diff --git a/arch/portduino/portduino.ini b/arch/portduino/portduino.ini
index 04fd6db092..946a1489b6 100644
--- a/arch/portduino/portduino.ini
+++ b/arch/portduino/portduino.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ; The Portduino based sim environment on top of any host OS, all hardware will be simulated
 [portduino_base]
-platform = https://github.com/meshtastic/platform-native.git#bcd02436cfca91f7d28ad0f7dab977c6aaa781af
+platform = https://github.com/meshtastic/platform-native.git#7fcee253a928535ff8b142704035b4b982f7e2d2
 framework = arduino
 
 build_src_filter = 
diff --git a/bin/config-dist.yaml b/bin/config-dist.yaml
index 77680cc63f..cb25b36e7a 100644
--- a/bin/config-dist.yaml
+++ b/bin/config-dist.yaml
@@ -160,4 +160,6 @@ Webserver:
 General:
   MaxNodes: 200
   MaxMessageQueue: 100
-  ConfigDirectory: /etc/meshtasticd/config.d/
\ No newline at end of file
+  ConfigDirectory: /etc/meshtasticd/config.d/
+#  MACAddress: AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF
+#  MACAddressSource: eth0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/platform/portduino/PortduinoGlue.cpp b/src/platform/portduino/PortduinoGlue.cpp
index 2aa6c90542..b6a017d9fd 100644
--- a/src/platform/portduino/PortduinoGlue.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/portduino/PortduinoGlue.cpp
@@ -5,22 +5,27 @@
 #include "sleep.h"
 #include "target_specific.h"
 
-#include <Utility.h>
-#include <assert.h>
-
 #include "PortduinoGlue.h"
 #include "api/ServerAPI.h"
 #include "linux/gpio/LinuxGPIOPin.h"
+#include "meshUtils.h"
 #include "yaml-cpp/yaml.h"
+#include <Utility.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <bluetooth/bluetooth.h>
+#include <bluetooth/hci.h>
 #include <filesystem>
+#include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <map>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 std::map<configNames, int> settingsMap;
 std::map<configNames, std::string> settingsStrings;
 std::ofstream traceFile;
 char *configPath = nullptr;
+char *optionMac = nullptr;
 
 // FIXME - move setBluetoothEnable into a HALPlatform class
 void setBluetoothEnable(bool enable)
@@ -49,6 +54,10 @@ static error_t parse_opt(int key, char *arg, struct argp_state *state)
     case 'c':
         configPath = arg;
         break;
+    case 'h':
+        optionMac = arg;
+        break;
+
     case ARGP_KEY_ARG:
         return 0;
     default:
@@ -61,6 +70,7 @@ void portduinoCustomInit()
 {
     static struct argp_option options[] = {{"port", 'p', "PORT", 0, "The TCP port to use."},
                                            {"config", 'c', "CONFIG_PATH", 0, "Full path of the .yaml config file to use."},
+                                           {"hwid", 'h', "HWID", 0, "The mac address to assign to this virtual machine"},
                                            {0}};
     static void *childArguments;
     static char doc[] = "Meshtastic native build.";
@@ -70,6 +80,51 @@ void portduinoCustomInit()
     portduinoAddArguments(child, childArguments);
 }
 
+void getMacAddr(uint8_t *dmac)
+{
+    // We should store this value, and short-circuit all this if it's already been set.
+    if (optionMac != nullptr && strlen(optionMac) > 0) {
+        if (strlen(optionMac) >= 12) {
+            MAC_from_string(optionMac, dmac);
+            std::cout << optionMac << std::endl;
+        } else {
+            uint32_t hwId = sscanf(optionMac, "%u", &hwId);
+            dmac[0] = 0x80;
+            dmac[1] = 0;
+            dmac[2] = hwId >> 24;
+            dmac[3] = hwId >> 16;
+            dmac[4] = hwId >> 8;
+            dmac[5] = hwId & 0xff;
+        }
+    } else if (settingsStrings[mac_address].length() > 11) {
+        MAC_from_string(settingsStrings[mac_address], dmac);
+        std::cout << settingsStrings[mac_address] << std::endl;
+        exit;
+    } else {
+
+        struct hci_dev_info di;
+        di.dev_id = 0;
+        bdaddr_t bdaddr;
+        char addr[18];
+        int btsock;
+        btsock = socket(AF_BLUETOOTH, SOCK_RAW, 1);
+        if (btsock < 0) { // If anything fails, just return with the default value
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (ioctl(btsock, HCIGETDEVINFO, (void *)&di)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        dmac[0] = di.bdaddr.b[5];
+        dmac[1] = di.bdaddr.b[4];
+        dmac[2] = di.bdaddr.b[3];
+        dmac[3] = di.bdaddr.b[2];
+        dmac[4] = di.bdaddr.b[1];
+        dmac[5] = di.bdaddr.b[0];
+    }
+}
+
 /** apps run under portduino can optionally define a portduinoSetup() to
  * use portduino specific init code (such as gpioBind) to setup portduino on their host machine,
  * before running 'arduino' code.
@@ -114,10 +169,20 @@ void portduinoSetup()
             std::cout << "Unable to use " << configPath << " as config file" << std::endl;
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
-    } else if (access("config.yaml", R_OK) == 0 && loadConfig("config.yaml")) {
-        std::cout << "Using local config.yaml as config file" << std::endl;
-    } else if (access("/etc/meshtasticd/config.yaml", R_OK) == 0 && loadConfig("/etc/meshtasticd/config.yaml")) {
-        std::cout << "Using /etc/meshtasticd/config.yaml as config file" << std::endl;
+    } else if (access("config.yaml", R_OK) == 0) {
+        if (loadConfig("config.yaml")) {
+            std::cout << "Using local config.yaml as config file" << std::endl;
+        } else {
+            std::cout << "Unable to use local config.yaml as config file" << std::endl;
+            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        }
+    } else if (access("/etc/meshtasticd/config.yaml", R_OK) == 0) {
+        if (loadConfig("/etc/meshtasticd/config.yaml")) {
+            std::cout << "Using /etc/meshtasticd/config.yaml as config file" << std::endl;
+        } else {
+            std::cout << "Unable to use /etc/meshtasticd/config.yaml as config file" << std::endl;
+            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        }
     } else {
         std::cout << "No 'config.yaml' found, running simulated." << std::endl;
         settingsMap[maxnodes] = 200;               // Default to 200 nodes
@@ -138,6 +203,14 @@ void portduinoSetup()
         }
     }
 
