diff --git a/src/network/bridge_driver.c b/src/network/bridge_driver.c
index 0d443d1e5b2a12c7c6a76b320fc63f7647dc9888..bb7c41a26dd86e3833e3f52986f2afd410974c97 100644
--- a/src/network/bridge_driver.c
+++ b/src/network/bridge_driver.c
@@ -2485,7 +2485,7 @@ networkStartNetworkVirtual(virNetworkDriverStatePtr driver,
                        def->name);
         return -1;
     }
-    if (virNetDevBridgeCreate(def->bridge) < 0)
+    if (virNetDevBridgeCreate(def->bridge, &def->mac) < 0)
         return -1;
 
     if (def->mac_specified) {
diff --git a/src/util/virnetdevbridge.c b/src/util/virnetdevbridge.c
index edf4cc6236de6ab6e1f80efe11b40c0cecc7d0cf..73643495c40210690ec6bf46027e59b66aed1ad8 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdevbridge.c
+++ b/src/util/virnetdevbridge.c
@@ -379,7 +379,8 @@ virNetDevBridgePortSetUnicastFlood(const char *brname G_GNUC_UNUSED,
  */
 #if defined(HAVE_STRUCT_IFREQ) && defined(SIOCBRADDBR)
 static int
-virNetDevBridgeCreateWithIoctl(const char *brname)
+virNetDevBridgeCreateWithIoctl(const char *brname,
+                               const virMacAddr *mac)
 {
     VIR_AUTOCLOSE fd = -1;
 
@@ -392,22 +393,36 @@ virNetDevBridgeCreateWithIoctl(const char *brname)
         return -1;
     }
 
+    if (virNetDevSetMAC(brname, mac) < 0) {
+        virErrorPtr savederr;
+
+        virErrorPreserveLast(&savederr);
+        ignore_value(ioctl(fd, SIOCBRDELBR, brname));
+        virErrorRestore(&savederr);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
     return 0;
 }
 #endif
 
 #if defined(__linux__) && defined(HAVE_LIBNL)
 int
-virNetDevBridgeCreate(const char *brname)
+virNetDevBridgeCreate(const char *brname,
+                      const virMacAddr *mac)
 {
     /* use a netlink RTM_NEWLINK message to create the bridge */
     int error = 0;
+    virNetlinkNewLinkData data = {
+        .mac = mac,
+    };
+
 
-    if (virNetlinkNewLink(brname, "bridge", NULL, &error) < 0) {
+    if (virNetlinkNewLink(brname, "bridge", &data, &error) < 0) {
 # if defined(HAVE_STRUCT_IFREQ) && defined(SIOCBRADDBR)
         if (error == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
             /* fallback to ioctl if netlink doesn't support creating bridges */
-            return virNetDevBridgeCreateWithIoctl(brname);
+            return virNetDevBridgeCreateWithIoctl(brname, mac);
         }
 # endif
         if (error < 0)
@@ -423,15 +438,17 @@ virNetDevBridgeCreate(const char *brname)
 
 #elif defined(HAVE_STRUCT_IFREQ) && defined(SIOCBRADDBR)
 int
-virNetDevBridgeCreate(const char *brname)
+virNetDevBridgeCreate(const char *brname,
+                      const virMacAddr *mac)
 {
-    return virNetDevBridgeCreateWithIoctl(brname);
+    return virNetDevBridgeCreateWithIoctl(brname, mac);
 }
 
 
 #elif defined(HAVE_STRUCT_IFREQ) && defined(SIOCIFCREATE2)
 int
-virNetDevBridgeCreate(const char *brname)
+virNetDevBridgeCreate(const char *brname,
+                      const virMacAddr *mac)
 {
     struct ifreq ifr;
     VIR_AUTOCLOSE s = -1;
@@ -448,10 +465,21 @@ virNetDevBridgeCreate(const char *brname)
     if (virNetDevSetName(ifr.ifr_name, brname) == -1)
         return -1;
 
+    if (virNetDevSetMAC(brname, mac) < 0) {
+        virErrorPtr savederr;
+
+        virErrorPreserveLast(&savederr);
+        ignore_value(virNetDevBridgeDelete(brname));
+        virErrorRestore(&savederr);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
     return 0;
 }
 #else
-int virNetDevBridgeCreate(const char *brname)
+int
+virNetDevBridgeCreate(const char *brname,
+                      const virMacAddr *mac G_GNUC_UNUSED)
 {
     virReportSystemError(ENOSYS,
                          _("Unable to create bridge %s"), brname);
diff --git a/src/util/virnetdevbridge.h b/src/util/virnetdevbridge.h
index 88284d6beda4031d4009ad02262ddb6d81fa1d99..8137914da83357586b6503fd04de00122ba4fd9d 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdevbridge.h
+++ b/src/util/virnetdevbridge.h
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 #include "internal.h"
 #include "virmacaddr.h"
 
-int virNetDevBridgeCreate(const char *brname)
+int virNetDevBridgeCreate(const char *brname,
+                          const virMacAddr *mac)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
 int virNetDevBridgeDelete(const char *brname)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;