diff --git a/vmm/src/device_manager.rs b/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
index 4963973a0..50ad83b69 100644
--- a/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
@@ -2072,6 +2072,12 @@ impl DeviceManager {
         let (device, iommu_attached) = self.make_virtio_pmem_device(pmem_cfg)?;
         self.hotplug_virtio_pci_device(device, iommu_attached)
     }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "pci_support")]
+    pub fn add_net(&mut self, net_cfg: &mut NetConfig) -> DeviceManagerResult<()> {
+        let (device, iommu_attached) = self.make_virtio_net_device(net_cfg)?;
+        self.hotplug_virtio_pci_device(device, iommu_attached)
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "acpi")]