diff --git a/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk b/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk
index bf4f29c3cc..c96f613831 100644
--- a/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk
+++ b/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ NETWORK_MANAGER_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-Dqt=false \
 	-Diptables=/usr/sbin/iptables \
 	-Dip6tables=/usr/sbin/ip6tables \
+	-Dmodprobe=/sbin/modprobe \
 	-Difupdown=false \
 	-Dnm_cloud_setup=false \
 	-Dsession_tracking_consolekit=false