diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/networkmanager/networkmanager_1.40.0.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/networkmanager/networkmanager_1.40.0.bb
index 10241e12a6..110b499aaa 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/networkmanager/networkmanager_1.40.0.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/networkmanager/networkmanager_1.40.0.bb
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[ovs] = "-Dovs=true,-Dovs=false,jansson"
 PACKAGECONFIG[audit] = "-Dlibaudit=yes,-Dlibaudit=no"
 PACKAGECONFIG[selinux] = "-Dselinux=true,-Dselinux=false,libselinux"
 PACKAGECONFIG[vala] = "-Dvapi=true,-Dvapi=false"
-PACKAGECONFIG[dhcpcd] = "-Ddhcpcd=yes,-Ddhcpcd=no,,dhcpcd"
+PACKAGECONFIG[dhcpcd] = "-Ddhcpcd=${base_sbindir}/dhcpcd,-Ddhcpcd=no,,dhcpcd"
 PACKAGECONFIG[dhclient] = "-Ddhclient=yes,-Ddhclient=no,,dhcp"
 PACKAGECONFIG[concheck] = "-Dconcheck=true,-Dconcheck=false"