diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/BridgeVifDriver.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/BridgeVifDriver.java
index 12eda749d22..aaf75ff9214 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/BridgeVifDriver.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/BridgeVifDriver.java
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ public class BridgeVifDriver extends VifDriverBase {
             }
         }
         if (!foundLinkLocalBr) {
-            Script.runSimpleBashScript("ifconfig " + linkLocalBr + " 169.254.0.1;" + "ip route add " + NetUtils.getLinkLocalCIDR() + " dev " + linkLocalBr + " src " +
+            Script.runSimpleBashScript("ip address add 169.254.0.1/16 dev " + linkLocalBr + ";" + "ip route add " + NetUtils.getLinkLocalCIDR() + " dev " + linkLocalBr + " src " +
                 NetUtils.getLinkLocalGateway());
         }
     }
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ public class BridgeVifDriver extends VifDriverBase {
     private void createControlNetwork(String privBrName) {
         deleteExitingLinkLocalRouteTable(privBrName);
         if (!isBridgeExists(privBrName)) {
-            Script.runSimpleBashScript("brctl addbr " + privBrName + "; ifconfig " + privBrName + " up; ifconfig " + privBrName + " 169.254.0.1", _timeout);
+            Script.runSimpleBashScript("brctl addbr " + privBrName + "; ip link set " + privBrName + " up; ip address add 169.254.0.1/16 dev " + privBrName, _timeout);
         }
 
     }
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/IvsVifDriver.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/IvsVifDriver.java
index b5036744705..1aae2b58933 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/IvsVifDriver.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/IvsVifDriver.java
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ public class IvsVifDriver extends VifDriverBase {
             }
         }
         if (!foundLinkLocalBr) {
-            Script.runSimpleBashScript("ifconfig " + linkLocalBr + " 169.254.0.1;" + "ip route add " + NetUtils.getLinkLocalCIDR() + " dev " + linkLocalBr + " src " +
+            Script.runSimpleBashScript("ip address add 169.254.0.1/16 dev " + linkLocalBr + ";" + "ip route add " + NetUtils.getLinkLocalCIDR() + " dev " + linkLocalBr + " src " +
                 NetUtils.getLinkLocalGateway());
         }
     }
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ public class IvsVifDriver extends VifDriverBase {
     private void createControlNetwork(String privBrName) {
         deleteExitingLinkLocalRouteTable(privBrName);
         if (!isBridgeExists(privBrName)) {
-            Script.runSimpleBashScript("brctl addbr " + privBrName + "; ifconfig " + privBrName + " up; ifconfig " + privBrName + " 169.254.0.1", _timeout);
+            Script.runSimpleBashScript("brctl addbr " + privBrName + "; ip link set " + privBrName + " up; ip address add 169.254.0.1/16 dev " + privBrName, _timeout);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/OvsVifDriver.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/OvsVifDriver.java
index 1420682006c..6462df7cf30 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/OvsVifDriver.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/OvsVifDriver.java
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public class OvsVifDriver extends VifDriverBase {
             }
         }
         if (!foundLinkLocalBr) {
-            Script.runSimpleBashScript("ifconfig " + linkLocalBr + " 169.254.0.1;" + "ip route add " + NetUtils.getLinkLocalCIDR() + " dev " + linkLocalBr + " src " +
+            Script.runSimpleBashScript("ip address add 169.254.0.1/16 dev " + linkLocalBr + ";" + "ip route add " + NetUtils.getLinkLocalCIDR() + " dev " + linkLocalBr + " src " +
                     NetUtils.getLinkLocalGateway());
         }
     }
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ public class OvsVifDriver extends VifDriverBase {
     private void createControlNetwork(String privBrName) {
         deleteExitingLinkLocalRouteTable(privBrName);
         if (!isBridgeExists(privBrName)) {
-            Script.runSimpleBashScript("ovs-vsctl add-br " + privBrName + "; ifconfig " + privBrName + " up; ifconfig " + privBrName + " 169.254.0.1", _timeout);
+            Script.runSimpleBashScript("ovs-vsctl add-br " + privBrName + "; ip link set " + privBrName + " up; ip address add 169.254.0.1/16 dev " + privBrName, _timeout);
         }
     }