diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
index a504f92e60..3ef2b3d64c 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ dnsmasq() {
 	append_bool "$cfg" quietdhcp "--quiet-dhcp"
 	append_bool "$cfg" sequential_ip "--dhcp-sequential-ip"
 	append_bool "$cfg" allservers "--all-servers"
+	append_bool "$cfg" noping "--no-ping"
 
 	append_parm "$cfg" dhcpscript "--dhcp-script"
 	append_parm "$cfg" cachesize "--cache-size"