diff --git a/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp-server.c b/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp-server.c
index 772bba4838..274f0af988 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp-server.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp-server.c
@@ -225,6 +225,14 @@ sd_event* sd_dhcp_server_get_event(sd_dhcp_server *server) {
         return server->event;
 }
 
+int sd_dhcp_server_set_ip_service_type(sd_dhcp_server *server, uint8_t type) {
+        assert_return(server, -EINVAL);
+        assert_return(!sd_dhcp_server_is_running(server), -EBUSY);
+
+        server->ip_service_type = type;
+        return 0;
+}
+
 int sd_dhcp_server_set_boot_server_address(sd_dhcp_server *server, const struct in_addr *address) {
         assert_return(server, -EINVAL);
 
diff --git a/src/systemd/sd-dhcp-server.h b/src/systemd/sd-dhcp-server.h
index 8c3dbab9b4..15741f96b6 100644
--- a/src/systemd/sd-dhcp-server.h
+++ b/src/systemd/sd-dhcp-server.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ int sd_dhcp_server_start(sd_dhcp_server *server);
 int sd_dhcp_server_stop(sd_dhcp_server *server);
 
 int sd_dhcp_server_configure_pool(sd_dhcp_server *server, const struct in_addr *address, unsigned char prefixlen, uint32_t offset, uint32_t size);
+int sd_dhcp_server_set_ip_service_type(sd_dhcp_server *server, uint8_t type);
 
 int sd_dhcp_server_set_boot_server_address(sd_dhcp_server *server, const struct in_addr *address);
 int sd_dhcp_server_set_boot_server_name(sd_dhcp_server *server, const char *name);