diff --git a/build_library/qemu_template.sh b/build_library/qemu_template.sh
index 2a4bee4f7d..06cfd00faf 100755
--- a/build_library/qemu_template.sh
+++ b/build_library/qemu_template.sh
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ case "${VM_BOARD}" in
         qemu-system-x86_64 \
             -name "$VM_NAME" \
             -m ${VM_MEMORY} \
-            -net nic,vlan=0,model=virtio \
-            -net user,vlan=0,hostfwd=tcp::"${SSH_PORT}"-:22,hostname="${VM_NAME}" \
+            -netdev user,id=eth0,hostfwd=tcp::"${SSH_PORT}"-:22,hostname="${VM_NAME}" \
+            -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=eth0 \
             -object rng-random,filename=/dev/urandom,id=rng0 -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng0 \
             "$@"
         ;;