diff --git a/scripts/qemu-ifup8 b/scripts/qemu-ifup8
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..cb970b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/qemu-ifup8
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+QEMU_BRIDGE8='qemubr8'
+
+ip link set dev $1 up
+ip link set dev $1 master $QEMU_BRIDGE8