diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
index 9795d1aef8..20333c810a 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ dnsmasq() {
 	config_list_foreach "$cfg" "bogusnxdomain" append_bogusnxdomain
 	append_parm "$cfg" "leasefile" "--dhcp-leasefile"
 	append_parm "$cfg" "resolvfile" "--resolv-file"
+	append_parm "$cfg" "serversfile" "--servers-file"
 	append_parm "$cfg" "tftp_root" "--tftp-root"
 	append_parm "$cfg" "dhcp_boot" "--dhcp-boot"
 	append_parm "$cfg" "local_ttl" "--local-ttl"