diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f868b49..a8f3f5d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -177,4 +177,6 @@ sim: $(spike) $(bbl)
 
 .PHONY: qemu
 qemu: $(qemu) $(bbl) $(rootfs)
-	$(qemu) -nographic -machine virt -kernel $(bbl) -drive file=$(rootfs),format=raw,id=hd0 -device virtio-blk-device,drive=hd0
+	$(qemu) -nographic -machine virt -kernel $(bbl) \
+		-drive file=$(rootfs),format=raw,id=hd0 -device virtio-blk-device,drive=hd0 \
+		-netdev user,id=net0 -device virtio-net-device,netdev=net0
diff --git a/conf/linux_defconfig b/conf/linux_defconfig
index a066f0e..50fe1f4 100644
--- a/conf/linux_defconfig
+++ b/conf/linux_defconfig
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ CONFIG_ATA=y
 CONFIG_SATA_AHCI=y
 CONFIG_SATA_SIL24=y
 CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
+CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET=y
 CONFIG_E1000E=y
 CONFIG_R8169=y
 # CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD is not set