diff --git a/docs/configuration.markdown b/docs/configuration.markdown
index 9b9f8af..9691b71 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.markdown
+++ b/docs/configuration.markdown
@@ -549,6 +549,9 @@ virtual network.
   help attach VLAN tags to specific VMs by adjusting the pattern to match. Note
   that you cannot use names reserved for libvirt's usage based on [documentation](
   https://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#overriding-the-target-element).
+* `:libvirt__mtu` - MTU size for the Libvirt interface, if not defined, the
+  created network will use the Libvirt default (1500). VMs still need to configure
+  their internal interface MTUs.
 
 Additionally for public networks, to facilitate validating if the device provided
 can be used, vagrant-libvirt will check both the host interfaces visible to libvirt
diff --git a/lib/vagrant-libvirt/templates/public_interface.xml.erb b/lib/vagrant-libvirt/templates/public_interface.xml.erb
index f426645..d1c28ea 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-libvirt/templates/public_interface.xml.erb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-libvirt/templates/public_interface.xml.erb
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
   <%- elsif @driver_iommu %>
     <driver iommu='on' />
   <%- end %>
+  <% if @mtu %>
+  <mtu size="<%= @mtu %>" />
+  <% end %>
   <%- if @ovs %>
   <virtualport type='openvswitch'>
     <%- if @ovs_interfaceid %>