diff --git a/sys/dev/usb/net/if_smsc.c b/sys/dev/usb/net/if_smsc.c
--- a/sys/dev/usb/net/if_smsc.c
+++ b/sys/dev/usb/net/if_smsc.c
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@
 #define ETHER_IS_VALID(addr) \
 	(!ETHER_IS_MULTICAST(addr) && !ETHER_IS_ZERO(addr))
 
+#define BOOTARGS_SMSC95XX	"smsc95xx.macaddr"
+
 static device_probe_t smsc_probe;
 static device_attach_t smsc_attach;
 static device_detach_t smsc_detach;
@@ -1538,6 +1540,62 @@
 	return (rc);
 }
 
+#ifdef FDT
+static bool
+smsc_get_smsc95xx_macaddr(char* bootargs, size_t bootargs_len, struct usb_ether *ue)
+{
+	int values[6];
+	int i;
+	char* p;
+
+	p = strnstr(bootargs, BOOTARGS_SMSC95XX, bootargs_len);
+
+	if (6 != sscanf(p, BOOTARGS_SMSC95XX "=%x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x%*c",
+			&values[0], &values[1], &values[2],
+			&values[3], &values[4], &values[5])) {
+		smsc_err_printf((struct smsc_softc *)ue->ue_sc, "invalid mac from bootargs '%s'.\n", p);
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ETHER_ADDR_LEN; ++i)
+		ue->ue_eaddr[i] = values[i];
+
+	smsc_dbg_printf((struct smsc_softc *)ue->ue_sc, "bootargs mac=%x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x.\n",
+		ue->ue_eaddr[0], ue->ue_eaddr[1], ue->ue_eaddr[2],
+		ue->ue_eaddr[3], ue->ue_eaddr[4], ue->ue_eaddr[5]);
+	return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Raspberry Pi is known to pass smsc95xx.macaddr=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX via bootargs.
+ */
+static int
+smsc_bootargs_get_mac_addr(device_t dev, struct usb_ether *ue) {
+	char bootargs[2048];         /* early stack supposedly big enough */
+	phandle_t node;
+
+	/* only use bootargs for the first device to prevent duplicate mac addresses */
+	if (device_get_unit(dev) != 0)
+		return 1;
+	node = OF_finddevice("/chosen");
+	if (node == -1)
+		return 1;
+	if (OF_getproplen(node, "bootargs") > sizeof(bootargs)) {
+		smsc_err_printf((struct smsc_softc *)ue->ue_sc, "bootargs too large (%lu) for buffer", OF_getproplen(node, "bootargs"));
+		return 1;
+	}
+	if (OF_getprop(node, "bootargs", bootargs, sizeof(bootargs)) == -1)
+		return 1;
+	smsc_dbg_printf((struct smsc_softc *)ue->ue_sc, "bootargs: %s.\n", bootargs);
+	if (!smsc_get_smsc95xx_macaddr(bootargs, sizeof(bootargs), ue))
+		return 1;
+	device_printf(dev, "Ethernet address found in bootargs %x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x.\n",
+			ue->ue_eaddr[0], ue->ue_eaddr[1], ue->ue_eaddr[2],
+			ue->ue_eaddr[3], ue->ue_eaddr[4], ue->ue_eaddr[5]);
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 /**
  *	smsc_attach_post - Called after the driver attached to the USB interface
  *	@ue: the USB ethernet device
@@ -1552,8 +1610,10 @@
 smsc_attach_post(struct usb_ether *ue)
 {
 	struct smsc_softc *sc = uether_getsc(ue);
+	struct ether_addr eaddr;
 	uint32_t mac_h, mac_l;
 	int err;
+	int i;
 
 	smsc_dbg_printf(sc, "smsc_attach_post\n");
 
@@ -1585,11 +1645,14 @@
 #ifdef FDT
 		if ((err != 0) || (!ETHER_IS_VALID(sc->sc_ue.ue_eaddr)))
 			err = usb_fdt_get_mac_addr(sc->sc_ue.ue_dev, &sc->sc_ue);
+		if ((err != 0) || (!ETHER_IS_VALID(sc->sc_ue.ue_eaddr)))
+			err = smsc_bootargs_get_mac_addr(sc->sc_ue.ue_dev, &sc->sc_ue);
 #endif
 		if ((err != 0) || (!ETHER_IS_VALID(sc->sc_ue.ue_eaddr))) {
-			read_random(sc->sc_ue.ue_eaddr, ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
-			sc->sc_ue.ue_eaddr[0] &= ~0x01;     /* unicast */
-			sc->sc_ue.ue_eaddr[0] |=  0x02;     /* locally administered */
+			smsc_dbg_printf(sc, "No MAC address found. Using ether_gen_addr().\n");
+			ether_gen_addr_byname(device_get_nameunit(ue->ue_dev), &eaddr);
+			for (i = 0; i < ETHER_ADDR_LEN; i++)
+				sc->sc_ue.ue_eaddr[i] = eaddr.octet[i];
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/sys/net/ethernet.h b/sys/net/ethernet.h
--- a/sys/net/ethernet.h
+++ b/sys/net/ethernet.h
@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@
 bool	ether_8021q_frame(struct mbuf **mp, struct ifnet *ife,
 		struct ifnet *p, const struct ether_8021q_tag *);
 void	ether_gen_addr(struct ifnet *ifp, struct ether_addr *hwaddr);
+void	ether_gen_addr_byname(const char *nameunit, struct ether_addr *hwaddr);
 
 static __inline struct mbuf *ether_vlanencap(struct mbuf *m, uint16_t tag)
 {
diff --git a/sys/net/if_ethersubr.c b/sys/net/if_ethersubr.c
--- a/sys/net/if_ethersubr.c
+++ b/sys/net/if_ethersubr.c
@@ -1488,8 +1488,8 @@
  * Pseudo-interfaces which require a MAC address should use this function to
  * allocate non-locally-administered addresses.
  */
-void
-ether_gen_addr(struct ifnet *ifp, struct ether_addr *hwaddr)
+static void
+ether_gen_addr_byname(const char *nameunit, struct ether_addr *hwaddr)
 {
 	SHA1_CTX ctx;
 	char *buf;
@@ -1508,7 +1508,7 @@
 	/* If each (vnet) jail would also have a unique hostuuid this would not
 	 * be necessary. */
 	getjailname(curthread->td_ucred, jailname, sizeof(jailname));
-	sz = asprintf(&buf, M_TEMP, "%s-%s-%s", uuid, if_name(ifp),
+	sz = asprintf(&buf, M_TEMP, "%s-%s-%s", uuid, nameunit,
 	    jailname);
 	if (sz < 0) {
 		/* Fall back to a random mac address. */
@@ -1537,5 +1537,10 @@
 	hwaddr->octet[0] |= 0x02;
 }
 
+void
+ether_gen_addr(struct ifnet *ifp, struct ether_addr *hwaddr) {
+	ether_gen_addr_byname(if_name(ifp), hwaddr);
+}
+
 DECLARE_MODULE(ether, ether_mod, SI_SUB_INIT_IF, SI_ORDER_ANY);
 MODULE_VERSION(ether, 1);