diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/boot b/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/boot
index 21aecde615..a722cabf4b 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/boot
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/boot
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ boot() {
 	touch /var/log/lastlog
 	mkdir -p /tmp/resolv.conf.d
 	touch /tmp/resolv.conf.d/resolv.conf.auto
+	ln -sf /tmp/resolv.conf.d/resolv.conf.auto /tmp/resolv.conf.auto
 	ln -sf /tmp/resolv.conf.d/resolv.conf.auto /tmp/resolv.conf
 	grep -q debugfs /proc/filesystems && /bin/mount -o noatime -t debugfs debugfs /sys/kernel/debug
 	[ "$FAILSAFE" = "true" ] && touch /tmp/.failsafe