diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
index b94f222fa5..784912a9e0 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=dnsmasq
 PKG_VERSION:=2.77rc3
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/release-candidates
diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
index 30fec7a4ee..5221db46f6 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ dhcp_add() {
 	config_get ra "$cfg" ra
 	config_get ra_management "$cfg" ra_management
 	config_get ra_preference "$cfg" ra_preference
+	config_get dns "$cfg" dns
 
 	config_list_foreach "$cfg" "interface_name" append_interface_name "$ifname"
 
@@ -539,6 +540,15 @@ dhcp_add() {
 			xappend "--dhcp-range=$nettag$dhcp6range,constructor:$ifname,slaac,ra-names,$leasetime"
 			;;
 		esac
+
+		if [ -n "$dns" ]; then
+			dnss=""
+			for d in $dns; do append dnss "[$d]" ","; done
+		else
+			dnss="[::]"
+		fi
+
+		dhcp_option_append "option6:dns-server,$dnss" "$networkid"
 	fi
 
 	dhcp_option_add "$cfg" "$networkid"