diff --git a/src/hostinfo/dhcpd.py b/src/hostinfo/dhcpd.py
index ac45b655f3c151b0a80f623a70ea083eec89280a..a6ba57626bf1ddd629fda16c1717e0dd56e281f8 100755
--- a/src/hostinfo/dhcpd.py
+++ b/src/hostinfo/dhcpd.py
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ class "anaconda" {
 }"""
 
 PXE_DENY="""
+authoritative;
+
 class "pxeclient" {
   match if substring (option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 9) = "PXEClient";
   ignore booting;