diff --git a/nix/system/xps11/configuration.nix b/nix/system/xps11/configuration.nix
index 65f3acb..db2e2d4 100644
--- a/nix/system/xps11/configuration.nix
+++ b/nix/system/xps11/configuration.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
   # replicates the default behaviour.
   networking.useDHCP = false;
   networking.interfaces.wlp58s0.useDHCP = true;
+  networking.interfaces.eth0.useDHCP = true;
 
   # Configure network proxy if necessary
   # networking.proxy.default = "http://user:password@proxy:port/";
@@ -77,6 +78,18 @@
   # Enable the OpenSSH daemon.
   services.openssh.enable = true;
 
+  services.udev.packages = [
+    (pkgs.writeTextFile {
+      name = "dev-device-no-auto-name";
+      # xps11 uses a usb device as an ethernet port
+      text = ''
+        SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DEVTYPE!=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:e0:4c:68:13:bf", NAME="eth0"
+      '';
+
+      destination = "/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules";
+    })
+  ];
+
   services.xserver.layout = "us";
 
   nixpkgs.config.packageOverrides = pkgs: {