diff --git a/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init b/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
index ef1a8e98b554b650437c115e1f933ee64306e713..9bd622576da2251f26a9fe5a28d73d7e15eb0c21 100644
--- a/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
+++ b/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ dnsmasq() {
 	append_bool "$cfg" enable_tftp "--enable-tftp"
 	append_bool "$cfg" nonwildcard "-z"
 
+	append_parm "$cfg" dhcpscript "-6"
 	append_parm "$cfg" cachesize "-c"
 	append_parm "$cfg" dnsforwardmax "-0"
 	append_parm "$cfg" port "-p"