diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 46af8da38..4bf84ef97 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ New Features in 25.1
   instead of a line feed (``\n``). barebox v2025.03.0 onwards handles
   CTRL+D specially to halt autoboot countdown without running interactive
   hooks like bringing up network interfaces automatically.
-
+- The `QEMUDriver` now supports a ``netdev`` argument which can be added to
+  ``add_port_forward()`` and ``remove_port_forward()``  in case there is more
+  than one network interface defined.
 - Guermok HDMI to USB 3.0 capture dongle supported
 
 Breaking changes in 25.1
diff --git a/labgrid/driver/qemudriver.py b/labgrid/driver/qemudriver.py
index a9dc0829d..882f0e3d3 100644
--- a/labgrid/driver/qemudriver.py
+++ b/labgrid/driver/qemudriver.py
@@ -315,21 +315,25 @@ def monitor_command(self, command, arguments={}):
                 "Can't use monitor command on non-running target")
         return self.qmp.execute(command, arguments)
 
-    def _add_port_forward(self, proto, local_address, local_port, remote_address, remote_port):
+    def _add_port_forward(self, proto, local_address, local_port, remote_address, remote_port, netdev):
+        command = ("hostfwd_add", netdev, f"{proto}:{local_address}:{local_port}-{remote_address}:{remote_port}")
+        command = filter(None, command)
         self.monitor_command(
             "human-monitor-command",
-            {"command-line": f"hostfwd_add {proto}:{local_address}:{local_port}-{remote_address}:{remote_port}"},
+            {"command-line": " ".join(command)},
         )
 
-    def add_port_forward(self, proto, local_address, local_port, remote_address, remote_port):
-        self._add_port_forward(proto, local_address, local_port, remote_address, remote_port)
-        self._forwarded_ports[(proto, local_address, local_port)] = (proto, local_address, local_port, remote_address, remote_port)
+    def add_port_forward(self, proto, local_address, local_port, remote_address, remote_port, netdev=""):
+        self._add_port_forward(proto, local_address, local_port, remote_address, remote_port, netdev)
+        self._forwarded_ports[(proto, local_address, local_port, netdev)] = (proto, local_address, local_port, remote_address, remote_port, netdev)
 
-    def remove_port_forward(self, proto, local_address, local_port):
-        del self._forwarded_ports[(proto, local_address, local_port)]
+    def remove_port_forward(self, proto, local_address, local_port, netdev=""):
+        del self._forwarded_ports[(proto, local_address, local_port, netdev)]
+        command = ("hostfwd_remove", netdev, f"{proto}:{local_address}:{local_port}")
+        command = filter(None, command)
         self.monitor_command(
             "human-monitor-command",
-            {"command-line": f"hostfwd_remove {proto}:{local_address}:{local_port}"},
+            {"command-line": " ".join(command)},
         )
 
     def _read(self, size=1, timeout=10, max_size=None):
diff --git a/tests/test_qemudriver.py b/tests/test_qemudriver.py
index bfbe08edb..0b137da2a 100644
--- a/tests/test_qemudriver.py
+++ b/tests/test_qemudriver.py
@@ -90,3 +90,25 @@ def test_qemu_read_write(qemu_target, qemu_driver, qemu_mock, qemu_version_mock)
     qemu_driver.write(b'abc')
 
     qemu_target.deactivate(qemu_driver)
+
+def test_qemu_port_forwarding(qemu_target, qemu_driver, qemu_mock, qemu_version_mock):
+    qemu_target.activate(qemu_driver)
+
+    qemu_driver.on()
+    qemu_driver.add_port_forward('tcp', '127.0.0.1', 8080, '127.0.0.1', 80)
+    assert ('tcp', '127.0.0.1', 8080, '') in qemu_driver._forwarded_ports.keys()
+    qemu_driver.remove_port_forward('tcp', '127.0.0.1', 8080)
+    assert qemu_driver._forwarded_ports == {}
+
+    qemu_target.deactivate(qemu_driver)
+
+def test_qemu_port_forwarding_with_netdev(qemu_target, qemu_driver, qemu_mock, qemu_version_mock):
+    qemu_target.activate(qemu_driver)
+
+    qemu_driver.on()
+    qemu_driver.add_port_forward('tcp', '127.0.0.1', 8080, '127.0.0.1', 80, netdev='netdev0')
+    assert ('tcp', '127.0.0.1', 8080, 'netdev0') in qemu_driver._forwarded_ports.keys()
+    qemu_driver.remove_port_forward('tcp', '127.0.0.1', 8080, netdev='netdev0')
+    assert qemu_driver._forwarded_ports == {}
+
+    qemu_target.deactivate(qemu_driver)