diff --git a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
index 38590a682180e260c54a8752cbfe9ead2d2037fe..563cb3c43781b0762b90237895370d4ceed386be 100644
--- a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
+++ b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
@@ -2420,27 +2420,7 @@
           <empty/>
         </element>
       </optional>
-      <zeroOrMore>
-        <element name="ip">
-          <attribute name="address">
-            <ref name="ipAddr"/>
-          </attribute>
-          <optional>
-            <attribute name="family">
-              <ref name="addr-family"/>
-            </attribute>
-          </optional>
-          <optional>
-            <attribute name="prefix">
-              <ref name="ipPrefix"/>
-            </attribute>
-          </optional>
-          <empty/>
-        </element>
-      </zeroOrMore>
-      <zeroOrMore>
-        <ref name="route"/>
-      </zeroOrMore>
+      <ref name="interface-ip-info"/>
       <optional>
         <element name="script">
           <attribute name="path">
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 81bc93de052b3bca4c044d9978aeae66bdaafa0f..7c1c3b6c9f099157dbc5f5de90bf175c88e86328 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -1740,8 +1740,6 @@ virDomainActualNetDefFree(virDomainActualNetDefPtr def)
 void
 virDomainNetDefClear(virDomainNetDefPtr def)
 {
-    size_t i;
-
     if (!def)
         return;
 
@@ -1799,14 +1797,7 @@ virDomainNetDefClear(virDomainNetDefPtr def)
     VIR_FREE(def->ifname_guest);
     VIR_FREE(def->ifname_guest_actual);
 
-    for (i = 0; i < def->nips; i++)
-        VIR_FREE(def->ips[i]);
-    VIR_FREE(def->ips);
-
-    for (i = 0; i < def->nroutes; i++)
-        virNetDevIPRouteFree(def->routes[i]);
-    VIR_FREE(def->routes);
-
+    virNetDevIPInfoClear(&def->guestIP);
     virDomainDeviceInfoClear(&def->info);
 
     VIR_FREE(def->filter);
@@ -8898,7 +8889,7 @@ virDomainNetAppendIPAddress(virDomainNetDefPtr def,
         goto error;
     ipDef->prefix = prefix;
 
-    if (VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT(def->ips, def->nips, ipDef) < 0)
+    if (VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT(def->guestIP.ips, def->guestIP.nips, ipDef) < 0)
         goto error;
 
     return 0;
@@ -8960,11 +8951,6 @@ virDomainNetDefParseXML(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
     virDomainActualNetDefPtr actual = NULL;
     xmlNodePtr oldnode = ctxt->node;
     int ret, val;
-    size_t i;
-    size_t nips = 0;
-    virNetDevIPAddrPtr *ips = NULL;
-    size_t nroutes = 0;
-    virNetDevIPRoutePtr *routes = NULL;
 
     if (VIR_ALLOC(def) < 0)
         return NULL;
@@ -9080,24 +9066,6 @@ virDomainNetDefParseXML(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
                     localport = virXPathString("string(./local/@port)", ctxt);
                     ctxt->node = tmpnode;
                 }
-            } else if (xmlStrEqual(cur->name, BAD_CAST "ip")) {
-                virNetDevIPAddrPtr ip = NULL;
-
-                if (!(ip = virDomainNetIPParseXML(cur)))
-                    goto error;
-
-                if (VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT(ips, nips, ip) < 0)
-                    goto error;
-            } else if (xmlStrEqual(cur->name, BAD_CAST "route")) {
-                virNetDevIPRoutePtr route = NULL;
-                if (!(route = virNetDevIPRouteParseXML(_("Domain interface"),
-                                                       cur, ctxt)))
-                    goto error;
-
-                if (VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT(routes, nroutes, route) < 0) {
-                    virNetDevIPRouteFree(route);
-                    goto error;
-                }
             } else if (!ifname &&
                        xmlStrEqual(cur->name, BAD_CAST "target")) {
                 ifname = virXMLPropString(cur, "dev");
@@ -9418,12 +9386,9 @@ virDomainNetDefParseXML(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
         break;
     }
 
