diff --git a/stages/org.osbuild.ovf b/stages/org.osbuild.ovf
index 0b5d18e6..e0bcb830 100755
--- a/stages/org.osbuild.ovf
+++ b/stages/org.osbuild.ovf
@@ -127,12 +127,21 @@ OVF_TEMPLATE = """<?xml version="1.0"?>
 """
 
 
-def vbox_mac_address():
+def vbox_mac_address(options):
+    # If we have an explicit mac address we use that.
+    mac_address = options.get("virtualbox", {}).get("mac_address")
+
+    if mac_address:
+        return mac_address
+
+    # Otherwise we generate one according to how VirtualBox usually does this:
     # https://github.com/mirror/vbox/blob/b9657cd5351cf17432b664009cc25bb480dc64c1/src/VBox/Main/src-server/HostImpl.cpp#L3267
     # VirtualBox-6.1.12 src/VBox/NetworkServices/Dhcpd/Config.cpp line 276
     mac_address = "080027"
+
     for _ in range(0, 3):
         mac_address += "".join(random.sample("0123456789abcdef", 2))
+
     return mac_address
 
 
@@ -158,7 +167,7 @@ def write_template(vmdk, options):
         vbox_machine_uuid=str(uuid.uuid4()),
         vbox_disk_uuid=str(uuid.uuid4()),
         vbox_os_type=options.get("virtualbox", {}).get("os_type", "OtherLinux_64"),
-        vbox_mac_address=vbox_mac_address(),
+        vbox_mac_address=vbox_mac_address(options),
         image_name=basename,
     )
 
diff --git a/stages/org.osbuild.ovf.meta.json b/stages/org.osbuild.ovf.meta.json
index 71be3916..6799a06f 100644
--- a/stages/org.osbuild.ovf.meta.json
+++ b/stages/org.osbuild.ovf.meta.json
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
             "os_type": {
               "type": "string",
               "default": "OtherLinux_64"
+            },
+            "mac_address": {
+              "type": "string"
             }
           }
         }
diff --git a/stages/test/test_ovf.py b/stages/test/test_ovf.py
index 8e372548..a36f37d2 100644
--- a/stages/test/test_ovf.py
+++ b/stages/test/test_ovf.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ def test_schema_validation_ovf(stage_schema, test_data, expected_err):
     # Replacements
     ({"vmware": {"os_type": "my-vmware-os-type"}}, ["my-vmware-os-type"],),
     ({"virtualbox": {"os_type": "my-vbox-os-type"}}, ["my-vbox-os-type"],),
+    ({"virtualbox": {"mac_address": "my-mac-address"}}, ["my-mac-address"],),
 ])
 def test_ovf_default_template(tmp_path, stage_module, test_opts, expected_substrings):
     faked_vmdk_path = tmp_path / "some-image.vmdk"