diff --git a/base/dnsmasq/debian/deb_patches/0001-Disable-systemd-for-dnsmasq.patch b/base/dnsmasq/debian/deb_patches/0001-Disable-systemd-for-dnsmasq.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30dee65f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/dnsmasq/debian/deb_patches/0001-Disable-systemd-for-dnsmasq.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+From 55cae4e85d59b5c6cbfd00257833ccaab2b76982 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Charles Short <charles.short@windriver.com>
+Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 10:04:57 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] Disable systemd for dnsmasq
+
+Disable systemd from starting at boot since its managed by the
+sm service.
+
+Signed-off-by: Charles Short <charles.short@windriver.com>
+---
+ debian/postinst | 16 ----------------
+ 1 file changed, 16 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
+index 8c93160..38c2a07 100644
+--- a/debian/postinst
++++ b/debian/postinst
+@@ -4,22 +4,6 @@ set -e
+ # /usr/share/doc/dnsmasq was a symlink in versions < 2.81-1 (see #985282)
+ dpkg-maintscript-helper symlink_to_dir /usr/share/doc/dnsmasq dnsmasq-base 2.84-1.2~ dnsmasq -- "$@"
+ 
+-# Code copied from dh_systemd_enable ----------------------
+-# This will only remove masks created by d-s-h on package removal.
+-deb-systemd-helper unmask dnsmasq.service >/dev/null || true
+-
+-# was-enabled defaults to true, so new installations run enable.
+-if deb-systemd-helper --quiet was-enabled dnsmasq.service; then
+-	# Enables the unit on first installation, creates new
+-	# symlinks on upgrades if the unit file has changed.
+-	deb-systemd-helper enable dnsmasq.service >/dev/null || true
+-else
+-	# Update the statefile to add new symlinks (if any), which need to be
+-	# cleaned up on purge. Also remove old symlinks.
+-	deb-systemd-helper update-state dnsmasq.service >/dev/null || true
+-fi
+-# End code copied from dh_systemd_enable ------------------
+-
+ if [ -x /etc/init.d/dnsmasq ]; then
+    update-rc.d dnsmasq defaults 15 85 >/dev/null
+ 
+-- 
+2.25.1
+
diff --git a/base/dnsmasq/debian/deb_patches/series b/base/dnsmasq/debian/deb_patches/series
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6507e7312
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/dnsmasq/debian/deb_patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0001-Disable-systemd-for-dnsmasq.patch