diff --git a/packages/base/all/initrds/loader-initrd-files/src/bin/ifup b/packages/base/all/initrds/loader-initrd-files/src/bin/ifup
index 453a55c9..434b32f5 100644
--- a/packages/base/all/initrds/loader-initrd-files/src/bin/ifup
+++ b/packages/base/all/initrds/loader-initrd-files/src/bin/ifup
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ case "${NETAUTO}" in
     up)
         ifconfig "${NETDEV}" up
         ;;
+    none)
+        exit 0
+        ;;
     *)
         if [ "${NETIP}" ] && [ "${NETMASK}" ] && [ "${NETIP#*/}" = "${NETIP}" ]; then
             NETIP=${NETIP}/$(ipcalc -p -s ${NETIP} ${NETMASK} | sed -n 's/PREFIX=//p')
@@ -118,6 +121,7 @@ for i in $(seq 30); do
     fi
     sleep 1
 done
+
 wait_link_up()
 {
     local intf=$1
@@ -144,4 +148,5 @@ wait_link_up()
 if [ -n "${NETAUTO}" ]; then
     wait_link_up $NETDEV 100
 fi
-return 0
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/bootconfig/__init__.py b/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/bootconfig/__init__.py
index 1e2ba00c..e85c9ca0 100755
--- a/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/bootconfig/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/bootconfig/__init__.py
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ class OnlBootConfigNet(OnlBootConfig):
                 if not self.is_ip_address(netdns):
                     raise ValueError("NETDNS=%s is not a valid ip-address" % (netdns))
 
-        elif self.keys['NETAUTO'] not in ['dhcp', 'up', '']:
+        elif self.keys['NETAUTO'] not in ['dhcp', 'up', 'none', '']:
             raise ValueError("The NETAUTO value '%s' is invalid." % self.keys['NETAUTO'])
         elif self.keys['NETAUTO'] == 'up' and self.NET_REQUIRED:
             raise ValueError("NETAUTO is 'up' but non-local networking is required.")