-    for (i = 0; i < nips; i++) {
-        if (VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT(def->ips, def->nips, ips[i]) < 0)
-            goto error;
-    }
-    def->nroutes = nroutes;
-    def->routes = routes;
+    if (virDomainNetIPInfoParseXML(_("guest interface"),
+                                   ctxt, &def->guestIP) < 0)
+        goto error;
 
     if (script != NULL) {
         def->script = script;
@@ -9705,7 +9670,6 @@ virDomainNetDefParseXML(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
     VIR_FREE(addrtype);
     VIR_FREE(domain_name);
     VIR_FREE(trustGuestRxFilters);
-    VIR_FREE(ips);
     VIR_FREE(vhost_path);
     VIR_FREE(localaddr);
     VIR_FREE(localport);
@@ -20894,9 +20858,7 @@ virDomainNetDefFormat(virBufferPtr buf,
             return -1;
     }
 
-    if (virDomainNetIPsFormat(buf, def->ips, def->nips) < 0)
-        return -1;
-    if (virDomainNetRoutesFormat(buf, def->routes, def->nroutes) < 0)
+    if (virDomainNetIPInfoFormat(buf, &def->guestIP) < 0)
         return -1;
 
     virBufferEscapeString(buf, "<script path='%s'/>\n",
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index 45094d710ea28e18c5b47b6dd293c27264054490..7c5cbd916981456f044fb8ec7290dc5c5ac5683c 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -964,8 +964,9 @@ struct _virDomainNetDef {
     char *script;
     char *domain_name; /* backend domain name */
     char *ifname;
-    char *ifname_guest;
     char *ifname_guest_actual;
+    char *ifname_guest;
+    virNetDevIPInfo guestIP;
     virDomainDeviceInfo info;
     char *filter;
     virNWFilterHashTablePtr filterparams;
@@ -973,10 +974,6 @@ struct _virDomainNetDef {
     virNetDevVlan vlan;
     int trustGuestRxFilters; /* enum virTristateBool */
     int linkstate;
-    size_t nips;
-    virNetDevIPAddrPtr *ips;
-    size_t nroutes;
-    virNetDevIPRoutePtr *routes;
 };
 
 /* Used for prefix of ifname of any network name generated dynamically
diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c b/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c
index 5a3e3a0b6bcdb5dcc8597c9790c644e26707f30c..584eb8ffb6f106acae05c42b2e48b8ffea56f812 100644
--- a/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c
+++ b/src/libxl/libxl_conf.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * libxl_conf.c: libxl configuration management
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2014, 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
  * Copyright (c) 2011-2013 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
  * Copyright (C) 2011 Univention GmbH.
  *
@@ -908,8 +908,8 @@ libxlMakeNic(virDomainDefPtr def,
         case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_ETHERNET:
             if (VIR_STRDUP(x_nic->script, l_nic->script) < 0)
                 goto cleanup;
-            if (l_nic->nips > 0) {
-                x_nic->ip = virSocketAddrFormat(&l_nic->ips[0]->address);
+            if (l_nic->guestIP.nips > 0) {
+                x_nic->ip = virSocketAddrFormat(&l_nic->guestIP.ips[0]->address);
                 if (!x_nic->ip)
                     goto cleanup;
             }
@@ -924,8 +924,8 @@ libxlMakeNic(virDomainDefPtr def,
                 goto cleanup;
             }
 
