diff --git a/image_to_vm.sh b/image_to_vm.sh
index d6ff61fa8b..382d4ac763 100755
--- a/image_to_vm.sh
+++ b/image_to_vm.sh
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ "${FLAGS_format}" == "qemu" ]; then
   echo "If you have qemu-kvm installed, you can start the image by:"
-  echo "sudo kvm -m ${FLAGS_mem} -vga std -pidfile /tmp/kvm.pid -net nic " \
+  echo "sudo kvm -m ${FLAGS_mem} -vga std -pidfile /tmp/kvm.pid -net nic,model=e1000 " \
        "-net user,hostfwd=tcp::922-:22 \\"
   echo "        -hda ${FLAGS_to}/${DEFAULT_QEMU_IMAGE}"
 fi
diff --git a/lib/cros_vm_lib.sh b/lib/cros_vm_lib.sh
index f36804d378..1809acc9d1 100644
--- a/lib/cros_vm_lib.sh
+++ b/lib/cros_vm_lib.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function start_kvm() {
       -vga std \
       -pidfile "${KVM_PID_FILE}" \
       -daemonize \
-      -net nic \
+      -net nic,model=e1000 \
       ${nographics} \
       ${snapshot} \
       -net user,hostfwd=tcp::${FLAGS_ssh_port}-:22 \