diff --git a/package/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.hash b/package/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.hash
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5e5740eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Locally calculated after checking pgp signature
+sha256	7d0bd23f5d74b3a6b26a75d5ffcf9db81d461b47cbe578cb65a83a98008600b1	dnsmasq-2.72.tar.xz
diff --git a/package/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.mk b/package/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.mk
index 6e97c68fc..e7f5776dc 100644
--- a/package/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.mk
+++ b/package/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-DNSMASQ_VERSION = 2.71
+DNSMASQ_VERSION = 2.72
 DNSMASQ_SOURCE = dnsmasq-$(DNSMASQ_VERSION).tar.xz
 DNSMASQ_SITE = http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq
 DNSMASQ_MAKE_ENV = $(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) CC="$(TARGET_CC)"