diff --git a/hw/lance.c b/hw/lance.c
index d83e7f57a9161741165043491d43c2f4ef8cb8a3..93d5fda35b7231b41fec2e56ecfc41360430ca5a 100644
--- a/hw/lance.c
+++ b/hw/lance.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ static NetClientInfo net_lance_info = {
     .size = sizeof(NICState),
     .can_receive = pcnet_can_receive,
     .receive = pcnet_receive,
+    .link_status_changed = pcnet_set_link_status,
     .cleanup = lance_cleanup,
 };
 
diff --git a/hw/pcnet-pci.c b/hw/pcnet-pci.c
index ea5dfdef769a2dcd07e59b3239f76a142c0c1349..4e164da3ac74da6b43436def2d6b91f2ac8641d6 100644
--- a/hw/pcnet-pci.c
+++ b/hw/pcnet-pci.c
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ static NetClientInfo net_pci_pcnet_info = {
     .size = sizeof(NICState),
     .can_receive = pcnet_can_receive,
     .receive = pcnet_receive,
+    .link_status_changed = pcnet_set_link_status,
     .cleanup = pci_pcnet_cleanup,
 };
 
diff --git a/hw/pcnet.c b/hw/pcnet.c
index add3ec2559ce3b8a01686f4d119d369aee86f36e..cba253ba7b80e21057ceaaab42ac5a71779794d1 100644
--- a/hw/pcnet.c
+++ b/hw/pcnet.c
@@ -1197,6 +1197,13 @@ ssize_t pcnet_receive(VLANClientState *nc, const uint8_t *buf, size_t size_)
     return size_;
 }
 
+void pcnet_set_link_status(VLANClientState *nc)
+{
+    PCNetState *d = DO_UPCAST(NICState, nc, nc)->opaque;
+
+    d->lnkst = nc->link_down ? 0 : 0x40;
+}
+
 static void pcnet_transmit(PCNetState *s)
 {
     target_phys_addr_t xmit_cxda = 0;
diff --git a/hw/pcnet.h b/hw/pcnet.h
index 52cc52e9401fc9dac3385b0839f9527aec07765c..edc81c90ac928c52fd40bebbfe8ec721d861728a 100644
--- a/hw/pcnet.h
+++ b/hw/pcnet.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ uint32_t pcnet_ioport_readl(void *opaque, uint32_t addr);
 uint32_t pcnet_bcr_readw(PCNetState *s, uint32_t rap);
 int pcnet_can_receive(VLANClientState *nc);
 ssize_t pcnet_receive(VLANClientState *nc, const uint8_t *buf, size_t size_);
+void pcnet_set_link_status(VLANClientState *nc);
 void pcnet_common_cleanup(PCNetState *d);
 int pcnet_common_init(DeviceState *dev, PCNetState *s, NetClientInfo *info);
 extern const VMStateDescription vmstate_pcnet;