diff --git a/lib/guestfs-internal.h b/lib/guestfs-internal.h
index 4097b33fd..8eb2dd3ad 100644
--- a/lib/guestfs-internal.h
+++ b/lib/guestfs-internal.h
@@ -172,6 +172,17 @@ cleanup_mutex_unlock (pthread_mutex_t **ptr)
 #define VIRTIO_DEVICE_NAME(type) type "-pci"
 #endif
 
+/* Place the virtio-net controller in slot 0x1e on the root bus, on normal
+ * hardware with PCI. Refer to RHBZ#2034160.
+ */
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBVIRT_BACKEND
+#if defined(__arm__) || defined(__s390x__)
+#define VIRTIO_NET_PCI_ADDR ""
+#else
+#define VIRTIO_NET_PCI_ADDR ",addr=1e.0"
+#endif
+#endif
+
 /* Guestfs handle and associated structures. */
 
 /* State. */
diff --git a/lib/launch-libvirt.c b/lib/launch-libvirt.c
index 194530c49..9e8336938 100644
--- a/lib/launch-libvirt.c
+++ b/lib/launch-libvirt.c
@@ -1851,7 +1851,9 @@ construct_libvirt_xml_qemu_cmdline (guestfs_h *g,
       } end_element ();
 
       start_element ("qemu:arg") {
-        attribute ("value", VIRTIO_DEVICE_NAME ("virtio-net") ",netdev=usernet");
+        attribute ("value", (VIRTIO_DEVICE_NAME ("virtio-net")
+                             ",netdev=usernet"
+                             VIRTIO_NET_PCI_ADDR));
       } end_element ();
     }