diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
index f2e111bed57..62adb26233c 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ dnsmasq() {
 	append_bool "$cfg" enable_tftp "--enable-tftp"
 	append_bool "$cfg" nonwildcard "--bind-interfaces"
 	append_bool "$cfg" fqdn "--dhcp-fqdn"
+	append_bool "$cfg" proxydnssec "--proxy-dnssec"
 
 	append_parm "$cfg" dhcpscript "--dhcp-script"
 	append_parm "$cfg" cachesize "--cache-size"