diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
index bbe2b5612d..5844aaf8e2 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ dnsmasq() {
 	append_bool "$cfg" proxydnssec "--proxy-dnssec"
 	append_bool "$cfg" localservice "--local-service"
 	append_bool "$cfg" quietdhcp "--quiet-dhcp"
+	append_bool "$cfg" sequential_ip "--dhcp-sequential-ip"
 
 	append_parm "$cfg" dhcpscript "--dhcp-script"
 	append_parm "$cfg" cachesize "--cache-size"