diff --git a/src/parallels/parallels_driver.c b/src/parallels/parallels_driver.c
index 1a6d6e67f2..2a6a7c9b42 100644
--- a/src/parallels/parallels_driver.c
+++ b/src/parallels/parallels_driver.c
@@ -168,14 +168,24 @@ parallelsDomainDefPostParse(virDomainDefPtr def ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
     return 0;
 }
 
-
 static int
-parallelsDomainDeviceDefPostParse(virDomainDeviceDefPtr dev ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+parallelsDomainDeviceDefPostParse(virDomainDeviceDefPtr dev,
                                   const virDomainDef *def ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                                   virCapsPtr caps ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                                   void *opaque ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
-    return 0;
+    int ret = -1;
+
+    if (dev->type == VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_NET &&
+        (dev->data.net->type == VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_NETWORK ||
+         dev->data.net->type == VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_BRIDGE) &&
+        !dev->data.net->model &&
+        VIR_STRDUP(dev->data.net->model, "e1000") < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    ret = 0;
+ cleanup:
+    return ret;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/parallels/parallels_sdk.c b/src/parallels/parallels_sdk.c
index ab24b5e93b..f6fce40e89 100644
--- a/src/parallels/parallels_sdk.c
+++ b/src/parallels/parallels_sdk.c
@@ -2674,6 +2674,20 @@ static int prlsdkAddNet(PRL_HANDLE sdkdom,
     pret = PrlVmDevNet_SetMacAddress(sdknet, macstr);
     prlsdkCheckRetGoto(pret, cleanup);
 
+    if (STREQ(net->model, "rtl8139")) {
+        pret = PrlVmDevNet_SetAdapterType(sdknet, PNT_RTL);
+    } else if (STREQ(net->model, "e1000")) {
+        pret = PrlVmDevNet_SetAdapterType(sdknet, PNT_E1000);
+    } else if (STREQ(net->model, "virtio")) {
+        pret = PrlVmDevNet_SetAdapterType(sdknet, PNT_VIRTIO);
+    } else {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
+                       _("Specified network adapter model is not "
+                         "supported by Parallels Cloud Server."));
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+    prlsdkCheckRetGoto(pret, cleanup);
+
     if (net->type == VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_NETWORK) {
         if (STREQ(net->data.network.name, PARALLELS_DOMAIN_ROUTED_NETWORK_NAME)) {
             pret = PrlVmDev_SetEmulatedType(sdknet, PNA_ROUTED);