diff --git a/src/bhyve/bhyve_parse_command.c b/src/bhyve/bhyve_parse_command.c
index 6190042983133bab239176fc54b789655d51434d..e31f5fbd143890cffadf023da8118a09e0802606 100644
--- a/src/bhyve/bhyve_parse_command.c
+++ b/src/bhyve/bhyve_parse_command.c
@@ -507,9 +507,12 @@ bhyveParsePCINet(virDomainDefPtr def,
     if (VIR_ALLOC(net) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    /* Let's just assume it is VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_ETHERNET, it could also be
-     * a bridge, but this is the most generic option. */
-    net->type = VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_ETHERNET;
+    /* As we only support interface type='bridge' and cannot
+     * guess the actual bridge name from the command line,
+     * try to come up with some reasonable defaults */
+    net->type = VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_BRIDGE;
+    if (VIR_STRDUP(net->data.bridge.brname, "virbr0") < 0)
+        goto error;
 
     net->info.type = VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_ADDRESS_TYPE_PCI;
     net->info.addr.pci.slot = pcislot;
diff --git a/tests/bhyveargv2xmldata/bhyveargv2xml-virtio-net.xml b/tests/bhyveargv2xmldata/bhyveargv2xml-virtio-net.xml
index 09cc79b9239feeb51d6c08418393abe3c3c01055..5895c8c53bc9f36e5b24727b55a4ce3bf0609bd9 100644
--- a/tests/bhyveargv2xmldata/bhyveargv2xml-virtio-net.xml
+++ b/tests/bhyveargv2xmldata/bhyveargv2xml-virtio-net.xml
@@ -12,13 +12,15 @@
   <on_reboot>destroy</on_reboot>
   <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
   <devices>
-    <interface type='ethernet'>
+    <interface type='bridge'>
       <mac address='52:54:00:00:00:00'/>
+      <source bridge='virbr0'/>
       <target dev='tap0'/>
       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
     </interface>
-    <interface type='ethernet'>
+    <interface type='bridge'>
       <mac address='fe:ed:ad:ea:df:15'/>
+      <source bridge='virbr0'/>
       <target dev='tap1'/>
       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
     </interface>
diff --git a/tests/bhyveargv2xmldata/bhyveargv2xml-virtio-net4.xml b/tests/bhyveargv2xmldata/bhyveargv2xml-virtio-net4.xml
index e1bda46a1656c56cc7f12f54f90fb331150a95ee..5f1972080478f47c861f7ff0544fcef28ac83098 100644
--- a/tests/bhyveargv2xmldata/bhyveargv2xml-virtio-net4.xml
+++ b/tests/bhyveargv2xmldata/bhyveargv2xml-virtio-net4.xml
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@
   <on_reboot>destroy</on_reboot>
   <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
   <devices>
-    <interface type='ethernet'>
+    <interface type='bridge'>
       <mac address='00:00:00:00:00:00'/>
+      <source bridge='virbr0'/>
       <target dev='tap1'/>
       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
     </interface>