diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
index 5ad32f21066eb59e19e9b1d1bb0cfb50706c76b0..467c93494ea45d291714cbe4aac74971395316a6 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=dnsmasq
 PKG_VERSION:=2.66
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq
diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
index 62adb26233ce1f9af8eeccae836688023b19ccc8..cc5ff7da6a639dad74d10477b657197d80d6707e 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ dnsmasq() {
 	config_get hostsfile "$cfg" dhcphostsfile
 	[ -e "$hostsfile" ] && xappend "--dhcp-hostsfile=$hostsfile"
 
+	mkdir -p /tmp/hosts
+	xappend "--addn-hosts=/tmp/hosts"
+
 	local rebind
 	config_get_bool rebind "$cfg" rebind_protection 1
 	[ $rebind -gt 0 ] && {