diff --git a/libguestfs.changes b/libguestfs.changes
index 4ca89e2..1a650dc 100644
--- a/libguestfs.changes
+++ b/libguestfs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Sep 23 11:40:31 CEST 2013 - ohering@suse.de
+
+- Add static 169.254.0.0/16 network addresses (bnc#835949)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Sep 19 20:20:44 CEST 2013 - ohering@suse.de
 
diff --git a/libguestfs.mkinitrd.boot.sh b/libguestfs.mkinitrd.boot.sh
index 2edf6e2..787e3f5 100644
--- a/libguestfs.mkinitrd.boot.sh
+++ b/libguestfs.mkinitrd.boot.sh
@@ -123,6 +123,15 @@ for f in /sys/block/sd*/device/timeout; do if test -w $f ; then echo 300 > $f; f
 # https://access.redhat.com/site/solutions/5427
 for f in /sys/block/{h,s,ub,v}d*/queue/scheduler; do if test -w $f ; then echo noop > $f; fi; done
 
+# Set up the network.
+ip addr add 127.0.0.1/8 brd + dev lo scope host
+ip link set dev lo up
+
+ip addr add 169.254.2.10/16 brd + dev eth0 scope global
+ip link set dev eth0 up
+
+ip route add default via 169.254.2.2
+
 # Scan for MDs.
 mdadm -As --auto=yes --run