diff --git a/src/servers/net/DHCPClient.cpp b/src/servers/net/DHCPClient.cpp
index 2a59fb9f23..bc7c47376f 100644
--- a/src/servers/net/DHCPClient.cpp
+++ b/src/servers/net/DHCPClient.cpp
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ DHCPClient::DHCPClient(const char* device)
 
 printf("DHCP message size %lu\n", message.Size());
 
-	ssize_t bytesSent = sendto(socket, &message, message.MinSize(), 0, 
+	ssize_t bytesSent = sendto(socket, &message, message.MinSize(), MSG_BCAST, 
 		(struct sockaddr*)&broadcast, sizeof(broadcast));
 	if (bytesSent < 0) {
 		fStatus = errno;