diff --git a/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhclient.c b/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhclient.c
index 946be0c9a..43ff8b7d6 100644
--- a/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhclient.c
+++ b/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhclient.c
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 
 #if defined(TARGET_DEBIAN)
 #define NM_DHCP_MANAGER_LEASE_DIR       LOCALSTATEDIR "/lib/dhcp3"
+#elif defined(TARGET_SUSE)
+#define NM_DHCP_MANAGER_LEASE_DIR       LOCALSTATEDIR "/lib/dhcp"
 #else
 #define NM_DHCP_MANAGER_LEASE_DIR       LOCALSTATEDIR "/lib/dhclient"
 #endif