diff --git a/meta-sysmocom-bsp/recipes-bsp/netbase/netbase/sysmocom-idu/interfaces b/meta-sysmocom-bsp/recipes-bsp/netbase/netbase/sysmocom-idu/interfaces
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..800d2b2714
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-sysmocom-bsp/recipes-bsp/netbase/netbase/sysmocom-idu/interfaces
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)
+
+# The loopback interface
+auto lo
+iface lo inet loopback
+
+# eth0 is attached to the IDU-internal managed switch
+# in the future we will use VLANs to use individual switch ports as
+# break-out interfaces.  For now we simply do DHCP.
+iface eth0 inet dhcp
+
+#eth1 is our admin interface and will provide dhcp to clients
+auto eth1
+iface eth1 inet static
+	address 10.23.24.1
+	netmask 255.255.255.0
+	network 10.23.24.0
+
+# eth2 is attached to the IDU-internal SOB-JB02-SW
+auto eth2
+iface eth2 inet manual
+	pre-up ifconfig $IFACE up
+	pre-down ifconfig $IFACE down
+
+# * br0 is a bridge interface on top of eth2
+# * we use the bridging code so we can run mstpd and become the root bridge
+
+auto br0
+iface br0 inet manual
+	bridge_ports eth2
+	bridge_maxwait 0
+
+# VLAN 6: management VLAN
+auto br0.6
+iface br0.6 inet static
+	address 172.16.2.1
+	netmask 255.255.254.0
+	network 172.16.2.0
+
+# 172.16.1.1 is the service IP address for SOBMGMT
+auto br0.6:0
+iface br0.6:0 inet manual
+	address 172.16.1.1
+	netmask 255.255.255.255
diff --git a/meta-sysmocom-bsp/recipes-extra/bridge-utils/bridge-utils.inc b/meta-sysmocom-bsp/recipes-extra/bridge-utils/bridge-utils.inc
index f17e0349a6..3d25a63f27 100644
--- a/meta-sysmocom-bsp/recipes-extra/bridge-utils/bridge-utils.inc
+++ b/meta-sysmocom-bsp/recipes-extra/bridge-utils/bridge-utils.inc
@@ -38,4 +38,6 @@ do_install_append () {
     ln -s /lib/bridge-utils/ifupdown.sh bridge
 }
 
+FILES_${PN} += "/lib/bridge-utils/*.sh"
+
 RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "kernel-module-bridge"