diff --git a/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/qemu/recipes-core/init-ifupdown/init-ifupdown/{{=machine}}/interfaces b/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/qemu/recipes-core/init-ifupdown/init-ifupdown/{{=machine}}/interfaces
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..16967763e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/qemu/recipes-core/init-ifupdown/init-ifupdown/{{=machine}}/interfaces
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)
+ 
+# The loopback interface
+auto lo
+iface lo inet loopback
diff --git a/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/qemu/recipes-core/init-ifupdown/init-ifupdown_1.0.bbappend b/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/qemu/recipes-core/init-ifupdown/init-ifupdown_1.0.bbappend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72d991c7e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/qemu/recipes-core/init-ifupdown/init-ifupdown_1.0.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"