diff --git a/deployment/puppet/cobbler/templates/dnsmasq.template.erb b/deployment/puppet/cobbler/templates/dnsmasq.template.erb
index 7aaeb1b4bf..136c259bc6 100644
--- a/deployment/puppet/cobbler/templates/dnsmasq.template.erb
+++ b/deployment/puppet/cobbler/templates/dnsmasq.template.erb
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ interface=<%= @dhcp_interface %>
 # For example gPXE will not work while iPXE works fine.
 dhcp-no-override
 
+# for many simultaneously DHCPDISCOVVER requests dnsmasq can offer
+# the same IP for two differnt MAC addresses. This option prevents it
+# by assigning IPs one by one instead of using hash algorithm.
+dhcp-sequential-ip
+
 dhcp-option=6,<%= @name_server %>
 
 dhcp-range=internal,<%= @dhcp_start_address %>,<%= @dhcp_end_address %>,<%= @dhcp_netmask %>