diff --git a/include/net/tap.h b/include/net/tap.h
index a994f20447a42db24669538901cf93c3a43403fd..c3eb85a74e3240adbac062aa7289ed3fd99450a6 100644
--- a/include/net/tap.h
+++ b/include/net/tap.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ void tap_set_offload(NetClientState *nc, int csum, int tso4, int tso6, int ecn,
 void tap_set_vnet_hdr_len(NetClientState *nc, int len);
 int tap_enable(NetClientState *nc);
 int tap_disable(NetClientState *nc);
+int tap_get_ifname(NetClientState *nc, char *ifname);
 
 int tap_get_fd(NetClientState *nc);
 
diff --git a/net/tap-aix.c b/net/tap-aix.c
index 66e0574fd7c5658dd0d7bbd56a132d146361bbdc..e760e9a0e7d792f9fe49a5802115ba1078406fb6 100644
--- a/net/tap-aix.c
+++ b/net/tap-aix.c
@@ -69,3 +69,9 @@ int tap_fd_disable(int fd)
 {
     return -1;
 }
+
+int tap_fd_get_ifname(int fd, char *ifname)
+{
+    return -1;
+}
+
diff --git a/net/tap-bsd.c b/net/tap-bsd.c
index cfc7a289f884069cb9a94cfe0c85af5b82a20b10..4f22109e942754597e5bfd02a2881c53ba6850bd 100644
--- a/net/tap-bsd.c
+++ b/net/tap-bsd.c
@@ -156,3 +156,7 @@ int tap_fd_disable(int fd)
     return -1;
 }
 
+int tap_fd_get_ifname(int fd, char *ifname)
+{
+    return -1;
+}
diff --git a/net/tap-haiku.c b/net/tap-haiku.c
index 664d40fb4dc87c2a1b2d1bbe700be8a98cdd52bc..b3b5fbb61eab7f307399efe4a47c8a466ba8fed8 100644
--- a/net/tap-haiku.c
+++ b/net/tap-haiku.c
@@ -70,3 +70,7 @@ int tap_fd_disable(int fd)
     return -1;
 }
 
+int tap_fd_get_ifname(int fd, char *ifname)
+{
+    return -1;
+}
diff --git a/net/tap-linux.c b/net/tap-linux.c
index bdb0a790c8ead8180ec2a93cfde83762dca43d94..3b21662c130d1f80ad07482b6b1f962fe7a9dbfb 100644
--- a/net/tap-linux.c
+++ b/net/tap-linux.c
@@ -261,3 +261,16 @@ int tap_fd_disable(int fd)
     return ret;
 }
 
+int tap_fd_get_ifname(int fd, char *ifname)
+{
+    struct ifreq ifr;
+
+    if (ioctl(fd, TUNGETIFF, &ifr) != 0) {
+        error_report("TUNGETIFF ioctl() failed: %s",
+                     strerror(errno));
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    pstrcpy(ifname, sizeof(ifr.ifr_name), ifr.ifr_name);
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/net/tap-solaris.c b/net/tap-solaris.c
index 12cc392c94ff2f66233c9fec25b74f173322d7c6..214d95e626fed6b662706ba4b28318f822a45f82 100644
--- a/net/tap-solaris.c
+++ b/net/tap-solaris.c
@@ -236,3 +236,7 @@ int tap_fd_disable(int fd)
     return -1;
 }
 
+int tap_fd_get_ifname(int fd, char *ifname)
+{
+    return -1;
+}
diff --git a/net/tap_int.h b/net/tap_int.h
index ca1c21b451a5c034906f03ba8f58ffca2d208706..125f83d5b04118e35626b99a2bdb507eee433a0a 100644
--- a/net/tap_int.h
+++ b/net/tap_int.h
@@ -44,5 +44,6 @@ void tap_fd_set_offload(int fd, int csum, int tso4, int tso6, int ecn, int ufo);
 void tap_fd_set_vnet_hdr_len(int fd, int len);
 int tap_fd_enable(int fd);
 int tap_fd_disable(int fd);
+int tap_fd_get_ifname(int fd, char *ifname);
 
 #endif /* QEMU_TAP_H */