diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/dhcp/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/dhcp/default.nix
index eb9edc96bac..c3cdaffcc27 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/dhcp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/dhcp/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ perl makeWrapper openldap bind ];
 
   configureFlags = [
-    "--with-libbind=${bind}"
+    "--with-libbind=${bind.dev}"
     "--enable-failover"
     "--enable-execute"
     "--enable-tracing"