-            if (l_nic->nips > 0) {
-                x_nic->ip = virSocketAddrFormat(&l_nic->ips[0]->address);
+            if (l_nic->guestIP.nips > 0) {
+                x_nic->ip = virSocketAddrFormat(&l_nic->guestIP.ips[0]->address);
                 if (!x_nic->ip)
                     goto cleanup;
             }
diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_domain.c b/src/libxl/libxl_domain.c
index 6bcb4d93defd213b39c507990bf855167ce217bd..9feba0849f6fb2c972dbbb83e8abdafc5a8e2947 100644
--- a/src/libxl/libxl_domain.c
+++ b/src/libxl/libxl_domain.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ libxlDomainDeviceDefPostParse(virDomainDeviceDefPtr dev,
             (dev->data.net->type == VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_BRIDGE ||
              dev->data.net->type == VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_ETHERNET ||
              dev->data.net->type == VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_NETWORK)) {
-        if (dev->data.net->nips > 1) {
+        if (dev->data.net->guestIP.nips > 1) {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
                     _("multiple IP addresses not supported on device type %s"),
                     virDomainNetTypeToString(dev->data.net->type));
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_container.c b/src/lxc/lxc_container.c
index efca05821bf382f0eee0c8c8340edc27d1674b07..703b0d69ee1fcdb08adb6104056793c54bc0fc8b 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_container.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_container.c
@@ -512,8 +512,8 @@ static int lxcContainerRenameAndEnableInterfaces(virDomainDefPtr vmDef,
         if (rc < 0)
             goto error_out;
 
-        for (j = 0; j < netDef->nips; j++) {
-            virNetDevIPAddrPtr ip = netDef->ips[j];
+        for (j = 0; j < netDef->guestIP.nips; j++) {
+            virNetDevIPAddrPtr ip = netDef->guestIP.ips[j];
             int prefix;
             char *ipStr = virSocketAddrFormat(&ip->address);
 
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ static int lxcContainerRenameAndEnableInterfaces(virDomainDefPtr vmDef,
             VIR_FREE(ipStr);
         }
 
-        if (netDef->nips ||
+        if (netDef->guestIP.nips ||
             netDef->linkstate == VIR_DOMAIN_NET_INTERFACE_LINK_STATE_UP) {
             VIR_DEBUG("Enabling %s", newname);
             rc = virNetDevSetOnline(newname, true);
@@ -546,8 +546,8 @@ static int lxcContainerRenameAndEnableInterfaces(virDomainDefPtr vmDef,
                 goto error_out;
 
             /* Set the routes */
-            for (j = 0; j < netDef->nroutes; j++) {
-                virNetDevIPRoutePtr route = netDef->routes[j];
+            for (j = 0; j < netDef->guestIP.nroutes; j++) {
+                virNetDevIPRoutePtr route = netDef->guestIP.routes[j];
 
                 if (virNetDevIPRouteAdd(newname,
                                         virNetDevIPRouteGetAddress(route),
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_native.c b/src/lxc/lxc_native.c
index c261b88184a8019dbbd548cb3d121c76dddd74f4..acbc20b2b34f52995d91eda020a21ffd40240400 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_native.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_native.c
@@ -522,19 +522,19 @@ lxcAddNetworkDefinition(lxcNetworkParseData *data)
                                     data->name)))
             goto error;
 
-        net->ips = data->ips;
-        net->nips = data->nips;
+        net->guestIP.ips = data->ips;
+        net->guestIP.nips = data->nips;
 
         if (data->gateway_ipv4 &&
             lxcAddNetworkRouteDefinition(data->gateway_ipv4, AF_INET,
-                                         &net->routes,
-                                         &net->nroutes) < 0)
+                                         &net->guestIP.routes,
+                                         &net->guestIP.nroutes) < 0)
                 goto error;
 
         if (data->gateway_ipv6 &&
             lxcAddNetworkRouteDefinition(data->gateway_ipv6, AF_INET6,
-                                         &net->routes,
-                                         &net->nroutes) < 0)
+                                         &net->guestIP.routes,
+                                         &net->guestIP.nroutes) < 0)
                 goto error;
 
         if (VIR_EXPAND_N(data->def->nets, data->def->nnets, 1) < 0)
diff --git a/src/openvz/openvz_driver.c b/src/openvz/openvz_driver.c
index b114246fa82993fb3275a6039cb1103b8fb2cba0..48c264b0ba1639e8d8d2f9fa2fc20d6450035708 100644
--- a/src/openvz/openvz_driver.c
+++ b/src/openvz/openvz_driver.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * openvz_driver.c: core driver methods for managing OpenVZ VEs
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2010-2015 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2010-2016 Red Hat, Inc.
  * Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Binary Karma
  * Copyright (C) 2006 Shuveb Hussain
  * Copyright (C) 2007 Anoop Joe Cyriac
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ openvzDomainSetNetwork(virConnectPtr conn, const char *vpsid,
 
