diff --git a/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init b/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
index 485a2f7b70..15228da99e 100644
--- a/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
+++ b/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ dnsmasq() {
 	append_parm "$cfg" "resolvfile" "--resolv-file"
 	append_parm "$cfg" "tftp_root" "--tftp-root"
 	append_parm "$cfg" "dhcp_boot" "--dhcp-boot"
+	append_parm "$cfg" "local_ttl" "--local-ttl"
 
 	config_get DOMAIN "$cfg" domain