diff --git a/hw/net/virtio-net.c b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
index adc20df..7fafe6e 100644
--- a/hw/net/virtio-net.c
+++ b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@
 #define VIRTIO_NET_RX_QUEUE_MIN_SIZE VIRTIO_NET_RX_QUEUE_DEFAULT_SIZE
 #define VIRTIO_NET_TX_QUEUE_MIN_SIZE VIRTIO_NET_TX_QUEUE_DEFAULT_SIZE
 
+/* duplex and speed defines */
+#define DUPLEX_UNKNOWN          0xff
+#define DUPLEX_HALF             0x00
+#define DUPLEX_FULL             0x01
+#define SPEED_UNKNOWN           -1
+
 /*
  * Calculate the number of bytes up to and including the given 'field' of
  * 'container'.
@@ -61,6 +67,8 @@ static VirtIOFeature feature_sizes[] = {
      .end = endof(struct virtio_net_config, max_virtqueue_pairs)},
     {.flags = 1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU,
      .end = endof(struct virtio_net_config, mtu)},
+    {.flags = 1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_SPEED_DUPLEX,
+     .end = endof(struct virtio_net_config, duplex)},
     {}
 };
 
@@ -88,6 +96,8 @@ static void virtio_net_get_config(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint8_t *config)
     virtio_stw_p(vdev, &netcfg.status, n->status);
     virtio_stw_p(vdev, &netcfg.max_virtqueue_pairs, n->max_queues);
     virtio_stw_p(vdev, &netcfg.mtu, n->net_conf.mtu);
+    virtio_stl_p(vdev, &netcfg.speed, n->net_conf.speed);
+    netcfg.duplex = n->net_conf.duplex;
     memcpy(netcfg.mac, n->mac, ETH_ALEN);
     memcpy(config, &netcfg, n->config_size);
 }
@@ -1941,6 +1951,23 @@ static void virtio_net_device_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
         n->host_features |= (1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU);
     }
 
+    n->host_features |= (1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_SPEED_DUPLEX);
+    if (n->net_conf.duplex_str) {
+        if (strncmp(n->net_conf.duplex_str, "half", 5) == 0) {
+            n->net_conf.duplex = DUPLEX_HALF;
+        } else if (strncmp(n->net_conf.duplex_str, "full", 5) == 0) {
+            n->net_conf.duplex = DUPLEX_FULL;
+        } else {
+            error_setg(errp, "'duplex' must be 'half' or 'full'");
+        }
+    } else {
+        n->net_conf.duplex = DUPLEX_UNKNOWN;
+    }
+    if (n->net_conf.speed < SPEED_UNKNOWN) {
+            error_setg(errp, "'speed' must be between -1 (SPEED_UNKOWN) and "
+                       "INT_MAX");
+    }
+
     virtio_net_set_config_size(n, n->host_features);
     virtio_init(vdev, "virtio-net", VIRTIO_ID_NET, n->config_size);
 
@@ -2160,6 +2187,8 @@ static Property virtio_net_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT16("host_mtu", VirtIONet, net_conf.mtu, 0),
     DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("x-mtu-bypass-backend", VirtIONet, mtu_bypass_backend,
                      true),
+    DEFINE_PROP_INT32("speed", VirtIONet, net_conf.speed, SPEED_UNKNOWN),
+    DEFINE_PROP_STRING("duplex", VirtIONet, net_conf.duplex_str),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-net.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-net.h
index e7634c9..02484dc 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-net.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-net.h
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ typedef struct virtio_net_conf
     uint16_t rx_queue_size;
     uint16_t tx_queue_size;
     uint16_t mtu;
+    int32_t speed;
+    char *duplex_str;
+    uint8_t duplex;
 } virtio_net_conf;
 
 /* Maximum packet size we can receive from tap device: header + 64k */
diff --git a/include/standard-headers/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/standard-headers/linux/virtio_net.h
index 30ff249..0ff1447 100644
--- a/include/standard-headers/linux/virtio_net.h
+++ b/include/standard-headers/linux/virtio_net.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #define VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM	1	/* Guest handles pkts w/ partial csum */
 #define VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_GUEST_OFFLOADS 2 /* Dynamic offload configuration. */
 #define VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU	3	/* Initial MTU advice */
+#define VIRTIO_NET_F_SPEED_DUPLEX 4	/* Host set linkspeed and duplex */
 #define VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC	5	/* Host has given MAC address. */
 #define VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_TSO4	7	/* Guest can handle TSOv4 in. */
 #define VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_TSO6	8	/* Guest can handle TSOv6 in. */
@@ -76,6 +77,9 @@ struct virtio_net_config {
 	uint16_t max_virtqueue_pairs;
 	/* Default maximum transmit unit advice */
 	uint16_t mtu;
+	/* Host exported linkspeed and duplex */
+	uint32_t speed;
+	uint8_t duplex;
 } QEMU_PACKED;
 
 /*
