diff --git a/components/esp_netif/lwip/esp_netif_lwip_ppp.c b/components/esp_netif/lwip/esp_netif_lwip_ppp.c
index 25a3db6ef1..5d23b46206 100644
--- a/components/esp_netif/lwip/esp_netif_lwip_ppp.c
+++ b/components/esp_netif/lwip/esp_netif_lwip_ppp.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static void on_ppp_notify_phase(ppp_pcb *pcb, u8_t phase, void *ctx)
 #endif // PPP_NOTIFY_PHASE
 
 /**
- * @brief PPP low level output callback used to transmit data using standard esp-netif interafce
+ * @brief PPP low level output callback used to transmit data using standard esp-netif interface
  *
  * @param pcb PPP control block
  * @param data Buffer to write to serial port
@@ -233,6 +233,10 @@ esp_err_t esp_netif_start_ppp(esp_netif_t *esp_netif)
     lwip_peer2peer_ctx_t *ppp_ctx = (lwip_peer2peer_ctx_t *)netif_related;
     assert(ppp_ctx->base.netif_type == PPP_LWIP_NETIF);
 
+#if ESP_IPV6_AUTOCONFIG
+    ppp_ctx->ppp->netif->ip6_autoconfig_enabled = 1;
+#endif
+
     ESP_LOGD(TAG, "%s: Starting PPP connection: %p", __func__, ppp_ctx->ppp);
     err_t err = ppp_connect(ppp_ctx->ppp, 0);
     if (err != ESP_OK) {