diff --git a/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-options.c b/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-options.c
index c3ef8478e8..e03fa23192 100644
--- a/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-options.c
+++ b/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-options.c
@@ -267,6 +267,17 @@ nm_dhcp_option_add_option_u64(GHashTable *        options,
                                g_strdup_printf("%" G_GUINT64_FORMAT, value));
 }
 
+void
+nm_dhcp_option_add_option_in_addr(GHashTable *        options,
+                                  const NMDhcpOption *requests,
+                                  guint               option,
+                                  in_addr_t           value)
+{
+    char sbuf[NM_UTILS_INET_ADDRSTRLEN];
+
+    nm_dhcp_option_add_option(options, requests, option, _nm_utils_inet4_ntop(value, sbuf));
+}
+
 void
 nm_dhcp_option_add_requests_to_options(GHashTable *options, const NMDhcpOption *requests)
 {
diff --git a/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-options.h b/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-options.h
index 9e6e4d1cf1..2ebf339ed7 100644
--- a/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-options.h
+++ b/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-options.h
@@ -200,6 +200,10 @@ void        nm_dhcp_option_add_option_utf8safe_escape(GHashTable *        option
                                                       guint               option,
                                                       const guint8 *      data,
                                                       gsize               n_data);
+void        nm_dhcp_option_add_option_in_addr(GHashTable *        options,
+                                              const NMDhcpOption *requests,
+                                              guint               option,
+                                              in_addr_t           value);
 void        nm_dhcp_option_add_option_u64(GHashTable *        options,
                                           const NMDhcpOption *requests,
                                           guint               option,