diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/ifcfg-eth1 b/roles/copr/backend/files/ifcfg-eth1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1da1038261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/files/ifcfg-eth1
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+BOOTPROTO=dhcp
+TYPE=Ethernet
+DEVICE="eth1"
+PEERDNS=no
+IPV6INIT=no
+ONBOOT=yes
+USERCTL=no
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
index e3905c4c18..ca98d32a70 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
   include: "mount_fs.yml"
   when: not devel
 
+- name: setup networking
+  include: "network.yml"
+
 - name: add packages for copr backend
   yum: state=present name={{ item }} enablerepo="updates-testing"
   with_items:
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/network.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/network.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ac5f1372b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/network.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+- name: copy ifcfg-eth1
+  template: src="ifcfg-eth1" dest=/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/  owner=root group=root mode=644
+  notify:
+  - restart network
+
+- name: set up gateway
+  lineinfile: dest=/etc/sysconfig/network  line="GATEWAYDEV=eth0"
+  notify:
+  - restart network