diff --git a/doc/net.example.Linux.in b/doc/net.example.Linux.in
index d3b97c5e..69c9ba64 100644
--- a/doc/net.example.Linux.in
+++ b/doc/net.example.Linux.in
@@ -980,6 +980,72 @@
 #ifplugd_eth0="--api-mode=wlan"
 # man ifplugd for more options
 
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Interface hardware tuning & configuration via ethtool
+# If you need to change explicit hardware settings on your network card prior
+# to bringing the interface up, the following is available.
+#
+# For a full listing of settings, please consulting ethtool(8) and the output
+# of "ethtool --help".
+#
+# Multiple entries (seperated by newlines) are supported in all of the
+# variables as some settings cannot be changed at the same time.
+#
+# Valid variable name fragments: change pause coalesce ring offload
+# change_eeprom identify nfc flash rxfh_indir ntuple
+
+# Set Wake-On-Lan to listen for SecureOn MagicPacket(tm), the message level to
+# notify us of WOL changes, and the SecureOn password to 'DE:AD:BE:EF:CA:FE'.
+#ethtool_change_eth0="wol gs
+#msglvl wol on
+#sopass DE:AD:BE:EF:CA:FE"
+
+# Disable pause auto-negotiation and explicitly enable RX and TX pause.
+#ethtool_pause_eth0="autoneg off
+#rx on tx on"
+
+# Enasble adaptive RX and TX coalescing
+#ethtool_coalesce_eth0="adaptive-rx on adaptive-tx on"
+
+# Change ring buffer settings
+#ethtool_ring_eth0=""
+
+# Enable all offload settings
+#ethtool_offload_eth0="rx on tx on sg on tso on ufo on gso on gro on lro on"
+
+# Change specific bytes in the EEPROM
+#ethtool_change_eeprom_eth0=""
+
+# Run the identify sequence on the interface for 1 second (does not return until completion)
+#ethtool_identify_eth0="1"
+
+# Configure receive network flow classification
+#ethtool_nfc_eth0="
+#rx-flow-hash tcp4 f
+#rx-flow-hash udp4 s"
+
+# Flash firmware to all regions
+#ethtool_flash_eth0="/some/path/firmware1 0"
+
+# Flash firmware to region 1
+#ethtool_flash_eth0="/some/path/firmware2 1"
+
+# Set receive flow hash indirection table for even balancing between N receive queues
+#ethtool_rxfh_indir_eth0="equal 4"
+
+# Configure Rx ntuple filters and actions
+#ethtool_ntuple_eth0=""
+
+# Additionally, there is a special control variable, if you need to change the
+# order of option processing. The default order is:
+# flash change-eeprom change pause coalesce ring offload identify nfc rxfh-indir ntuple
+
+# Set global order to default
+#ethtool_order="flash change-eeprom change pause coalesce ring offload identify nfc rxfh-indir ntuple"
+
+# Hypothetical network card that requires a change-eeprom toggle to enable flashing
+#ethtool_order_eth0="change-eeprom flash change pause coalesce ring offload nfc rxfh-indir ntuple"
+
 ##############################################################################
 # ADVANCED CONFIGURATION
 #
diff --git a/net/Makefile.Linux b/net/Makefile.Linux
index 7006d74c..f7fb0870 100644
--- a/net/Makefile.Linux
+++ b/net/Makefile.Linux
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SRCS+=		iwconfig.sh.in
 INC+=		adsl.sh apipa.sh arping.sh bonding.sh br2684ctl.sh bridge.sh \
-		ccwgroup.sh clip.sh iproute2.sh ifplugd.sh ip6to4.sh ipppd.sh \
-		iwconfig.sh netplugd.sh pppd.sh pump.sh tuntap.sh udhcpc.sh \
+		ccwgroup.sh clip.sh ethtool.sh iproute2.sh ifplugd.sh ip6to4.sh \
+		ipppd.sh iwconfig.sh netplugd.sh pppd.sh pump.sh tuntap.sh udhcpc.sh \
 		vlan.sh
 
 .SUFFIXES:	.sh.Linux.in
diff --git a/net/ethtool.sh b/net/ethtool.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..64b44a62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/ethtool.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2011 by Gentoo Foundation
+# All rights reserved. Released under the 2-clause BSD license.
+
+_ethtool() {
+	echo /usr/sbin/ethtool
+}
+
+ethtool_depend()
+{
+	program $(_ethtool)
+	before interface
+}
+
+# This is just to trim whitespace, do not add any quoting!
+_trim() {
+	echo $*
+}
+
+ethtool_pre_start() {
+	local order opt OFS="${OIFS}"
+	eval order=\$ethtool_order_${IFVAR}
+	[ -z "${order}" ] && eval order=\$ethtool_order
+	[ -z "${order}" ] && order="flash change-eeprom change pause coalesce ring offload identify nfc rxfh-indir ntuple"
+	# ethtool options not used: --driver, --register-dump, --eeprom-dump, --negotiate, --test, --statistics
+	eindent
+	for opt in ${order} ; do
+		local args
+		eval args=\$ethtool_${opt//-/_}_${IFVAR}
+
+		# Skip everything if no arguments
+		[ -z "${args}" ] && continue
+		
+		# Split on \n
+		local IFS="$__IFS"
+
+		for p in ${args} ; do
+			IFS="${OIFS}"
+			local args_pretty="$(_trim "${p}")"
+			# Do nothing if empty
+			[ -z "${args_prety}" ] && continue
+			args_pretty="--${opt} $IFACE ${args_pretty}"
+			args="--${opt} $IFACE ${args}"
+			ebegin "ethtool ${args_pretty}"
+			$(_ethtool) ${args}
+			rc=$?
+			eend $rc "ethtool exit code $rc"
+			# TODO: ethtool has MANY different exit codes, with no
+			# documentation as to which ones are fatal or not. For now we
+			# simply print the exit code and don't stop the start sequence.
+		done
+		IFS="${OIFS}"
+	done
+	eoutdent
+}