diff --git a/src/network/networkd-dhcp4.c b/src/network/networkd-dhcp4.c
index 3e384a47c0..c0d776f464 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-dhcp4.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-dhcp4.c
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ static int link_set_dhcp_routes(Link *link) {
                 route->priority = link->network->dhcp_route_metric;
                 route->table = table;
                 route->scope = route_scope_from_address(route, &address);
+                if (IN_SET(route->scope, RT_SCOPE_LINK, RT_SCOPE_UNIVERSE))
+                        route->prefsrc.in = address;
 
                 r = route_configure(route, link, dhcp4_route_handler);
                 if (r < 0)
@@ -277,6 +279,8 @@ static int dhcp_remove_routes(Link *link, sd_dhcp_lease *lease, sd_dhcp_lease *n
                 route->priority = link->network->dhcp_route_metric;
                 route->table = table;
                 route->scope = route_scope_from_address(route, address);
+                if (IN_SET(route->scope, RT_SCOPE_LINK, RT_SCOPE_UNIVERSE))
+                        route->prefsrc.in = *address;
 
                 if (route_present_in_routes(route, new_routes, m))
                         continue;
diff --git a/test/test-network/conf/dhcp-client-with-static-address.network b/test/test-network/conf/dhcp-client-with-static-address.network
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4e11bea09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-network/conf/dhcp-client-with-static-address.network
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[Match]
+Name=veth99
+
+[Network]
+DHCP=ipv4
+IPv6AcceptRA=no
+Address=192.168.5.250
diff --git a/test/test-network/systemd-networkd-tests.py b/test/test-network/systemd-networkd-tests.py
index 7aacad296d..92f1a5bd8d 100755
--- a/test/test-network/systemd-networkd-tests.py
+++ b/test/test-network/systemd-networkd-tests.py
@@ -2123,6 +2123,7 @@ class NetworkdDHCPClientTests(unittest.TestCase, Utilities):
         'dhcp-client-vrf.network',
         'dhcp-client-with-ipv4ll-fallback-with-dhcp-server.network',
         'dhcp-client-with-ipv4ll-fallback-without-dhcp-server.network',
+        'dhcp-client-with-static-address.network',
         'dhcp-client.network',
         'dhcp-server-veth-peer.network',
         'dhcp-v4-server-veth-peer.network',
@@ -2273,6 +2274,26 @@ class NetworkdDHCPClientTests(unittest.TestCase, Utilities):
         print(output)
         self.assertRegex(output, '192.168.5.* dynamic')
 
+    def test_dhcp_client_with_static_address(self):
+        copy_unit_to_networkd_unit_path('25-veth.netdev', 'dhcp-v4-server-veth-peer.network',
+                                        'dhcp-client-with-static-address.network')
+        start_networkd()
+        wait_online(['veth-peer:carrier'])
+        start_dnsmasq()
+        wait_online(['veth99:routable', 'veth-peer:routable'])
+
+        output = check_output('ip address show dev veth99 scope global')
+        print(output)
+        self.assertRegex(output, r'inet 192.168.5.250/24 brd 192.168.5.255 scope global veth99')
+        self.assertRegex(output, r'inet 192.168.5.[0-9]*/24 brd 192.168.5.255 scope global secondary dynamic veth99')
+
+        output = check_output('ip route show dev veth99')
+        print(output)
+        self.assertRegex(output, r'default via 192.168.5.1 proto dhcp src 192.168.5.[0-9]* metric 1024')
+        self.assertRegex(output, r'192.168.5.0/24 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.5.250')
+        self.assertRegex(output, r'192.168.5.0/24 via 192.168.5.5 proto dhcp src 192.168.5.[0-9]* metric 1024')
+        self.assertRegex(output, r'192.168.5.1 proto dhcp scope link src 192.168.5.[0-9]* metric 1024')
+
     def test_dhcp_route_table_id(self):
         copy_unit_to_networkd_unit_path('25-veth.netdev', 'dhcp-v4-server-veth-peer.network', 'dhcp-client-route-table.network')
         start_networkd()