diff --git a/etc/dhcp_agent.ini b/etc/dhcp_agent.ini
index 9836d350007..0f998789449 100644
--- a/etc/dhcp_agent.ini
+++ b/etc/dhcp_agent.ini
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@
 # Location to DHCP lease relay UNIX domain socket
 # dhcp_lease_relay_socket = $state_path/dhcp/lease_relay
 
+# Use broadcast in DHCP replies
+# dhcp_broadcast_reply = False
+
 # Location of Metadata Proxy UNIX domain socket
 # metadata_proxy_socket = $state_path/metadata_proxy
 
diff --git a/neutron/agent/linux/dhcp.py b/neutron/agent/linux/dhcp.py
index 51e89913d48..67e498d2dd2 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/linux/dhcp.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/linux/dhcp.py
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ OPTS = [
         'dnsmasq_lease_max',
         default=(2 ** 24),
         help=_('Limit number of leases to prevent a denial-of-service.')),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('dhcp_broadcast_reply', default=False,
+                help=_("Use broadcast in DHCP replies")),
 ]
 
 IPV4 = 4
@@ -414,6 +416,9 @@ class Dnsmasq(DhcpLocalProcess):
         if self.conf.dhcp_domain:
             cmd.append('--domain=%s' % self.conf.dhcp_domain)
 
+        if self.conf.dhcp_broadcast_reply:
+            cmd.append('--dhcp-broadcast')
+
         ip_wrapper = ip_lib.IPWrapper(self.root_helper,
                                       self.network.namespace)
         ip_wrapper.netns.execute(cmd, addl_env=env)
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/test_linux_dhcp.py b/neutron/tests/unit/test_linux_dhcp.py
index a0187369b82..39edd30a8fd 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/test_linux_dhcp.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/test_linux_dhcp.py
@@ -856,6 +856,11 @@ class TestDnsmasq(TestBase):
             network=FakeV4Network(),
             max_leases=256)
 
+    def test_spawn_cfg_broadcast(self):
+        self.conf.set_override('dhcp_broadcast_reply', True)
+        self._test_spawn(['--conf-file=', '--domain=openstacklocal',
+                          '--dhcp-broadcast'])
+
     def test_output_opts_file(self):
         fake_v6 = '2001:0200:feed:7ac0::1'
         expected = (