diff --git a/meta/classes/qemuboot.bbclass b/meta/classes/qemuboot.bbclass
index 95cd1d6c4a..cc1cbce69d 100644
--- a/meta/classes/qemuboot.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/qemuboot.bbclass
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ QB_RNG ?= "-object rng-random,filename=/dev/urandom,id=rng0 -device virtio-rng-p
 QB_OPT_APPEND ?= ""
 QB_NETWORK_DEVICE ?= "-device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0,mac=@MAC@"
 QB_CMDLINE_IP_SLIRP ?= "ip=dhcp"
-QB_CMDLINE_IP_TAP ?= "ip=192.168.7.@CLIENT@::192.168.7.@GATEWAY@:255.255.255.0"
+QB_CMDLINE_IP_TAP ?= "ip=192.168.7.@CLIENT@::192.168.7.@GATEWAY@:255.255.255.0::eth0:off:8.8.8.8"
 QB_ROOTFS_EXTRA_OPT ?= ""
 QB_GRAPHICS ?= ""
 
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
index 0397148082..76296d50cd 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ class QemuRunner:
                 self.logger.debug("qemu cmdline used:\n{}".format(cmdline))
             except (IndexError, ValueError):
                 # Try to get network configuration from runqemu output
-                match = re.match(r'.*Network configuration: (?:ip=)*([0-9.]+)::([0-9.]+):([0-9.]+)$.*',
+                match = re.match(r'.*Network configuration: (?:ip=)*([0-9.]+)::([0-9.]+):([0-9.]+).*',
                                  out, re.MULTILINE|re.DOTALL)
                 if match:
                     self.ip, self.server_ip, self.netmask = match.groups()
diff --git a/scripts/runqemu b/scripts/runqemu
index d49f128fe4..4e05c1bb15 100755
--- a/scripts/runqemu
+++ b/scripts/runqemu
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class BaseConfig(object):
         self.fsinfo = {}
         self.network_device = "-device e1000,netdev=net0,mac=@MAC@"
         self.cmdline_ip_slirp = "ip=dhcp"
-        self.cmdline_ip_tap = "ip=192.168.7.@CLIENT@::192.168.7.@GATEWAY@:255.255.255.0"
+        self.cmdline_ip_tap = "ip=192.168.7.@CLIENT@::192.168.7.@GATEWAY@:255.255.255.0::eth0:off:8.8.8.8"
         # Use different mac section for tap and slirp to avoid
         # conflicts, e.g., when one is running with tap, the other is
         # running with slirp.