diff --git a/net/isc-dhcp/Makefile b/net/isc-dhcp/Makefile
index 2facf10575..25a5ebf329 100644
--- a/net/isc-dhcp/Makefile
+++ b/net/isc-dhcp/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ PKG_NAME:=isc-dhcp
 UPSTREAM_NAME:=dhcp
 PKG_REALVERSION:=4.4.3-P1
 PKG_VERSION:=4.4.3_p1
-PKG_RELEASE:=14
+PKG_RELEASE:=15
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-3-Clause
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE
diff --git a/net/isc-dhcp/files/dhcpd.init b/net/isc-dhcp/files/dhcpd.init
index 6e1cb53f72..0370f33a1d 100755
--- a/net/isc-dhcp/files/dhcpd.init
+++ b/net/isc-dhcp/files/dhcpd.init
@@ -167,14 +167,19 @@ create_empty_zone() {
 	chown bind:bind "$zpath" || return 1
 	chmod 0664 "$zpath" || return 1
 
-	# if the zone doesn't exist, we need to add it, otherwise we need to
-	# create it.
+	# if the zone doesn't exist, or a RFC-1918 in-addr.arpa zone, then
+	# we need to add it, otherwise we need to create it.
 	if ! rndc zonestatus $zone >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 		command="addzone"
 	else
 		command="modzone"
 	fi
 
+	case "$zone" in
+		10.in-addr.arpa|1[6789].172.in-addr.arpa|2[0-9].172.in-addr.arpa|3[01].172.in-addr.arpa|168.192.in-addr.arpa)
+		command="addzone" ;;
+	esac
+
 	if ! error=$(rndc $command $zone "{
 		type primary;
 		file \"$zpath\";