diff --git a/openwrt/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.conf b/openwrt/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.conf
index ccf270d3b5..b4bdd4b634 100644
--- a/openwrt/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.conf
+++ b/openwrt/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.conf
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ localise-queries
 # allow /etc/hosts and dhcp lookups via *.lan
 local=/lan/
 domain=lan
+expand-hosts
 
 # enable dhcp (start,end,netmask,leasetime)
 dhcp-authoritative