1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/launch.c b/src/launch.c
index 7f2f74ca..047a1e15 100644
--- a/src/launch.c
+++ b/src/launch.c
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ guestfs__launch (guestfs_h *g)
     /* Enable user networking. */
     if (g->enable_network) {
       add_cmdline (g, "-netdev");
-      add_cmdline (g, "user,id=usernet");
+      add_cmdline (g, "user,id=usernet,net=169.254.0.0/16");
       add_cmdline (g, "-device");
       add_cmdline (g, NET_IF ",netdev=usernet");
     }