diff --git a/create-arista-veos-image/create-arista-veos-image.sh b/create-arista-veos-image/create-arista-veos-image.sh
index 6e6d6a6..5dbd7ba 100644
--- a/create-arista-veos-image/create-arista-veos-image.sh
+++ b/create-arista-veos-image/create-arista-veos-image.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# create-arista-veos-image.sh V1.11
+# create-arista-veos-image.sh V1.12
 # HS-Fulda - sebastian.rieger@informatik.hs-fulda.de
 #
 # changelog:
-# V1.1  added injection of config defined in VM Maestro using config-drivex
+# V1.1   added injection of config defined in VM Maestro using config-drivex
 # V1.11  fixed device mapping of extracted partitions, fixed problems with stale swi directory
+# V1.12  rc.eos now supports e1000 and virtio as vnic types (virtio is supported in vEOS >=4.14.5F)
 
 # usage
 if [ ! $# -eq 3 ] ; then
@@ -68,9 +69,15 @@ mount /dev/sdb1 /config-drive
 
 echo "Getting ip address for ma1 via dhcp..."
 echo "=========================================="
-dhclient -r ma1
-dhclient -1 -v ma1 >/mnt/flash/dhclient.log
-IP=\$(ip addr show ma1 | grep inet | tr -s ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f 3 | sed s/"\/"/"\\\\\\\\\/"/g)
+MANAGEMENT_INTERFACE="ma1"
+ip link show \$MANAGEMENT_INTERFACE
+if [ \$? -ne 0 ]; then
+  # if using virtio ma1 will not be up during Eos Init 1, hence we use eth0
+  MANAGEMENT_INTERFACE="eth0"
+fi
+dhclient -r \$MANAGEMENT_INTERFACE
+dhclient -1 -v \$MANAGEMENT_INTERFACE >/mnt/flash/dhclient.log
+IP=\$(ip addr show \$MANAGEMENT_INTERFACE | grep inet | tr -s ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f 3 | sed s/"\/"/"\\\\\\\\\/"/g)
 echo \$IP
 sed s/"! ip of ma1 configured on launch"/"ip address \$IP"/g /config-drive/veos_config.txt >/mnt/flash/startup-config.tmp
 cat /mnt/flash/startup-config.tmp