diff --git a/net/net-snmp/Makefile b/net/net-snmp/Makefile
index 08e36e85b5..3446d15142 100644
--- a/net/net-snmp/Makefile
+++ b/net/net-snmp/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=net-snmp
 PKG_VERSION:=5.7.3
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/net-snmp
diff --git a/net/net-snmp/files/snmpd.conf b/net/net-snmp/files/snmpd.conf
index e21dc5771d..ac152d83eb 100644
--- a/net/net-snmp/files/snmpd.conf
+++ b/net/net-snmp/files/snmpd.conf
@@ -83,3 +83,7 @@ config exec
 	option args	/proc/sys/fs/file-nr
 #	option miboid	1.2.3.4
 
+config engineid
+#	option engineid 'LEDE'
+	option engineidtype '3'
+	option engineidnic 'eth0'
diff --git a/net/net-snmp/files/snmpd.init b/net/net-snmp/files/snmpd.init
index 11dc381b27..7df67de28e 100644
--- a/net/net-snmp/files/snmpd.init
+++ b/net/net-snmp/files/snmpd.init
@@ -198,6 +198,18 @@ snmpd_disk_add() {
         echo "$disk $partition $size" >> $CONFIGFILE
 }
 
+snmpd_engineid_add() {
+	local cfg="$1"
+
+	config_get engineid "$cfg" engineid
+	[ -n "$engineid" ] && echo "engineID $engineid" >> $CONFIGFILE
+	config_get engineidtype "$cfg" engineidtype
+	[ "$engineidtype" -ge 1 -a "$engineidtype" -le 3 ] && \
+		echo "engineIDType $engineidtype" >> $CONFIGFILE
+	config_get engineidnic "$cfg" engineidnic
+	[ -n "$engineidnic" ] && echo "engineIDNic $engineidnic" >> $CONFIGFILE
+}
+
 start_service() {
 	[ -f "$CONFIGFILE" ] && rm -f "$CONFIGFILE"
 
@@ -221,6 +233,7 @@ start_service() {
 	config_foreach snmpd_pass_add pass
 	config_foreach snmpd_exec_add exec
 	config_foreach snmpd_disk_add disk
+	config_foreach snmpd_engineid_add engineid
 	
 	procd_set_param command $PROG -Lf /dev/null -f
 	procd_set_param file $CONFIGFILE