diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 2f1eef38088..d62d8e8bb23 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ rec {
   };
 
   dhcp = (import ../tools/networking/dhcp) {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv groff nettools coreutils iputils gnused;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv groff nettools coreutils iputils gnused bash;
   };
 
   dhcpWrapper = (import ../tools/networking/dhcp-wrapper) {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/dhcp/builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/networking/dhcp/builder.sh
index 98f3cd6b2ec..e2e61fd4e94 100755
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/dhcp/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/dhcp/builder.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ configurePhase() {
 preBuild() {
 	sed -e "s^@nettools\@^$nettools^g" \
 	-e "s^@coreutils\@^$coreutils^g" \
+	-e "s^@bash\@^$bash^g" \
 	-e "s^@iputils\@^$iputils^g" \
 	-e "s^@gnused\@^$gnused^g" \
 	< client/scripts/linux > client/scripts/linux.tmp
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/dhcp/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/dhcp/default.nix
index aa8c6a222ed..4ad93d6c15d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/dhcp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/dhcp/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, groff, nettools, coreutils, iputils, gnused}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, groff, nettools, coreutils, iputils, gnused, bash}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "dhcp-3.0.3";
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     md5 = "f91416a0b8ed3fd0601688cf0b7df58f";
   };
   buildInputs = [groff];
-  inherit nettools coreutils iputils gnused;
-  patches = [./dhcp-3.0.3-path.patch];
+  inherit nettools coreutils iputils gnused bash;
+  patches = [./dhcp-3.0.3-path.patch ./dhcp-3.0.3-bash.patch];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/dhcp/dhcp-3.0.3-bash.patch b/pkgs/tools/networking/dhcp/dhcp-3.0.3-bash.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7f2f9177397
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/dhcp/dhcp-3.0.3-bash.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+diff -ruN dhcp-3.0.3/client/scripts/linux dhcp-3.0.3.new/client/scripts/linux
+--- dhcp-3.0.3/client/scripts/linux	2002-11-15 02:09:09.000000000 +0100
++++ dhcp-3.0.3.new/client/scripts/linux	2005-10-16 22:42:09.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!/bin/bash
++#!@bash@/bin/bash
+ # dhclient-script for Linux. Dan Halbert, March, 1997.
+ # Updated for Linux 2.[12] by Brian J. Murrell, January 1999.
+ # No guarantees about this. I'm a novice at the details of Linux