diff --git a/man/systemd.network.xml b/man/systemd.network.xml
index 01297c397f..cdb6f4eb87 100644
--- a/man/systemd.network.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.network.xml
@@ -2063,6 +2063,19 @@ Table=1234</programlisting></para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
 
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><varname>UseDelegatedPrefix=</varname></term>
+          <listitem>
+            <para>When true (the default), the client will request the DHCPv6 server to delegate
+            prefixes. If the server provides prefixes to be delegated, then subnets of the prefixes are
+            assigned to the interfaces which enables <varname>DHCPv6PrefixDelegation=</varname>.
+            See also <varname>DHCPv6PrefixDelegation=</varname> in [Network] section,
+            [DHCPv6PrefixDelegation] section, and
+            <ulink url="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8415.html#section-6.3">RFC 8415</ulink>.
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+
         <varlistentry>
           <term><varname>RouteMetric=</varname></term>
           <term><varname>UseDNS=</varname></term>
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-dhcp6.c b/src/network/networkd-dhcp6.c
index 76f4833b4c..1deaed1347 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-dhcp6.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-dhcp6.c
@@ -1423,25 +1423,6 @@ static int dhcp6_set_hostname(sd_dhcp6_client *client, Link *link) {
         return 0;
 }
 
-static bool dhcp6_enable_prefix_delegation(Link *dhcp6_link) {
-        Link *link;
-
-        assert(dhcp6_link);
-        assert(dhcp6_link->manager);
-
-        HASHMAP_FOREACH(link, dhcp6_link->manager->links_by_index) {
-                if (link == dhcp6_link)
-                        continue;
-
-                if (!link_dhcp6_pd_is_enabled(link))
-                        continue;
-
-                return true;
-        }
-
-        return false;
-}
-
 static int dhcp6_set_identifier(Link *link, sd_dhcp6_client *client) {
         const DUID *duid;
         int r;
@@ -1559,11 +1540,10 @@ static int dhcp6_configure(Link *link) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_link_debug_errno(link, r, "DHCPv6 CLIENT: Failed to set callback: %m");
 
-        if (dhcp6_enable_prefix_delegation(link)) {
-                r = sd_dhcp6_client_set_prefix_delegation(client, true);
-                if (r < 0)
-                        return log_link_debug_errno(link, r, "DHCPv6 CLIENT: Failed to set prefix delegation: %m");
-        }
+        r = sd_dhcp6_client_set_prefix_delegation(client, link->network->dhcp6_use_pd_prefix);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return log_link_debug_errno(link, r, "DHCPv6 CLIENT: Failed to %s prefix delegation: %m",
+                                            enable_disable(link->network->dhcp6_use_pd_prefix));
 
         if (link->network->dhcp6_pd_prefix_length > 0) {
                 r = sd_dhcp6_client_set_prefix_delegation_hint(client,
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-network-gperf.gperf b/src/network/networkd-network-gperf.gperf
index a6415c2311..758aa8ee19 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-network-gperf.gperf
+++ b/src/network/networkd-network-gperf.gperf
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ DHCPv4.SendVendorOption,                     config_parse_dhcp_send_option,
 DHCPv4.RouteMTUBytes,                        config_parse_mtu,                                         AF_INET,                       offsetof(Network, dhcp_route_mtu)
 DHCPv4.FallbackLeaseLifetimeSec,             config_parse_dhcp_fallback_lease_lifetime,                0,                             0
 DHCPv6.UseAddress,                           config_parse_bool,                                        0,                             offsetof(Network, dhcp6_use_address)
+DHCPv6.UseDelegatedPrefix,                   config_parse_bool,                                        0,                             offsetof(Network, dhcp6_use_pd_prefix)
 DHCPv6.UseDNS,                               config_parse_dhcp_use_dns,                                AF_INET6,                      0
 DHCPv6.UseHostname,                          config_parse_bool,                                        0,                             offsetof(Network, dhcp6_use_hostname)
 DHCPv6.UseDomains,                           config_parse_dhcp_use_domains,                            AF_INET6,                      0
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-network.c b/src/network/networkd-network.c
index 3b8e508ee8..be3c087c8a 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-network.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-network.c
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ int network_load_one(Manager *manager, OrderedHashmap **networks, const char *fi
                 .dhcp_broadcast = -1,
 
                 .dhcp6_use_address = true,
+                .dhcp6_use_pd_prefix = true,
                 .dhcp6_use_dns = true,
                 .dhcp6_use_hostname = true,
                 .dhcp6_use_ntp = true,
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-network.h b/src/network/networkd-network.h
index b23f70b356..dd9804ea2d 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-network.h
+++ b/src/network/networkd-network.h
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ struct Network {
 
         /* DHCPv6 Client support */
         bool dhcp6_use_address;
+        bool dhcp6_use_pd_prefix;
         bool dhcp6_use_dns;
         bool dhcp6_use_dns_set;
         bool dhcp6_use_hostname;
diff --git a/test/fuzz/fuzz-network-parser/directives.network b/test/fuzz/fuzz-network-parser/directives.network
index ea02d4c640..dae13a243c 100644
--- a/test/fuzz/fuzz-network-parser/directives.network
+++ b/test/fuzz/fuzz-network-parser/directives.network
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ RouteMTUBytes=
 FallbackLeaseLifetimeSec=
 [DHCPv6]
 UseAddress=
+UseDelegatedPrefix=
 UseNTP=
 UseDNS=
 UseHostname=