diff --git a/hw/net/e1000.c b/hw/net/e1000.c
index 793286a844f24b8e0f5600343c7ae46989872643..c877e06c5d8cf78178b4c16a193fa69c46e7ad25 100644
--- a/hw/net/e1000.c
+++ b/hw/net/e1000.c
@@ -1854,6 +1854,8 @@ static Property e1000_properties[] = {
                     compat_flags, E1000_FLAG_AUTONEG_BIT, true),
     DEFINE_PROP_BIT("mitigation", E1000State,
                     compat_flags, E1000_FLAG_MIT_BIT, true),
+    DEFINE_PROP_BIT("extra_mac_registers", E1000State,
+                    compat_flags, E1000_FLAG_MAC_BIT, true),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
diff --git a/include/hw/compat.h b/include/hw/compat.h
index 93e71afb4ae0e66d99f65e54a11e69725380d056..896a1b050826321deecd214905bd9152d9604ffd 100644
--- a/include/hw/compat.h
+++ b/include/hw/compat.h
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@
             .driver   = "virtio-blk-device",\
             .property = "scsi",\
             .value    = "true",\
-        },
+        },{\
+            .driver   = "e1000",\
+            .property = "extra_mac_registers",\
+            .value    = "off",\
+         },
 
 #define HW_COMPAT_2_3 \
         {\