diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-rackspace-teeth/files/cloud-config.yml b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-rackspace-teeth/files/cloud-config.yml
index 10a86eb34e..930daffa02 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-rackspace-teeth/files/cloud-config.yml
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-rackspace-teeth/files/cloud-config.yml
@@ -1,23 +1,62 @@
 #cloud-config
 
 write_files:
-    - path: /run/systemd/system/user-configdrive.service.d/netconf.conf
-      permissions: 0644
-      content: |
-        [Service]
-        ExecStart=
-        ExecStart=/usr/bin/coreos-cloudinit --from-configdrive=/media/configdrive --convert-netconf=debian
+  - path: /run/udev/rules.d/79-netname.rules
+    permissions: 444
+    content: |
+      SUBSYSTEM!="net", GOTO="netname_end"
+      ACTION!="add", GOTO="netname_end"
+      ENV{ID_BUS}!="pci", GOTO="netname_end"
+
+      IMPORT{program}="/usr/share/oem/bin/netname.sh $env{IFINDEX}"
+
+      NAME=="", ENV{ID_NET_NAME_SIMPLE}!="", NAME="$env{ID_NET_NAME_SIMPLE}"
+
+      LABEL="netname_end"
 
 coreos:
     units:
+      - name: user-configdrive.service.d/netconf.conf
+        runtime: yes
+        content: |
+          [Service]
+          ExecStart=
+          ExecStart=/usr/bin/coreos-cloudinit --from-configdrive=/media/configdrive --convert-netconf=debian
+      - name: ping-out.service
+        runtime: yes
+        enable: yes
+        content: |
+          [Unit]
+          After=user-config.target
+
+          [Service]
+          Type=oneshot
+          RemainAfterExit=yes
+          ExecStart=/usr/bin/sh -c "ping -A -c1 $(ip route | awk '/default/ { print $3 }')"
+
+          [Install]
+          WantedBy=user-config.target
+      - name: rename-network-interfaces.service
+        command: start
+        runtime: yes
+        content: |
+          [Unit]
+          Before=user-config.target
+
+          [Service]
+          Type=oneshot
+          RemainAfterExit=yes
+          ExecStart=/usr/bin/systemctl stop systemd-networkd
+          ExecStart=/usr/bin/bash -c "for dev in $(ip link show | gawk -F ':' '/^[0-9]+/ { print $2 }' | tr -d ' ' | sed 's/lo//'); do ip link set $dev down; done"
+          ExecStart=/usr/bin/bash -c "udevadm test /sys/class/net/*"
+          ExecStart=/usr/bin/systemctl start systemd-networkd
       - name: media-configdrive.mount
         command: start
         runtime: yes
         content: |
           [Unit]
-          DefaultDependencies=no
-          Conflicts=umount.target
-          Before=local-fs.target umount.target
+          Wants=user-configdrive.service
+          Before=user-configdrive.service
 
           [Mount]
           What=/dev/disk/by-label/config-2
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-rackspace-teeth/files/netname.sh b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-rackspace-teeth/files/netname.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74e18ff757
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-rackspace-teeth/files/netname.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+IFINDEX=$1
+echo "ID_NET_NAME_SIMPLE=eth$((${IFINDEX} - 2))"
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-rackspace-teeth/oem-rackspace-teeth-0.0.1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-rackspace-teeth/oem-rackspace-teeth-0.0.1.ebuild
index 52a3a4bb30..74768cd48c 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-rackspace-teeth/oem-rackspace-teeth-0.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-rackspace-teeth/oem-rackspace-teeth-0.0.1.ebuild
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
 S="${WORKDIR}"
 
 src_install() {
+	into "/usr/share/oem"
+	dobin ${FILESDIR}/netname.sh
+
 	insinto "/usr/share/oem"
 	doins ${FILESDIR}/cloud-config.yml
 }