diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
index 6f5ccfeae4..7612830103 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
@@ -567,6 +567,7 @@ dnsmasq_start()
 	append_bool "$cfg" fqdn "--dhcp-fqdn"
 	append_bool "$cfg" proxydnssec "--proxy-dnssec"
 	append_bool "$cfg" localservice "--local-service"
+	append_bool "$cfg" logdhcp "--log-dhcp"
 	append_bool "$cfg" quietdhcp "--quiet-dhcp"
 	append_bool "$cfg" sequential_ip "--dhcp-sequential-ip"
 	append_bool "$cfg" allservers "--all-servers"