diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3d167aa..6e14597 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -107,6 +107,13 @@ Normal interface - dhcp:
       ethtool_opts  => 'autoneg off speed 100 duplex full',
     }
 
+Normal interface - dhcp (persistent dhclient):
+
+    network::if::dynamic { 'eth2':
+      ensure              => 'up',
+      persistent_dhclient => true,
+    }
+
 Normal interface - bootp (minimal):
 
     network::if::dynamic { 'eth2':
diff --git a/manifests/if/dynamic.pp b/manifests/if/dynamic.pp
index 1bc4b16..2e7fa49 100644
--- a/manifests/if/dynamic.pp
+++ b/manifests/if/dynamic.pp
@@ -47,20 +47,21 @@
 #
 define network::if::dynamic (
   $ensure,
-  $macaddress      = undef,
-  $manage_hwaddr   = true,
-  $bootproto       = 'dhcp',
-  $userctl         = false,
-  $mtu             = undef,
-  $dhcp_hostname   = undef,
-  $ethtool_opts    = undef,
-  $peerdns         = false,
-  $linkdelay       = undef,
-  $check_link_down = false,
-  $defroute        = undef,
-  $zone            = undef,
-  $metric          = undef,
-  $restart         = true,
+  $macaddress          = undef,
+  $manage_hwaddr       = true,
+  $bootproto           = 'dhcp',
+  $userctl             = false,
+  $mtu                 = undef,
+  $dhcp_hostname       = undef,
+  $persistent_dhclient = false,
+  $ethtool_opts        = undef,
+  $peerdns             = false,
+  $linkdelay           = undef,
+  $check_link_down     = false,
+  $defroute            = undef,
+  $zone                = undef,
+  $metric              = undef,
+  $restart             = true,
 ) {
   # Validate our regular expressions
   $states = [ '^up$', '^down$' ]
@@ -77,25 +78,27 @@
   validate_bool($userctl)
   validate_bool($peerdns)
   validate_bool($manage_hwaddr)
+  validate_bool($persistent_dhclient)
 
   network_if_base { $title:
-    ensure          => $ensure,
-    ipaddress       => '',
-    netmask         => '',
-    gateway         => '',
-    macaddress      => $macaddy,
-    manage_hwaddr   => $manage_hwaddr,
-    bootproto       => $bootproto,
-    userctl         => $userctl,
-    mtu             => $mtu,
-    dhcp_hostname   => $dhcp_hostname,
-    ethtool_opts    => $ethtool_opts,
-    peerdns         => $peerdns,
-    linkdelay       => $linkdelay,
-    check_link_down => $check_link_down,
-    defroute        => $defroute,
-    zone            => $zone,
-    metric          => $metric,
-    restart         => $restart,
+    ensure              => $ensure,
+    ipaddress           => '',
+    netmask             => '',
+    gateway             => '',
+    macaddress          => $macaddy,
+    manage_hwaddr       => $manage_hwaddr,
+    bootproto           => $bootproto,
+    userctl             => $userctl,
+    mtu                 => $mtu,
+    dhcp_hostname       => $dhcp_hostname,
+    persistent_dhclient => $persistent_dhclient,
+    ethtool_opts        => $ethtool_opts,
+    peerdns             => $peerdns,
+    linkdelay           => $linkdelay,
+    check_link_down     => $check_link_down,
+    defroute            => $defroute,
+    zone                => $zone,
+    metric              => $metric,
+    restart             => $restart,
   }
 } # define network::if::dynamic
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 6e3798f..5d55552 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -50,35 +50,36 @@
 #
 # === Parameters:
 #
-#   $ensure          - required - up|down
-#   $ipaddress       - optional
-#   $netmask         - optional
-#   $macaddress      - required
-#   $manage_hwaddr   - optional - defaults to true
-#   $gateway         - optional
-#   $noaliasrouting  - optional - defaults to false
-#   $bootproto       - optional
-#   $userctl         - optional - defaults to false
-#   $mtu             - optional
-#   $dhcp_hostname   - optional
-#   $ethtool_opts    - optional
-#   $bonding_opts    - optional
-#   $isalias         - optional
-#   $peerdns         - optional
-#   $dns1            - optional
-#   $dns2            - optional
-#   $domain          - optional
-#   $bridge          - optional
-#   $scope           - optional
-#   $linkdelay       - optional
-#   $check_link_down - optional
-#   $flush           - optional
-#   $zone            - optional
-#   $metric          - optional
-#   $defroute        - optional
-#   $promisc         - optional - defaults to false
-#   $restart         - optional - defaults to true
-#   $arpcheck        - optional - defaults to true
+#   $ensure              - required - up|down
+#   $ipaddress           - optional
+#   $netmask             - optional
+#   $macaddress          - required
+#   $manage_hwaddr       - optional - defaults to true
+#   $gateway             - optional
+#   $noaliasrouting      - optional - defaults to false
+#   $bootproto           - optional
+#   $userctl             - optional - defaults to false
+#   $mtu                 - optional
+#   $dhcp_hostname       - optional
+#   $persistent_dhclient - optional - defaults to false
+#   $ethtool_opts        - optional
+#   $bonding_opts        - optional
+#   $isalias             - optional
+#   $peerdns             - optional
+#   $dns1                - optional
+#   $dns2                - optional
+#   $domain              - optional
+#   $bridge              - optional
+#   $scope               - optional
+#   $linkdelay           - optional
+#   $check_link_down     - optional
+#   $flush               - optional
+#   $zone                - optional
+#   $metric              - optional
+#   $defroute            - optional
+#   $promisc             - optional - defaults to false
+#   $restart             - optional - defaults to true
+#   $arpcheck            - optional - defaults to true
 #
 # === Actions:
 #
@@ -91,7 +92,6 @@
 #   SCOPE=
 #   SRCADDR=
 #   NOZEROCONF=yes
-#   PERSISTENT_DHCLIENT=yes|no|1|0
 #   DHCPRELEASE=yes|no|1|0
 #   DHCLIENT_IGNORE_GATEWAY=yes|no|1|0
 #   REORDER_HDR=yes|no
@@ -107,39 +107,40 @@
 define network_if_base (
   $ensure,
   $macaddress,
-  $ipaddress       = undef,
-  $netmask         = undef,
-  $manage_hwaddr   = true,
-  $gateway         = undef,
-  $noaliasrouting  = false,
-  $ipv6address     = undef,
-  $ipv6gateway     = undef,
-  $ipv6init        = false,
-  $ipv6autoconf    = false,
-  $ipv6secondaries = undef,
-  $bootproto       = 'none',
-  $userctl         = false,
-  $mtu             = undef,
-  $dhcp_hostname   = undef,
-  $ethtool_opts    = undef,
-  $bonding_opts    = undef,
-  $isalias         = false,
-  $peerdns         = false,
-  $ipv6peerdns     = false,
-  $dns1            = undef,
-  $dns2            = undef,
-  $domain          = undef,
-  $bridge          = undef,
-  $linkdelay       = undef,
-  $scope           = undef,
-  $check_link_down = false,
-  $flush           = false,
-  $defroute        = undef,
-  $zone            = undef,
-  $metric          = undef,
-  $promisc         = false,
-  $restart         = true,
-  $arpcheck        = true,
+  $ipaddress           = undef,
+  $netmask             = undef,
+  $manage_hwaddr       = true,
+  $gateway             = undef,
+  $noaliasrouting      = false,
+  $ipv6address         = undef,
+  $ipv6gateway         = undef,
+  $ipv6init            = false,
+  $ipv6autoconf        = false,
+  $ipv6secondaries     = undef,
+  $bootproto           = 'none',
+  $userctl             = false,
+  $mtu                 = undef,
+  $dhcp_hostname       = undef,
+  $persistent_dhclient = false,
+  $ethtool_opts        = undef,
+  $bonding_opts        = undef,
+  $isalias             = false,
+  $peerdns             = false,
+  $ipv6peerdns         = false,
+  $dns1                = undef,
+  $dns2                = undef,
+  $domain              = undef,
+  $bridge              = undef,
+  $linkdelay           = undef,
+  $scope               = undef,
+  $check_link_down     = false,
+  $flush               = false,
+  $defroute            = undef,
+  $zone                = undef,
+  $metric              = undef,
+  $promisc             = false,
+  $restart             = true,
+  $arpcheck            = true,
 ) {
   # Validate our booleans
   validate_bool($noaliasrouting)
@@ -163,6 +164,9 @@
 
