diff --git a/cloudbaseinit/conf/nocloud.py b/cloudbaseinit/conf/nocloud.py
index 8b0d2302..09e77438 100644
--- a/cloudbaseinit/conf/nocloud.py
+++ b/cloudbaseinit/conf/nocloud.py
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ def __init__(self, config):
                 "userdata_file", default="user-data",
                 help="The file name where the service looks for"
                      "userdata"),
+            cfg.StrOpt("network_file", default="network-config",
+                help="The file name where the service looks for"
+                     "network configuration"),
         ]
 
     def register(self):
diff --git a/cloudbaseinit/metadata/services/nocloudservice.py b/cloudbaseinit/metadata/services/nocloudservice.py
index 70190d01..cbcb8fdf 100644
--- a/cloudbaseinit/metadata/services/nocloudservice.py
+++ b/cloudbaseinit/metadata/services/nocloudservice.py
@@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ def __init__(self):
             'cidata', CONF.nocloud.metadata_file,
             CONF.nocloud.userdata_file)
         self._meta_data = {}
+        self._network_file = CONF.nocloud.network_file
 
     def get_user_data(self):
         return self._get_cache_data(self._userdata_file)
@@ -706,7 +707,7 @@ def get_network_details(self):
 
     def get_network_details_v2(self):
         try:
-            raw_network_data = self._get_cache_data("network-config",
+            raw_network_data = self._get_cache_data(self._network_file,
                                                     decode=True)
             network_data = serialization.parse_json_yaml(raw_network_data)
             if not network_data: