diff --git a/plugins/dhcp/dhcp-pool b/plugins/dhcp/dhcp-pool
index 09f39666..4f665c4b 100755
--- a/plugins/dhcp/dhcp-pool
+++ b/plugins/dhcp/dhcp-pool
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 #       config    (required)
 #
 # Version 1.0, 2-12-2008
+#
+#%# family=auto
+#%# capabilities=autoconf
 
 use POSIX;
 use Time::Local;
@@ -38,7 +41,17 @@ my $CONFFILE = exists $ENV{'conffile'} ? $ENV{'conffile'} : "/etc/dhcpd.conf";
 my $LEASEFILE = exists $ENV{'leasefile'} ? $ENV{'leasefile'} : "/var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases";
 
 if ( defined $ARGV[0] and $ARGV[0] eq "autoconf" ) {
-
+    if (-e ${CONFFILE} and -e ${LEASEFILE}) {
+	my %pools;
+	%pools = determine_pools();
+	if (%pools) {
+	    print "yes\n";
+	} else {
+	    print "no (no pools defined in config)\n";
+	}
+    } else {
+	print "no (no config or lease file)\n";
+    }
 }
 elsif ( defined $ARGV[0] and $ARGV[0] eq "config" ) {
     my (%pools, $start, $label);