diff --git a/package/network/services/lldpd/files/lldpd.init b/package/network/services/lldpd/files/lldpd.init
index 31dca872cc..db81f8a9ae 100644
--- a/package/network/services/lldpd/files/lldpd.init
+++ b/package/network/services/lldpd/files/lldpd.init
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ write_lldpd_conf()
 	local lldp_agenttype
 	config_get lldp_agenttype 'config' 'lldp_agenttype' 'nearest-bridge'
 
+	local lldp_portidsubtype
+	config_get lldp_portidsubtype 'config' 'lldp_portidsubtype' 'macaddress'
+
 	# Clear out the config file first
 	echo -n > "$LLDPD_CONF"
 	[ -n "$ifnames" ] && echo "configure system interface pattern" "$ifnames" >> "$LLDPD_CONF"
@@ -120,7 +123,7 @@ write_lldpd_conf()
 		fi
 	fi
 	[ -n "$lldp_agenttype" ] && echo "configure lldp agent-type" "\"$lldp_agenttype\"" >> "$LLDPD_CONF"
-
+	[ -n "$lldp_portidsubtype" ] && echo "configure lldp portidsubtype" "\"$lldp_portidsubtype\"" >> "$LLDPD_CONF"
 
 	# Since lldpd's sysconfdir is /tmp, we'll symlink /etc/lldpd.d to /tmp/$LLDPD_CONFS_DIR
 	[ -e $LLDPD_CONFS_DIR ] || ln -s /etc/lldpd.d $LLDPD_CONFS_DIR