diff --git a/plist b/plist
index 98170dc58..5938bff15 100644
--- a/plist
+++ b/plist
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 /usr/local/etc/dh-parameters.2048.rfc7919
 /usr/local/etc/dh-parameters.3072.rfc7919
 /usr/local/etc/dh-parameters.4096.rfc7919
+/usr/local/etc/dhcpd.opnsense.d/README
+/usr/local/etc/dhcpd6.opnsense.d/README
 /usr/local/etc/dnsmasq.conf.d/README
 /usr/local/etc/inc/IPv6.inc
 /usr/local/etc/inc/XMLRPC_Client.inc
diff --git a/src/etc/dhcpd.opnsense.d/README b/src/etc/dhcpd.opnsense.d/README
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..236e6b01b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/dhcpd.opnsense.d/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+OPNsense: automatically included dhcpd.conf files for IPv4.
diff --git a/src/etc/dhcpd6.opnsense.d/README b/src/etc/dhcpd6.opnsense.d/README
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1bf81ac22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/dhcpd6.opnsense.d/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+OPNsense: automatically included dhcpd.conf files for IPv6.
diff --git a/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc.d/dhcpd.inc b/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc.d/dhcpd.inc
index 01b96ddb4..e15e01da0 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc.d/dhcpd.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc.d/dhcpd.inc
@@ -1251,6 +1251,10 @@ EOD;
         $dhcpdconf .= dhcpd_zones($ddns_zones);
     }
 
+    foreach (glob('/usr/local/etc/dhcpd.opnsense.d/*.conf') as $file) {
+        $dhcpdconf .= "\n\n# including custom file {$file}\n" . file_get_contents($file);
+    }
+
     @file_put_contents('/var/dhcpd/etc/dhcpd.conf', $dhcpdconf);
     @touch('/var/dhcpd/var/db/dhcpd.leases');
     @unlink('/var/dhcpd/var/run/dhcpd.pid');
@@ -1672,6 +1676,10 @@ EOD;
         $dhcpdv6conf .= "\nddns-update-style none;\n";
     }
 
+    foreach (glob('/usr/local/etc/dhcpd6.opnsense.d/*.conf') as $file) {
+        $dhcpdv6conf .= "\n\n# including custom file {$file}\n" . file_get_contents($file);
+    }
+
     @file_put_contents('/var/dhcpd/etc/dhcpdv6.conf', $dhcpdv6conf);
     @touch('/var/dhcpd/var/db/dhcpd6.leases');
     @unlink('/var/dhcpd/var/run/dhcpdv6.pid');