diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/udev/eudev/netifnames.patch b/meta/recipes-core/udev/eudev/netifnames.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f6e9a1538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/udev/eudev/netifnames.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+eudev: consider ID_NET_NAME_MAC as an interface name
+
+eudev might not create names based on slot or path.
+
+Upstream-Status: Submitted [github.com/eudev-project/eudev/pull/274]
+
+Signed-off-by: Joe Slater <joe.slater@windriver.com>
+
+--- a/rules/80-net-name-slot.rules
++++ b/rules/80-net-name-slot.rules
+@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ ENV{net.ifnames}=="0", GOTO="net_name_sl
+ NAME=="", ENV{ID_NET_NAME_ONBOARD}!="", NAME="$env{ID_NET_NAME_ONBOARD}"
+ NAME=="", ENV{ID_NET_NAME_SLOT}!="", NAME="$env{ID_NET_NAME_SLOT}"
+ NAME=="", ENV{ID_NET_NAME_PATH}!="", NAME="$env{ID_NET_NAME_PATH}"
++NAME=="", ENV{ID_NET_NAME_MAC}!="", NAME="$env{ID_NET_NAME_MAC}"
+ 
+ LABEL="net_name_slot_end"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/udev/eudev_3.2.14.bb b/meta/recipes-core/udev/eudev_3.2.14.bb
index d0758691bd..ddb3c3340f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/udev/eudev_3.2.14.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/udev/eudev_3.2.14.bb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ DEPENDS = "gperf-native"
 PROVIDES = "udev"
 
 SRC_URI = "${GITHUB_BASE_URI}/download/v${PV}/${BP}.tar.gz \
+           file://netifnames.patch \
            file://init \
            file://local.rules \
            "
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ do_install:append() {
 
 	# Use classic network interface naming scheme
 	touch ${D}${sysconfdir}/udev/rules.d/80-net-name-slot.rules
+
 }
 
 do_install:prepend:class-target () {