diff --git a/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init b/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
index 3f8dca959c..b5ecf1de27 100644
--- a/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
+++ b/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ dnsmasq() {
 	config_get leasefile $cfg leasefile
 	[ -e "$leasefile" ] || touch "$leasefile"
 	config_get_bool cachelocal "$cfg" cachelocal 1
+
+	config_get hostsfile "$cfg" dhcphostsfile
+	[ -e "$hostsfile" ] && append args "--dhcp-hostsfile=$hostsfile"
 }
 
 dhcp_subscrid_add() {