     if (net->type == VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_BRIDGE ||
         (net->type == VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_ETHERNET &&
-         net->nips == 0)) {
+         net->guestIP.nips == 0)) {
         virBuffer buf = VIR_BUFFER_INITIALIZER;
         int veid = openvzGetVEID(vpsid);
 
@@ -906,12 +906,12 @@ openvzDomainSetNetwork(virConnectPtr conn, const char *vpsid,
         virCommandAddArg(cmd, "--netif_add");
         virCommandAddArgBuffer(cmd, &buf);
     } else if (net->type == VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_ETHERNET &&
-              net->nips > 0) {
+              net->guestIP.nips > 0) {
         size_t i;
 
         /* --ipadd ip */
-        for (i = 0; i < net->nips; i++) {
-            char *ipStr = virSocketAddrFormat(&net->ips[i]->address);
+        for (i = 0; i < net->guestIP.nips; i++) {
+            char *ipStr = virSocketAddrFormat(&net->guestIP.ips[i]->address);
             if (!ipStr)
                 goto cleanup;
             virCommandAddArgList(cmd, "--ipadd", ipStr, NULL);
diff --git a/src/uml/uml_conf.c b/src/uml/uml_conf.c
index a97ae64507b6f913ac873977e26d79150c8d209c..dc68203de174d6bb66b6b1bfb75d50a9a9312507 100644
--- a/src/uml/uml_conf.c
+++ b/src/uml/uml_conf.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * uml_conf.c: UML driver configuration
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2006-2014 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2014, 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
  * Copyright (C) 2006 Daniel P. Berrange
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ umlBuildCommandLineNet(virConnectPtr conn,
         virBufferAddLit(&buf, "tuntap,");
         if (def->ifname)
             virBufferAdd(&buf, def->ifname, -1);
-        if (def->nips > 0) {
+        if (def->guestIP.nips > 0) {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
                            _("IP address not supported for ethernet interface"));
             goto error;
diff --git a/src/vbox/vbox_common.c b/src/vbox/vbox_common.c
index 6dd5b9c6de43de4d91d1a92648601e7d035a92ca..8e492684f9a387be6811b11cf8215135e6d639e9 100644
--- a/src/vbox/vbox_common.c
+++ b/src/vbox/vbox_common.c
@@ -1313,11 +1313,11 @@ vboxAttachNetwork(virDomainDefPtr def, vboxGlobalData *data, IMachine *machine)
         } else if (def->nets[i]->type == VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_BRIDGE) {
             VIR_DEBUG("NIC(%zu): brname: %s", i, def->nets[i]->data.bridge.brname);
             VIR_DEBUG("NIC(%zu): script: %s", i, def->nets[i]->script);
-            if (def->nets[i]->nips == 1) {
-                char *ipStr = virSocketAddrFormat(&def->nets[i]->ips[0]->address);
+            if (def->nets[i]->guestIP.nips == 1) {
+                char *ipStr = virSocketAddrFormat(&def->nets[i]->guestIP.ips[0]->address);
                 VIR_DEBUG("NIC(%zu): ipaddr: %s", i, ipStr);
                 VIR_FREE(ipStr);
-            } else if (def->nets[i]->nips > 1) {
+            } else if (def->nets[i]->guestIP.nips > 1) {
                 virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
                                _("Driver does not support setting multiple IP addresses"));
                 return -1;
diff --git a/src/vz/vz_sdk.c b/src/vz/vz_sdk.c
index 33bd5a56d1c4fcdd12fe4c18501419f8116772b3..1203ed6d347c268461080249c8cab3c83db5f6ee 100644
--- a/src/vz/vz_sdk.c
+++ b/src/vz/vz_sdk.c
@@ -2654,7 +2654,7 @@ static int prlsdkCheckNetUnsupportedParams(virDomainNetDefPtr net)
         return -1;
     }
 
