1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 2149a9abea..f98ec983e8 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -3093,6 +3093,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     qemu_add_opts(&qemu_chardev_opts);
     qemu_add_opts(&qemu_device_opts);
     qemu_add_opts(&qemu_netdev_opts);
+    qemu_add_opts(&qemu_nic_opts);
     qemu_add_opts(&qemu_net_opts);
     qemu_add_opts(&qemu_rtc_opts);
     qemu_add_opts(&qemu_global_opts);
@@ -3313,6 +3314,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                     exit(1);
                 }
                 break;
+            case QEMU_OPTION_nic:
+                default_net = 0;
+                if (net_client_parse(qemu_find_opts("nic"), optarg) == -1) {
+                    exit(1);
+                }
+                break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_net:
                 default_net = 0;
                 if (net_client_parse(qemu_find_opts("net"), optarg) == -1) {
@@ -4491,7 +4498,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 
     colo_info_init();
 
-    if (net_init_clients() < 0) {
+    if (net_init_clients(&err) < 0) {
+        error_report_err(err);
         exit(1);
     }