diff --git a/scripts/run b/scripts/run
index 94b522c8..f50d6c67 100755
--- a/scripts/run
+++ b/scripts/run
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
         --no-rebuild)
             REBUILD=0
             ;;
+        --no-network)
+            NO_NETWORK=1
+            ;;
         --fresh)
             FRESH=1
             ;;
@@ -281,6 +284,12 @@ if [ "$GUICONSOLE" == "" ]; then
 	fi
 fi
 
+if [ "${NO_NETWORK}" == "1" ]; then
+    NETWORK="-net none"
+else
+    NETWORK="${network["$ARCH"]}"
+fi
+
 if [ "$QEMU" == "1" ]; then
     if [ "$INSTALLED" == "1" ]; then
         # kernel args only works when using -kernel
@@ -298,7 +307,7 @@ if [ "$QEMU" == "1" ]; then
             ${CPU} \
             ${machine["$ARCH"]} \
             -m $MEMORY \
-            ${network["$ARCH"]} \
+            ${NETWORK} \
             $(eval "${hd["$ARCH"]} ${HD}") \
             ${SECOND_DRIVE_ENABLE} \
             -smp 1 \
@@ -325,7 +334,7 @@ elif [ "$BOOT_ISO" == "1" ] ||
             ${CPU} \
             ${machine["$ARCH"]} \
             -m $MEMORY \
-            ${network["$ARCH"]} \
+            ${NETWORK} \
             $(eval "${hd["$ARCH"]} ${HD}") \
             ${SECOND_DRIVE_ENABLE} \
             -smp 1 \
diff --git a/tests/network_from_url_test.go b/tests/network_from_url_test.go
index a3917eb8..26ec3d20 100644
--- a/tests/network_from_url_test.go
+++ b/tests/network_from_url_test.go
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ func (s *QemuSuite) TestNetworkFromUrl(c *C) {
 	for i := 0; i < 7; i++ {
 		args = append(args, netArgs...)
 	}
-	s.RunQemu(c, args...)
+	s.RunQemuWithNetConsole(c, args...)
 
-	s.CheckCall(c, `
+	s.NetCheckCall(c, `
 cat > test-merge << "SCRIPT"
 set -x -e
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ip link show dev eth1.100 | grep 'master br0'
 SCRIPT
 sudo bash test-merge`)
 
-	s.CheckCall(c, `
+	s.NetCheckCall(c, `
 cat > test-merge << "SCRIPT"
 set -x -e
 
@@ -32,3 +32,25 @@ cat /etc/resolv.conf | grep "nameserver 208.67.220.123"
 SCRIPT
 sudo bash test-merge`)
 }
+
+func (s *QemuSuite) TestNoNetworkCloudConfigFromUrl(c *C) {
+	args := []string{
+		"--no-network",
+		"--append",
+		"rancher.debug=true rancher.password=test-me rancher.cloud_init.datasources=[url:https://gist.githubusercontent.com/joshwget/0bdc616cd26162ad87c535644c8b1ef6/raw/8cce947c08cf006e932b71d92ddbb96bae8e3325/gistfile1.txt]",
+	}
+	s.RunQemuWithNetConsole(c, args...)
+
+	s.NetCheckCall(c, "sudo ros config get rancher.log | grep true")
+}
+
+func (s *QemuSuite) TestNoNetworkConsoleSwitch(c *C) {
+	args := []string{
+		"--no-network",
+		"--append",
+		"rancher.debug=true rancher.password=test-me rancher.console=alpine",
+	}
+	s.RunQemuWithNetConsole(c, args...)
+
+	s.NetCheckCall(c, "uname -a")
+}