diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/qemuboot.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/qemuboot.bbclass
index 444871438d..12d0a509f1 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/qemuboot.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/qemuboot.bbclass
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ 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::eth0:off:8.8.8.8"
+QB_CMDLINE_IP_TAP ?= "ip=192.168.7.@CLIENT@::192.168.7.@GATEWAY@:255.255.255.0::eth0:off:8.8.8.8 net.ifnames=0"
 QB_ROOTFS_EXTRA_OPT ?= ""
 QB_GRAPHICS ?= ""
 QB_NFSROOTFS_EXTRA_OPT ?= ""
diff --git a/scripts/runqemu b/scripts/runqemu
index 5e6793d44e..0e105a918b 100755
--- a/scripts/runqemu
+++ b/scripts/runqemu
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ 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::eth0:off:8.8.8.8"
+        self.cmdline_ip_tap = "ip=192.168.7.@CLIENT@::192.168.7.@GATEWAY@:255.255.255.0::eth0:off:8.8.8.8 net.ifnames=0"
         # 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.