0;
     int timeout = conn->discoveryTimeout;
@@ -683,7 +687,7 @@ discovery1(PPPoEConnection *conn)
 	}
 	sendPADI(conn);
 	conn->discoveryState = STATE_SENT_PADI;
-	waitForPADO(conn, timeout);
+	waitForPADO(conn, timeout, waitWholeTimeoutForPADO);
 
 	timeout *= 2;
     } while (conn->discoveryState == STATE_SENT_PADI);
diff --git a/pppd/plugins/pppoe/plugin.c b/pppd/plugins/pppoe/plugin.c
index 7d4709ec..00e68d54 100644
--- a/pppd/plugins/pppoe/plugin.c
+++ b/pppd/plugins/pppoe/plugin.c
@@ -128,8 +128,6 @@ PPPOEInitDevice(void)
     conn->ifName = devnam;
     conn->discoverySocket = -1;
     conn->sessionSocket = -1;
-    conn->discoveryTimeout = pppoe_padi_timeout;
-    conn->discoveryAttempts = pppoe_padi_attempts;
     return 1;
 }
 
@@ -217,7 +215,7 @@ PPPOEConnectDevice(void)
 	    error("Failed to create PPPoE discovery socket: %m");
 	    goto errout;
 	}
-	discovery1(conn);
+	discovery1(conn, 0);
 	/* discovery1() may update conn->mtu and conn->mru */
 	lcp_allowoptions[0].mru = conn->mtu;
 	lcp_wantoptions[0].mru = conn->mru;
@@ -256,6 +254,8 @@ PPPOEConnectDevice(void)
     ppp_set_remote_number(remote_number);
 
     ppp_script_setenv("MACREMOTE", remote_number, 0);
+    if (conn->actualACname)
+	ppp_script_setenv("ACNAME", conn->actualACname, 0);
 
     if (connect(conn->sessionSocket, (struct sockaddr *) &sp,
 		sizeof(struct sockaddr_pppox)) < 0) {
@@ -317,6 +317,8 @@ PPPOEDisconnectDevice(void)
         sendPADT(conn, NULL);
 	close(conn->discoverySocket);
     }
+    free(conn->actualACname);
+    conn->actualACname = NULL;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -471,6 +473,9 @@ void pppoe_check_options(void)
 
     ccp_allowoptions[0].bsd_compress = 0;
     ccp_wantoptions[0].bsd_compress = 0;
+
+    conn->discoveryTimeout = pppoe_padi_timeout;
+    conn->discoveryAttempts = pppoe_padi_attempts;
 }
 
 struct channel pppoe_channel = {
diff --git a/pppd/plugins/pppoe/pppoe-discovery.c b/pppd/plugins/pppoe/pppoe-discovery.c
index 5b1b2dc0..79ad805c 100644
--- a/pppd/plugins/pppoe/pppoe-discovery.c
+++ b/pppd/plugins/pppoe/pppoe-discovery.c
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	exit(1);
     }
 
-    discovery1(conn);
+    discovery1(conn, 1);
 
     if (!conn->numPADOs)
 	exit(1);
diff --git a/pppd/plugins/pppoe/pppoe.h b/pppd/plugins/pppoe/pppoe.h
index 9360eddf..2eb97bd1 100644
--- a/pppd/plugins/pppoe/pppoe.h
+++ b/pppd/plugins/pppoe/pppoe.h
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ typedef struct PPPoEConnectionStruct {
     int storedmru;		/* Stored MRU */
     int mtu;
     int mru;
+    char *actualACname;		/* Name of AC we connected to */
 } PPPoEConnection;
 
 /* Structure used to determine acceptable PADO or PADS packet */
@@ -272,7 +273,7 @@ void initPPP(void);
 void clampMSS(PPPoEPacket *packet, char const *dir, int clampMss);
 UINT16_t computeTCPChecksum(unsigned char *ipHdr, unsigned char *tcpHdr);
 UINT16_t pppFCS16(UINT16_t fcs, unsigned char *cp, int len);
-void discovery1(PPPoEConnection *conn);
+void discovery1(PPPoEConnection *conn, int waitWholeTimeoutForPADO);
 void discovery2(PPPoEConnection *conn);
 unsigned char *findTag(PPPoEPacket *packet, UINT16_t tagType,
 		       PPPoETag *tag);
diff --git a/pppd/pppd.8 b/pppd/pppd.8
index 37650418..317549b2 100644
--- a/pppd/pppd.8
+++ b/pppd/pppd.8
@@ -1823,6 +1823,11 @@ first WINS server address supplied.
 .B WINS2
 If the peer supplies WINS server addresses, this variable is set to the
 second WINS server address supplied.
+.TP
+.B ACNAME
+If the pppoe plugin is used to establish a connection to an access
+concentrator (AC), this variable is set to the name of the AC, as
+supplied by the AC.
 .P
 .P
 Pppd invokes the following scripts, if they exist.  It is not an error