diff --git a/qemu.go b/qemu.go
index 3a035439b3..850269369d 100644
--- a/qemu.go
+++ b/qemu.go
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ type Machine struct {
 
 // Device describes a device to be created by qemu.
 type Device struct {
-	// Type is the qemu device type
-	Type string
+	// Driver is the qemu device driver
+	Driver string
 
 	// ID is the user defined device ID.
 	ID string
@@ -57,12 +57,18 @@ type Device struct {
 	// FSDev is the device filesystem identifier.
 	FSDev string
 
+	// NetDev is the networking device identifier.
+	NetDev string
+
 	// MountTag is the device filesystem mount point tag.
 	// It is only relevant when combined with FSDev.
 	MountTag string
 
 	// CharDev is the device character device identifier.
 	CharDev string
+
+	// MACAddress is the networking device interface MAC address.
+	MACAddress string
 }
 
 // Object is a qemu object representation.
@@ -321,10 +327,10 @@ func appendQMPSocket(params []string, config Config) []string {
 
 func appendDevices(params []string, config Config) []string {
 	for _, d := range config.Devices {
-		if d.Type != "" {
+		if d.Driver != "" {
 			var deviceParams []string
 
-			deviceParams = append(deviceParams, fmt.Sprintf("%s", d.Type))
+			deviceParams = append(deviceParams, fmt.Sprintf("%s", d.Driver))
 
 			if d.ID != "" {
 				deviceParams = append(deviceParams, fmt.Sprintf(",id=%s", d.ID))
@@ -346,6 +352,14 @@ func appendDevices(params []string, config Config) []string {
 				}
 			}
 
+			if d.NetDev != "" {
+				deviceParams = append(deviceParams, fmt.Sprintf(",netdev=%s", d.NetDev))
+
+				if d.MACAddress != "" {
+					deviceParams = append(deviceParams, fmt.Sprintf(",mac=%s", d.MACAddress))
+				}
+			}
+
 			params = append(params, "-device")
 			params = append(params, strings.Join(deviceParams, ""))
 		}
diff --git a/qemu_test.go b/qemu_test.go
index 6d634bb955..432096acaf 100644
--- a/qemu_test.go
+++ b/qemu_test.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ var deviceNVDIMMString = "-device nvdimm,id=nv0,memdev=mem0"
 
 func TestAppendDeviceNVDIMM(t *testing.T) {
 	device := Device{
-		Type:   "nvdimm",
+		Driver: "nvdimm",
 		ID:     "nv0",
 		MemDev: "mem0",
 	}
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ var deviceFSString = "-device virtio-9p-pci,fsdev=workload9p,mount_tag=rootfs"
 
 func TestAppendDeviceFS(t *testing.T) {
 	device := Device{
-		Type:     "virtio-9p-pci",
+		Driver:   "virtio-9p-pci",
 		FSDev:    "workload9p",
 		MountTag: "rootfs",
 	}
@@ -137,6 +137,18 @@ func TestAppendDeviceFS(t *testing.T) {
 	testAppend(device, deviceFSString, t)
 }
 
+var deviceNetworkString = "-device virtio-net-pci,netdev=eth0,mac=01:02:de:ad:be:ef"
+
+func TestAppendDeviceNetwork(t *testing.T) {
+	device := Device{
+		Driver:     "virtio-net-pci",
+		NetDev:     "eth0",
+		MACAddress: "01:02:de:ad:be:ef",
+	}
+
+	testAppend(device, deviceNetworkString, t)
+}
+
 func TestAppendEmptyDevice(t *testing.T) {
 	device := Device{}