-    if (net->ifname_guest) {
+    if (net->guestIf.name) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
                        _("Setting guest interface name is not "
                          "supported by vz driver."));
diff --git a/src/xenconfig/xen_common.c b/src/xenconfig/xen_common.c
index 2fe29fd3f7aec5fc7c88df87e7a7297bef5cf3d5..f62a5b19fc8e8954ee4d1fb58e4d404fa4aa2d1d 100644
--- a/src/xenconfig/xen_common.c
+++ b/src/xenconfig/xen_common.c
@@ -1153,11 +1153,11 @@ xenFormatNet(virConnectPtr conn,
     switch (net->type) {
     case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_BRIDGE:
         virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",bridge=%s", net->data.bridge.brname);
-        if (net->nips == 1) {
-            char *ipStr = virSocketAddrFormat(&net->ips[0]->address);
+        if (net->guestIP.nips == 1) {
+            char *ipStr = virSocketAddrFormat(&net->guestIP.ips[0]->address);
             virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",ip=%s", ipStr);
             VIR_FREE(ipStr);
-        } else if (net->nips > 1) {
+        } else if (net->guestIP.nips > 1) {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
                            _("Driver does not support setting multiple IP addresses"));
             goto cleanup;
@@ -1168,11 +1168,11 @@ xenFormatNet(virConnectPtr conn,
     case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_ETHERNET:
         if (net->script)
             virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",script=%s", net->script);
-        if (net->nips == 1) {
-            char *ipStr = virSocketAddrFormat(&net->ips[0]->address);
+        if (net->guestIP.nips == 1) {
+            char *ipStr = virSocketAddrFormat(&net->guestIP.ips[0]->address);
             virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",ip=%s", ipStr);
             VIR_FREE(ipStr);
-        } else if (net->nips > 1) {
+        } else if (net->guestIP.nips > 1) {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
                            _("Driver does not support setting multiple IP addresses"));
             goto cleanup;
diff --git a/src/xenconfig/xen_sxpr.c b/src/xenconfig/xen_sxpr.c
index 21de1a2771cea39b9f4e9d3df8b03ecf5109c3fc..ea6c177a9f3c17f96ecacb2b25a3de2fa8f4f662 100644
--- a/src/xenconfig/xen_sxpr.c
+++ b/src/xenconfig/xen_sxpr.c
@@ -1875,11 +1875,11 @@ xenFormatSxprNet(virConnectPtr conn,
             script = def->script;
 
         virBufferEscapeSexpr(buf, "(script '%s')", script);
-        if (def->nips == 1) {
-            char *ipStr = virSocketAddrFormat(&def->ips[0]->address);
+        if (def->guestIP.nips == 1) {
+            char *ipStr = virSocketAddrFormat(&def->guestIP.ips[0]->address);
             virBufferEscapeSexpr(buf, "(ip '%s')", ipStr);
             VIR_FREE(ipStr);
-        } else if (def->nips > 1) {
+        } else if (def->guestIP.nips > 1) {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
                            _("Driver does not support setting multiple IP addresses"));
             return -1;
@@ -1916,11 +1916,11 @@ xenFormatSxprNet(virConnectPtr conn,
         if (def->script)
             virBufferEscapeSexpr(buf, "(script '%s')",
                                  def->script);
-        if (def->nips == 1) {
-            char *ipStr = virSocketAddrFormat(&def->ips[0]->address);
+        if (def->guestIP.nips == 1) {
+            char *ipStr = virSocketAddrFormat(&def->guestIP.ips[0]->address);
             virBufferEscapeSexpr(buf, "(ip '%s')", ipStr);
             VIR_FREE(ipStr);
-        } else if (def->nips > 1) {
+        } else if (def->guestIP.nips > 1) {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
                            _("Driver does not support setting multiple IP addresses"));
             return -1;