diff --git a/_modules/virtng.py b/_modules/virtng.py
index ae906d5..ea78c19 100644
--- a/_modules/virtng.py
+++ b/_modules/virtng.py
@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@
         attributes['type'] = attributes.get('type', None)
         attributes['source'] = attributes.get('source', None)
         attributes['virtualport'] = attributes.get('virtualport', None)
+        attributes['driver'] = attributes.get('driver', None)
 
     def _apply_default_overlay(attributes):
         for key, value in overlays[hypervisor].items():
@@ -786,13 +787,26 @@
 
     # TODO: Remove this code and refactor module, when salt-common would have updated libvirt_domain.jinja template
     for _nic in nicp:
-        if _nic['virtualport']:
+        if _nic['virtualport'] or _nic['driver']:
             interfaces = xml_doc.getElementsByTagName("domain")[0].getElementsByTagName("devices")[0].getElementsByTagName("interface")
             for interface in interfaces:
                 if interface.getElementsByTagName('mac')[0].getAttribute('address').lower() == _nic['mac'].lower():
-                    vport_xml = xml_doc.createElement("virtualport")
-                    vport_xml.setAttribute("type", _nic['virtualport']['type'])
-                    interface.appendChild(vport_xml)
+                    if _nic['virtualport']:
+                        vport_xml = xml_doc.createElement("virtualport")
+                        vport_xml.setAttribute("type", _nic['virtualport']['type'])
+                        interface.appendChild(vport_xml)
+                    if _nic['driver']:
+                        driver_xml = xml_doc.createElement("driver")
+                        driver_xml.setAttribute("name", _nic['driver']['name'])
+                        if _nic['driver'].get('queues'):
+                            driver_xml.setAttribute("queues", _nic['driver']['queues'])
+                        else:
+                            driver_xml.setAttribute("queues", str(cpu))
+                        if _nic['driver'].get('rx_queue_size'):
+                            driver_xml.setAttribute("rx_queue_size", _nic['driver']['rx_queue_size'])
+                        if _nic['driver'].get('tx_queue_size'):
+                            driver_xml.setAttribute("tx_queue_size", _nic['driver']['tx_queue_size'])
+                        interface.appendChild(driver_xml)
 
     # TODO: Remove this code and refactor module, when salt-common would have updated libvirt_domain.jinja template
     if rng: