diff --git a/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp6-client.c b/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp6-client.c
index ab336f5a7c3..d65993219bd 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp6-client.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp6-client.c
@@ -1858,7 +1858,7 @@ int sd_dhcp6_client_new(sd_dhcp6_client **ret) {
                 .ia_na.type = SD_DHCP6_OPTION_IA_NA,
                 .ia_pd.type = SD_DHCP6_OPTION_IA_PD,
                 .ifindex = -1,
-                .request_ia = DHCP6_REQUEST_IA_NA,
+                .request_ia = DHCP6_REQUEST_IA_NA | DHCP6_REQUEST_IA_PD,
                 .fd = -1,
                 .req_opts_len = ELEMENTSOF(default_req_opts),
                 .hint_pd_prefix.iapdprefix.lifetime_preferred = (be32_t) -1,