diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
index 2395eaf804..30fec7a4ee 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ dhcp_match_add() {
 
 dhcp_host_add() {
 	local cfg="$1"
-	local hosttag nametime addrs
+	local hosttag nametime addrs duids
 
 	config_get_bool force "$cfg" force 0