diff --git a/include/tins/ip_reassembler.h b/include/tins/ip_reassembler.h
index 51a521f..1fc9c77 100644
--- a/include/tins/ip_reassembler.h
+++ b/include/tins/ip_reassembler.h
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@
 #include "pdu.h"
 #include "macros.h"
 #include "ip_address.h"
+#include "ip.h"
 
 namespace Tins {
 
 /** 
  * \cond
  */
-class IP;
 namespace Internals {
 class IPv4Fragment {
 public:
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ public:
     void add_fragment(IP* ip);
     bool is_complete() const;
     PDU* allocate_pdu() const;
+    const IP& first_fragment() const;
 private:
     typedef std::vector<IPv4Fragment> fragments_type;
     
@@ -81,9 +82,11 @@ private:
     bool extract_more_frag(const IP* ip);
 
     fragments_type fragments_;
+    size_t received_size_;
+    size_t total_size_;
+    IP first_fragment_;
     bool received_end_;
     uint8_t transport_proto_;
-    size_t received_size_, total_size_;
 };
 } // namespace Internals
 
diff --git a/src/ip_reassembler.cpp b/src/ip_reassembler.cpp
index 577389f..41a808f 100644
--- a/src/ip_reassembler.cpp
+++ b/src/ip_reassembler.cpp
@@ -38,11 +38,17 @@ namespace Tins {
 namespace Internals {
 
 IPv4Stream::IPv4Stream() 
-: received_end_(false), transport_proto_(0xff), received_size_(), total_size_() { 
+: received_size_(), total_size_(), received_end_(false), transport_proto_(0xff) {
 
 }
 
 void IPv4Stream::add_fragment(IP* ip) {
+    if (fragments_.empty()) {
+        // Release the inner PDU, store this first fragment and restore the inner PDU
+        PDU* inner_pdu = ip->release_inner_pdu();
+        first_fragment_ = *ip;
+        ip->inner_pdu(inner_pdu);
+    }
     fragments_type::iterator it = fragments_.begin();
     uint16_t offset = extract_offset(ip);
     while (it != fragments_.end() && offset > it->offset()) {
@@ -87,6 +93,10 @@ PDU* IPv4Stream::allocate_pdu() const {
     );
 }
 
+const IP& IPv4Stream::first_fragment() const {
+    return first_fragment_;
+}
+
 uint16_t IPv4Stream::extract_offset(const IP* ip) {
     return ip->fragment_offset() * 8;
 }
@@ -114,6 +124,9 @@ IPv4Reassembler::PacketStatus IPv4Reassembler::process(PDU& pdu) {
             stream.add_fragment(ip);
             if (stream.is_complete()) {
                 PDU* pdu = stream.allocate_pdu();
+                // Use all field values from the first fragment
+                *ip = stream.first_fragment();
+
                 // Erase this stream, since it's already assembled
                 streams_.erase(key);
                 // The packet is corrupt
diff --git a/tests/src/ip_reassembler_test.cpp b/tests/src/ip_reassembler_test.cpp
index a673d6d..ed00cf2 100644
--- a/tests/src/ip_reassembler_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/ip_reassembler_test.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 #include "ip.h"
 #include "rawpdu.h"
 
+using std::vector;
+using std::pair;
+using std::make_pair;
+
 using namespace Tins;
 
 class IPv4ReassemblerTest : public testing::Test {
@@ -15,7 +19,7 @@ public:
     static const uint8_t packets[][1514];
     static const size_t packet_sizes[], orderings[][11];
     
-    void test_packets(const std::vector<std::pair<const uint8_t*, size_t> >& vt);
+    void test_packets(const vector<pair<const uint8_t*, size_t> >& vt);
 };
 
 const uint8_t IPv4ReassemblerTest::packets[][1514] = {
@@ -43,30 +47,37 @@ const size_t IPv4ReassemblerTest::orderings[][11] = {
     { 1, 9, 8, 5, 4, 2, 0, 7, 6, 3, 10 }
 };
 
-void IPv4ReassemblerTest::test_packets(const std::vector<std::pair<const uint8_t*, size_t> >& vt) {
+void IPv4ReassemblerTest::test_packets(const vector<pair<const uint8_t*, size_t> >& vt) {
     IPv4Reassembler reassembler;
     for(size_t i = 0; i < vt.size(); ++i) {
         EthernetII eth(vt[i].first, (uint32_t)vt[i].second);
+        if (i != 0) {
+            eth.rfind_pdu<IP>().ttl(32);
+        }
         IPv4Reassembler::PacketStatus status = reassembler.process(eth);
         EXPECT_NE(IPv4Reassembler::NOT_FRAGMENTED, status);
-        if(status == IPv4Reassembler::REASSEMBLED) {
+        if (status == IPv4Reassembler::REASSEMBLED) {
             ASSERT_EQ(static_cast<size_t>(vt.size() - 1), i);
             ASSERT_TRUE(eth.find_pdu<UDP>() != NULL);
+            const IP& ip = eth.rfind_pdu<IP>();
+            EXPECT_EQ(64, ip.ttl());
+
             RawPDU* raw = eth.find_pdu<RawPDU>();
             ASSERT_TRUE(raw != NULL);
             ASSERT_EQ(15000ULL, raw->payload().size());
         }
-        else if(status == IPv4Reassembler::FRAGMENTED)
+        else if (status == IPv4Reassembler::FRAGMENTED) {
             EXPECT_NE(vt.size() - 1, i);
+        }
     }
 }
 
 TEST_F(IPv4ReassemblerTest, Reassemble) {
     for(size_t i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
-        std::vector<std::pair<const uint8_t*, size_t> > vt;
+        vector<pair<const uint8_t*, size_t> > vt;
         for(size_t j = 0; j < 11; ++j) {
             vt.push_back(
-                std::make_pair(
+                make_pair(
                     packets[orderings[i][j]],
                     packet_sizes[orderings[i][j]]
                 )