diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
index d5051b9f8c..0bee31c0e6 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 PKG_NAME:=dnsmasq
 PKG_UPSTREAM_VERSION:=2.81rc3
 PKG_VERSION:=$(subst test,~~test,$(subst rc,~rc,$(PKG_UPSTREAM_VERSION)))
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_UPSTREAM_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/release-candidates
diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dhcp.conf b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dhcp.conf
index 19052e2333..5acaa7d8e2 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dhcp.conf
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dhcp.conf
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ config dnsmasq
 	#list notinterface	lo
 	#list bogusnxdomain     '64.94.110.11'
 	option localservice	1  # disable to allow DNS requests from non-local subnets
+	option filter_aaaa	1
 
 config dhcp lan
 	option interface	lan
diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
index ae02f322d5..56a3553db3 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
@@ -867,6 +867,8 @@ dnsmasq_start()
 	append_bool "$cfg" noping "--no-ping"
 	append_bool "$cfg" rapidcommit "--dhcp-rapid-commit"
 
+	append_bool "$cfg" filter_aaaa "--filter-aaaa"
+
 	append_parm "$cfg" logfacility "--log-facility"
 
 	append_parm "$cfg" cachesize "--cache-size"