diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f53ddddb6a0..3331c9b3225 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ require (
 	howett.net/plist v1.0.1
 )
 
+require github.com/u-root/uio v0.0.0-20240224005618-d2acac8f3701
+
 require (
 	github.com/aead/chacha20 v0.0.0-20180709150244-8b13a72661da // indirect
 	github.com/aead/poly1305 v0.0.0-20180717145839-3fee0db0b635 // indirect
@@ -56,7 +58,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/quic-go/qpack v0.4.0 // indirect
-	github.com/u-root/uio v0.0.0-20240224005618-d2acac8f3701 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/mock v0.4.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.18.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0 // indirect
diff --git a/internal/dhcpd/v4_unix.go b/internal/dhcpd/v4_unix.go
index 5333390b8ce..8c980746b04 100644
--- a/internal/dhcpd/v4_unix.go
+++ b/internal/dhcpd/v4_unix.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-ping/ping"
 	"github.com/insomniacslk/dhcp/dhcpv4"
 	"github.com/insomniacslk/dhcp/dhcpv4/server4"
+	"github.com/u-root/uio/uio"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )
 
 // v4Server is a DHCPv4 server.
@@ -1280,6 +1282,23 @@ func (s *v4Server) packetHandler(conn net.PacketConn, peer net.Addr, req *dhcpv4
 
 		return
 	}
+	if opt := req.Options.Get(dhcpv4.OptionClientIdentifier); opt != nil {
+		buf := uio.NewBigEndianBuffer(opt)
+		hdType := buf.Read8()
+		// refer: https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/blob/c3cc0e5fa7123f3d493c6a61b8919eac2973000f/epan/dissectors/packet-dhcp.c#L2306
+		//    The code for this option is 61, and its minimum length is 2.
+		//
+		//   Code   Len   Type  Client-Identifier
+		//   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+		//   |  61 |  n  |  t1 |  i1 |  i2 | ...
+		//   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+		// A hardware type of 0 (zero) should be used when the value field
+		//   contains an identifier other than a hardware address
+		// mac address length plus type field equal seven
+		if hdType > 0 && len(opt) == 7 {
+			buf.ReadBytes(req.ClientHWAddr)
+		}
+	}
 
 	err = netutil.ValidateMAC(req.ClientHWAddr)
 	if err != nil {