diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 06bf306..3fb4686 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ install-data-local:
 	$(LN_S) $(TEMPLATEDIR)/tmpfsrun $(DESTDIR)$(SVCDIR)/tmpfsrun
 	$(LN_S) $(TEMPLATEDIR)/tmpfsvar $(DESTDIR)$(SVCDIR)/tmpfsvar
 	$(LN_S) $(TEMPLATEDIR)/gcrond $(DESTDIR)$(SVCDIR)/gcrond
+if DHCPCLIENT
+	$(LN_S) $(TEMPLATEDIR)/dhcpcdmaster $(DESTDIR)$(SVCDIR)/dhcpcdmaster
+endif
 if SWCLOCK
 	$(LN_S) $(TEMPLATEDIR)/swclock $(DESTDIR)$(SVCDIR)/swclock
 	$(LN_S) $(TEMPLATEDIR)/swclocksave $(DESTDIR)$(SVCDIR)/swclocksave@reboot
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fcd0e67..f447465 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -50,4 +50,13 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([swclock],
 	esac],
 	[AM_CONDITIONAL([SWCLOCK], [false])])
 
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([dhcpclient],
+	[AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-dhcpclient], [Enable DHCP client])],
+	[case "${enableval}" in
+	yes) AM_CONDITIONAL([DHCPCLIENT], [true]) ;;
+	no)  AM_CONDITIONAL([DHCPCLIENT], [false]) ;;
+	*) AC_MSG_ERROR([bad value ${enableval} for --enable-dhcpclient]) ;;
+	esac],
+	[AM_CONDITIONAL([DHCPCLIENT], [false])])
+
 AC_OUTPUT([Makefile])
diff --git a/services/Makemodule.am b/services/Makemodule.am
index b2a0309..3baf46f 100644
--- a/services/Makemodule.am
+++ b/services/Makemodule.am
@@ -4,14 +4,16 @@ init_DATA += services/sysctl services/hwclock services/sysinit
 init_DATA += services/sigterm services/sync services/devfs
 init_DATA += services/sysfs services/procfs services/tmpfs
 init_DATA += services/vfs services/ifrename services/ifcfg
-init_DATA += services/dhcpcd services/dhcpcdmaster services/unbound
-init_DATA += services/dnsmasq services/ifdown services/modules
+init_DATA += services/unbound services/dnsmasq services/ifdown services/modules
 init_DATA += services/network services/hostapd services/nft services/sigkill
 init_DATA += services/sshd services/sshd_keygen services/consolefont
 init_DATA += services/nginx services/usyslogd services/klogd
 init_DATA += services/gcrond services/mountusr
 init_DATA += services/tmpfsrun services/tmpfsvar
 
+if DHCPCLIENT
+init_DATA += services/dhcpcd services/dhcpcdmaster
+endif
 if SWCLOCK
 init_DATA += services/swclock services/swclocksave
 endif