diff --git a/src/net/mac.go b/src/net/mac.go
index 53d5b2dbf596b4..e06ee4710fc613 100644
--- a/src/net/mac.go
+++ b/src/net/mac.go
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ func (a HardwareAddr) String() string {
 //	0000.5e00.5301
 //	0200.5e10.0000.0001
 //	0000.0000.fe80.0000.0000.0000.0200.5e10.0000.0001
+//	00005e005301
 func ParseMAC(s string) (hw HardwareAddr, err error) {
-	if len(s) < 14 {
+	if len(s) < 12 {
 		goto error
 	}
 
@@ -76,6 +77,14 @@ func ParseMAC(s string) (hw HardwareAddr, err error) {
 			}
 			x += 5
 		}
+	} else if len(s)%2 == 0 {
+		hw = make(HardwareAddr, len(s)/2)
+		for i := range hw {
+			var ok bool
+			if hw[i], ok = xtoi2(s[i*2:i*2+2], 0); !ok {
+				goto error
+			}
+		}
 	} else {
 		goto error
 	}
diff --git a/src/net/mac_test.go b/src/net/mac_test.go
index cad884fcf5d42d..9bfad4f12e806f 100644
--- a/src/net/mac_test.go
+++ b/src/net/mac_test.go
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@ var parseMACTests = []struct {
 	{"00:00:5e:00:53:01", HardwareAddr{0x00, 0x00, 0x5e, 0x00, 0x53, 0x01}, ""},
 	{"00-00-5e-00-53-01", HardwareAddr{0x00, 0x00, 0x5e, 0x00, 0x53, 0x01}, ""},
 	{"0000.5e00.5301", HardwareAddr{0x00, 0x00, 0x5e, 0x00, 0x53, 0x01}, ""},
+	{"00005e005301", HardwareAddr{0x00, 0x00, 0x5e, 0x00, 0x53, 0x01}, ""},
 
 	// See RFC 7042, Section 2.2.2.
 	{"02:00:5e:10:00:00:00:01", HardwareAddr{0x02, 0x00, 0x5e, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, ""},
 	{"02-00-5e-10-00-00-00-01", HardwareAddr{0x02, 0x00, 0x5e, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, ""},
 	{"0200.5e10.0000.0001", HardwareAddr{0x02, 0x00, 0x5e, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, ""},
+	{"02005e1000000001", HardwareAddr{0x02, 0x00, 0x5e, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01}, ""},
 
 	// See RFC 4391, Section 9.1.1.
 	{
@@ -53,6 +55,15 @@ var parseMACTests = []struct {
 		},
 		"",
 	},
+	{
+		"00000000fe8000000000000002005e1000000001",
+		HardwareAddr{
+			0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+			0xfe, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+			0x02, 0x00, 0x5e, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01,
+		},
+		"",
+	},
 
 	{"ab:cd:ef:AB:CD:EF", HardwareAddr{0xab, 0xcd, 0xef, 0xab, 0xcd, 0xef}, ""},
 	{"ab:cd:ef:AB:CD:EF:ab:cd", HardwareAddr{0xab, 0xcd, 0xef, 0xab, 0xcd, 0xef, 0xab, 0xcd}, ""},
@@ -78,6 +89,7 @@ var parseMACTests = []struct {
 	{"01:02-03-04-05-06", nil, "invalid MAC address"},
 	{"0123:4567:89AF", nil, "invalid MAC address"},
 	{"0123-4567-89AF", nil, "invalid MAC address"},
+	{"0123456789AF0", nil, "invalid MAC address"},
 }
 
 func TestParseMAC(t *testing.T) {