diff --git a/internal/router/openwrt/openwrt.go b/internal/router/openwrt/openwrt.go
index d3bc511..ad98db9 100644
--- a/internal/router/openwrt/openwrt.go
+++ b/internal/router/openwrt/openwrt.go
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 package openwrt
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/kardianos/service"
 
@@ -17,7 +20,8 @@ const (
 )
 
 type Openwrt struct {
-	cfg *ctrld.Config
+	cfg              *ctrld.Config
+	dnsmasqCacheSize string
 }
 
 // New returns a router.Router for configuring/setup/run ctrld on Openwrt routers.
@@ -46,6 +50,19 @@ func (o *Openwrt) Setup() error {
 	if o.cfg.FirstListener().IsDirectDnsListener() {
 		return nil
 	}
+
+	// Save current dnsmasq config cache size if present.
+	if cs, err := uci("get", "dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].cachesize"); err == nil {
+		o.dnsmasqCacheSize = cs
+		if _, err := uci("delete", "dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].cachesize"); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		// Commit.
+		if _, err := uci("commit", "dhcp"); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	data, err := dnsmasq.ConfTmpl(dnsmasq.ConfigContentTmpl, o.cfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -68,6 +85,18 @@ func (o *Openwrt) Cleanup() error {
 	if err := os.Remove(openwrtDNSMasqConfigPath); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
+	// Restore original value if present.
+	if o.dnsmasqCacheSize != "" {
+		if _, err := uci("set", fmt.Sprintf("dhcp.@dnsmasq[0].cachesize=%s", o.dnsmasqCacheSize)); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		// Commit.
+		if _, err := uci("commit", "dhcp"); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Restart dnsmasq service.
 	if err := restartDNSMasq(); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -81,3 +110,19 @@ func restartDNSMasq() error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+var errUCIEntryNotFound = errors.New("uci: Entry not found")
+
+func uci(args ...string) (string, error) {
+	cmd := exec.Command("uci", args...)
+	var stdout, stderr bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.Stdout = &stdout
+	cmd.Stderr = &stderr
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(stderr.String(), errUCIEntryNotFound.Error()) {
+			return "", errUCIEntryNotFound
+		}
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("%s:%w", stderr.String(), err)
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(stdout.String()), nil
+}