diff --git a/net/mosquitto/files/etc/config/mosquitto b/net/mosquitto/files/etc/config/mosquitto
index fc7544c69..996d786c9 100644
--- a/net/mosquitto/files/etc/config/mosquitto
+++ b/net/mosquitto/files/etc/config/mosquitto
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ config owrt owrt
     option use_uci 0
 
 config mosquitto mosquitto
+
+config persistence persistence