diff --git a/network/net-snmp/net-snmp.conf b/network/net-snmp/net-snmp.conf
index 1089af17f..a745cec16 100644
--- a/network/net-snmp/net-snmp.conf
+++ b/network/net-snmp/net-snmp.conf
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 if [ $prefix_auto = 1 ]; then
 	var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--with-logfile="$localstatedir/log/snmpd.log"'
+	var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--with-persistent-directory="$localstatedir/lib/net-snmp"'
 fi
 
 # Use defaults for prompted values