diff --git a/tools/ChangeLog b/tools/ChangeLog
index ed42e5f73..a9bd5fba5 100644
--- a/tools/ChangeLog
+++ b/tools/ChangeLog
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 	* gpgconf-comp.c (gc_options_gpg): New.
 	(gc_component_t, gc_component): Add GC_BACKEND_GPG.
+	(gc_options_dirmngr): Add allow-ocsp.
 
 2004-03-23  Marcus Brinkmann  <marcus@g10code.de>
 
diff --git a/tools/gpgconf-comp.c b/tools/gpgconf-comp.c
index da4cfae92..c010e7cfd 100644
--- a/tools/gpgconf-comp.c
+++ b/tools/gpgconf-comp.c
@@ -757,6 +757,9 @@ static gc_option_t gc_options_dirmngr[] =
    { "OCSP",
      GC_OPT_FLAG_GROUP, GC_LEVEL_ADVANCED,
      NULL, "Configuration for OCSP" },
+   { "allow-ocsp", GC_OPT_FLAG_NONE, GC_LEVEL_BASIC,
+     "dirmngr", "allow sending OCSP requests",
+     GC_ARG_TYPE_NONE, GC_BACKEND_DIRMNGR },
    { "ocsp-responder", GC_OPT_FLAG_NONE, GC_LEVEL_ADVANCED,
      "dirmngr", "|URL|use OCSP responder URL",
      GC_ARG_TYPE_STRING, GC_BACKEND_DIRMNGR },