diff --git a/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk b/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk
index 7c9cc88225..e847f25d88 100644
--- a/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk
+++ b/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ NETWORK_MANAGER_CONF_OPT = \
 		--disable-ifupdown \
 		--disable-ifnet
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DHCP_CLIENT),y)
+NETWORK_MANAGER_CONF_OPT += --with-dhclient=/usr/sbin/dhclient
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DHCPCD),y)
+NETWORK_MANAGER_CONF_OPT += --with-dhcpcd=/usr/sbin/dhcpcd
+endif
+
 # uClibc by default doesn't have backtrace support, so don't use it
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC),y)
 NETWORK_MANAGER_CONF_OPT += --disable-crashtrace