diff --git a/netifd/Makefile b/netifd/Makefile
index 2e64a6736..4b5f110da 100644
--- a/netifd/Makefile
+++ b/netifd/Makefile
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL=$(PROJECT_GIT)/project/netifd.git
-PKG_SOURCE_DATE:=2021-01-09
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=753c351bc729967a691d99e27693be5aec334028
-PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=e7d95bde520fc660d0a49e28c5bb50fff3071d7f48fe7fc3fc610f38edfc7df1
+PKG_SOURCE_DATE:=2021-07-26
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=440eb0647708274cc8d7d9e7c2bb0cfdfba90023
+PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=eed957036ab608fdc49bdf801fc5b4405fcd2a3a5e5d3343ec39898e156c10e9
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ define Package/netifd
   TITLE:=OpenWrt Network Interface Configuration Daemon
 endef
 
+define Package/netifd/conffiles
+/etc/udhcpc.user
+/etc/udhcpc.user.d/
+endef
+
 TARGET_CFLAGS += \
 	-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/libnl-tiny \
 	-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include \
@@ -40,6 +45,7 @@ define Package/netifd/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/sbin
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/netifd $(1)/sbin/
 	$(CP) ./files/* $(1)/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/udhcpc.user.d/
 	$(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/scripts/* $(1)/lib/netifd/
 endef