diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/boot b/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/boot
index 88dded646c..49562b78d0 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/boot
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/boot
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ start() {
 	chown 0700 /tmp/.uci
 	touch /var/log/wtmp
 	touch /var/log/lastlog
+	touch /tmp/resolv.conf.auto
 	ln -sf /tmp/resolv.conf.auto /tmp/resolv.conf
 	[ "$FAILSAFE" = "true" ] && touch /tmp/.failsafe