diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4552f6e..8dc5dc0 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 	- final support for asn32, now with correct syntax for Juniper. 
 	- experimental 'pipelining' mode (flag -T), much faster when 
 	working with big as-set's. 
+	- RIPE-style query (-i origin) now requests only route6 objects. 
 
 0.1.1 (2008-05-16): 
 	- initial support for asn32 added (flag -3). By default it's off, 
diff --git a/bgpq_expander.c b/bgpq_expander.c
index 052538a..7eafc45 100644
--- a/bgpq_expander.c
+++ b/bgpq_expander.c
@@ -528,10 +528,10 @@ bgpq_expand(struct bgpq_expander* b)
 						if(b->family==AF_INET6) { 
 							if(k>0) 
 								bgpq_expand_ripe(f,bgpq_expanded_v6prefix,b,
-									"-i origin as%u.%u\r\n", k, i*8+j);
+									"-T route6 -i origin as%u.%u\r\n", k,i*8+j);
 							else 
 								bgpq_expand_ripe(f,bgpq_expanded_v6prefix,b,
-									"-i origin as%u\r\n", i*8+j);
+									"-T route6 -i origin as%u\r\n", i*8+j);
 
 						} else { 
 							if(!pipelining) {