+    uint8_t dmac[6];
+    getMacAddr(dmac);
+    if (dmac[0] == 0 && dmac[1] == 0 && dmac[2] == 0 && dmac[3] == 0 && dmac[4] == 0 && dmac[5] == 0) {
+        std::cout << "*** Blank MAC Address not allowed!" << std::endl;
+        std::cout << "Please set a MAC Address in config.yaml using either MACAddress or MACAddressSource." << std::endl;
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+    printBytes("MAC Address: ", dmac, 6);
     // Rather important to set this, if not running simulated.
     randomSeed(time(NULL));
 
@@ -410,10 +483,27 @@ bool loadConfig(const char *configPath)
             settingsStrings[webserverrootpath] = (yamlConfig["Webserver"]["RootPath"]).as<std::string>("");
         }
 
-        settingsMap[maxnodes] = (yamlConfig["General"]["MaxNodes"]).as<int>(200);
-        settingsMap[maxtophone] = (yamlConfig["General"]["MaxMessageQueue"]).as<int>(100);
-        settingsStrings[config_directory] = (yamlConfig["General"]["ConfigDirectory"]).as<std::string>("");
+        if (yamlConfig["General"]) {
+            settingsMap[maxnodes] = (yamlConfig["General"]["MaxNodes"]).as<int>(200);
+            settingsMap[maxtophone] = (yamlConfig["General"]["MaxMessageQueue"]).as<int>(100);
+            settingsStrings[config_directory] = (yamlConfig["General"]["ConfigDirectory"]).as<std::string>("");
+            if ((yamlConfig["General"]["MACAddress"]).as<std::string>("") != "" &&
+                (yamlConfig["General"]["MACAddressSource"]).as<std::string>("") != "") {
+                std::cout << "Cannot set both MACAddress and MACAddressSource!" << std::endl;
+                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+            }
+            settingsStrings[mac_address] = (yamlConfig["General"]["MACAddress"]).as<std::string>("");
+            if ((yamlConfig["General"]["MACAddressSource"]).as<std::string>("") != "") {
+                std::ifstream infile("/sys/class/net/" + (yamlConfig["General"]["MACAddressSource"]).as<std::string>("") +
+                                     "/address");
+                std::getline(infile, settingsStrings[mac_address]);
+            }
 
+            // https://stackoverflow.com/a/20326454
+            settingsStrings[mac_address].erase(
+                std::remove(settingsStrings[mac_address].begin(), settingsStrings[mac_address].end(), ':'),
+                settingsStrings[mac_address].end());
+        }
     } catch (YAML::Exception &e) {
         std::cout << "*** Exception " << e.what() << std::endl;
         return false;
@@ -426,3 +516,19 @@ static bool ends_with(std::string_view str, std::string_view suffix)
 {
     return str.size() >= suffix.size() && str.compare(str.size() - suffix.size(), suffix.size(), suffix) == 0;
 }
+
+bool MAC_from_string(std::string mac_str, uint8_t *dmac)
+{
+    mac_str.erase(std::remove(mac_str.begin(), mac_str.end(), ':'), mac_str.end());
+    if (mac_str.length() == 12) {
+        dmac[0] = std::stoi(settingsStrings[mac_address].substr(0, 2), nullptr, 16);
+        dmac[1] = std::stoi(settingsStrings[mac_address].substr(2, 2), nullptr, 16);
+        dmac[2] = std::stoi(settingsStrings[mac_address].substr(4, 2), nullptr, 16);
+        dmac[3] = std::stoi(settingsStrings[mac_address].substr(6, 2), nullptr, 16);
+        dmac[4] = std::stoi(settingsStrings[mac_address].substr(8, 2), nullptr, 16);
+        dmac[5] = std::stoi(settingsStrings[mac_address].substr(10, 2), nullptr, 16);
+        return true;
+    } else {
+        return false;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/platform/portduino/PortduinoGlue.h b/src/platform/portduino/PortduinoGlue.h
index 1e0223c486..01541eeede 100644
--- a/src/platform/portduino/PortduinoGlue.h
+++ b/src/platform/portduino/PortduinoGlue.h
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ enum configNames {
     maxtophone,
     maxnodes,
     ascii_logs,
-    config_directory
+    config_directory,
+    mac_address
 };
 enum { no_screen, x11, st7789, st7735, st7735s, st7796, ili9341, ili9342, ili9488, hx8357d };
 enum { no_touchscreen, xpt2046, stmpe610, gt911, ft5x06 };
@@ -71,3 +72,5 @@ extern std::ofstream traceFile;
 int initGPIOPin(int pinNum, std::string gpioChipname);
 bool loadConfig(const char *configPath);
 static bool ends_with(std::string_view str, std::string_view suffix);
+void getMacAddr(uint8_t *dmac);
+bool MAC_from_string(std::string mac_str, uint8_t *dmac);
\ No newline at end of file