   $interface = $name
 
+  # Normalize $persistent_dhclient value
+  $persistent_dhclient_real = bool2num($persistent_dhclient)
+
   # Deal with the case where $dns2 is non-empty and $dns1 is empty.
   if $dns2 {
     if !$dns1 {
diff --git a/spec/defines/network_if_dynamic_spec.rb b/spec/defines/network_if_dynamic_spec.rb
index 7ff2336..71f3e70 100644
--- a/spec/defines/network_if_dynamic_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/defines/network_if_dynamic_spec.rb
@@ -164,5 +164,35 @@
     it { should contain_service('network') }
   end
 
+  context 'optional parameters - persistent_dhclient' do
+    let(:title) { 'eth0' }
+    let :params do {
+      :ensure              => 'up',
+      :macaddress          => 'bb:cc:bb:cc:bb:cc',
+      :bootproto           => 'dhcp',
+      :persistent_dhclient => true
+    }
+    end
+    let :facts do {
+      :osfamily => 'RedHat'
+    }
+    end
+    it { should contain_file('ifcfg-eth0').with(
+      :ensure => 'present',
+      :mode   => '0644',
+      :owner  => 'root',
+      :group  => 'root',
+      :path   => '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0',
+      :notify => 'Service[network]'
+    )}
+    it 'should contain File[ifcfg-eth0] with required contents' do
+      verify_contents(catalogue, 'ifcfg-eth0', [
+        'DEVICE=eth0',
+        'HWADDR=bb:cc:bb:cc:bb:cc',
+        'PERSISTENT_DHCLIENT=1'
+      ])
+    end
+    it { should contain_service('network') }
+  end
 
 end
diff --git a/templates/ifcfg-eth.erb b/templates/ifcfg-eth.erb
index 2f1addb..8c255fc 100644
--- a/templates/ifcfg-eth.erb
+++ b/templates/ifcfg-eth.erb
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 ###
 DEVICE=<%= @interface %>
 BOOTPROTO=<%= @bootproto %>
+<% if @bootproto == 'dhcp' -%>
+PERSISTENT_DHCLIENT=<%= @persistent_dhclient_real %>
+<% end -%>
 <% if @manage_hwaddr and @macaddress and @macaddress != '' -%>
 HWADDR=<%= @macaddress %>
 <% end -%>