diff --git a/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init b/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
index a1334d05fc..e90d793368 100644
--- a/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
+++ b/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ dnsmasq() {
 	append_bool "$cfg" expandhosts "--expand-hosts"
 	append_bool "$cfg" enable_tftp "--enable-tftp"
 	append_bool "$cfg" nonwildcard "--bind-interfaces"
+	append_bool "$cfg" fqdn "--dhcp-fqdn"
 
 	append_parm "$cfg" dhcpscript "--dhcp-script"
 	append_parm "$cfg" cachesize "--cache-size"