diff --git a/html/cgi-bin/ddns.cgi b/html/cgi-bin/ddns.cgi
index 30e6fcf4d..51deb0313 100644
--- a/html/cgi-bin/ddns.cgi
+++ b/html/cgi-bin/ddns.cgi
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ require '/var/ipfire/general-functions.pl';
 require "${General::swroot}/lang.pl";
 require "${General::swroot}/header.pl";
 
+# Hook to regenerate the configuration files, if cgi got called from command line.
+if ($ENV{"REMOTE_ADDR"} eq "") {
+	&GenerateDDNSConfigFile();
+	exit(0);
+}
+
 #workaround to suppress a warning when a variable is used only once
 my @dummy = ( ${Header::table2colour}, ${Header::colouryellow} );
 undef (@dummy);