diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
index 3f6a5413af4d471bd44b0b17a5bb0726b0085432..8f9197bb5242243c9b7509d47c15c99a8812c99e 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ const (
 	containerRuntime      = "container-runtime"
 	networkPlugin         = "network-plugin"
 	hypervVirtualSwitch   = "hyperv-virtual-switch"
+	kvmNetwork            = "kvm-network"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ func runStart(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		RegistryMirror:      registryMirror,
 		HostOnlyCIDR:        viper.GetString(hostOnlyCIDR),
 		HypervVirtualSwitch: viper.GetString(hypervVirtualSwitch),
+		KvmNetwork:          viper.GetString(kvmNetwork),
 	}
 
 	var host *host.Host
@@ -206,7 +208,8 @@ func init() {
 	startCmd.Flags().Int(cpus, constants.DefaultCPUS, "Number of CPUs allocated to the minikube VM")
 	startCmd.Flags().String(humanReadableDiskSize, constants.DefaultDiskSize, "Disk size allocated to the minikube VM (format: <number>[<unit>], where unit = b, k, m or g)")
 	startCmd.Flags().String(hostOnlyCIDR, "192.168.99.1/24", "The CIDR to be used for the minikube VM (only supported with Virtualbox driver)")
-	startCmd.Flags().String(hypervVirtualSwitch, "", "The hyperv virtual switch name. Defaults to first found. (only supported with  driver)")
+	startCmd.Flags().String(hypervVirtualSwitch, "", "The hyperv virtual switch name. Defaults to first found. (only supported with HyperV driver)")
+	startCmd.Flags().String(kvmNetwork, "default", "The KVM network name. (only supported with KVM driver)")
 	startCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&dockerEnv, "docker-env", nil, "Environment variables to pass to the Docker daemon. (format: key=value)")
 	startCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&insecureRegistry, "insecure-registry", nil, "Insecure Docker registries to pass to the Docker daemon")
 	startCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&registryMirror, "registry-mirror", nil, "Registry mirrors to pass to the Docker daemon")
diff --git a/docs/minikube_start.md b/docs/minikube_start.md
index 50b305e13b6a409b17ac28b5bd8a398c7fe5ff53..945ad3430ac25ca170e5d1edd201b32c43606bdd 100644
--- a/docs/minikube_start.md
+++ b/docs/minikube_start.md
@@ -23,11 +23,12 @@ minikube start
 		The key should be '.' separated, and the first part before the dot is the component to apply the configuration to.
 		Valid components are: kubelet, apiserver, controller-manager, etcd, proxy, scheduler.
       --host-only-cidr string          The CIDR to be used for the minikube VM (only supported with Virtualbox driver) (default "192.168.99.1/24")
-      --hyperv-virtual-switch string   The hyperv virtual switch name. Defaults to first found. (only supported with  driver)
+      --hyperv-virtual-switch string   The hyperv virtual switch name. Defaults to first found. (only supported with HyperV driver)
       --insecure-registry value        Insecure Docker registries to pass to the Docker daemon (default [])
       --iso-url string                 Location of the minikube iso (default "https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/minikube-0.7.iso")
       --kubernetes-version string      The kubernetes version that the minikube VM will (ex: v1.2.3) 
  OR a URI which contains a localkube binary (ex: https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/k8sReleases/v1.3.0/localkube-linux-amd64) (default "v1.4.3")
+      --kvm-network string             The KVM network name. (only supported with KVM driver) (default "default")
       --memory int                     Amount of RAM allocated to the minikube VM (default 2048)
       --network-plugin string          The name of the network plugin
       --registry-mirror value          Registry mirrors to pass to the Docker daemon (default [])
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go b/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go
index a321a9fd41263d02a8deb5b193d0d81c8cce2b0f..6428f1c59bd75f2d222c2d064e504e25c43c288d 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ type MachineConfig struct {
 	RegistryMirror      []string
 	HostOnlyCIDR        string // Only used by the virtualbox driver
 	HypervVirtualSwitch string
+	KvmNetwork          string // Only used by the KVM driver
 }
 
 // KubernetesConfig contains the parameters used to configure the VM Kubernetes.
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster_linux.go b/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster_linux.go
index 857e5c2d26504b0cc6c1f9ac5e9adcefdaf28ca7..61cbf55e20a72c42ee7aa2a62587611023686aaf 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster_linux.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func createKVMHost(config MachineConfig) *kvmDriver {
 		},
 		Memory:         config.Memory,
 		CPU:            config.CPUs,
-		Network:        "default",
+		Network:        config.KvmNetwork,
 		PrivateNetwork: "docker-machines",
 		Boot2DockerURL: config.GetISOFileURI(),
 		DiskSize:       config.DiskSize,