diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/qemuboot.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/qemuboot.bbclass
index ff32aac902..4a563b8ccc 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/qemuboot.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/qemuboot.bbclass
@@ -101,8 +101,13 @@ QB_DEFAULT_FSTYPE ?= "ext4"
 QB_RNG ?= "-object rng-random,filename=/dev/urandom,id=rng0 -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng0"
 QB_OPT_APPEND ?= ""
 QB_NETWORK_DEVICE ?= "-device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0,mac=@MAC@"
+
+# qemurunner needs ip information first, so append QB_NO_PNI
+#
+QB_NO_PNI ?= "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'pni-names', '', 'net.ifnames=0', d)}"
 QB_CMDLINE_IP_SLIRP ?= "ip=dhcp"
-QB_CMDLINE_IP_TAP ?= "ip=192.168.7.@CLIENT@::192.168.7.@GATEWAY@:255.255.255.0::eth0:off:8.8.8.8 net.ifnames=0"
+QB_CMDLINE_IP_TAP ?= "ip=192.168.7.@CLIENT@::192.168.7.@GATEWAY@:255.255.255.0::eth0:off:8.8.8.8 ${QB_NO_PNI}"
+
 QB_ROOTFS_EXTRA_OPT ?= ""
 QB_GRAPHICS ?= ""
 QB_NFSROOTFS_EXTRA_OPT ?= ""