diff --git a/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox.cpp b/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox.cpp
index 3aafac3b02..35b4fe7d24 100644
--- a/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox.cpp
+++ b/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox.cpp
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ VBOX_VM::VBOX_VM() {
     enable_remotedesktop = false;
     register_only = false;
     enable_network = false;
+    bridged_mode = false;
     pf_guest_port = 0;
     pf_host_port = 0;
     headless = true;
@@ -2394,6 +2395,14 @@ int VBOX_VM::set_network_access(bool enabled) {
 
         retval = vbm_popen(command, output, "enable network");
         if (retval) return retval;
+
+        if (bridged_mode) {
+            command  = "modifyvm \"" + vm_name + "\" ";
+            command += "--nic1 bridged";
+
+            retval = vbm_popen(command, output, "set bridged mode");
+            if (retval) return retval;
+        }
     } else {
         fprintf(
             stderr,
diff --git a/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox.h b/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox.h
index d69b61ed9f..7e7efa527b 100644
--- a/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox.h
+++ b/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox.h
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ public:
         // whether to add an extra cache disk for systems like uCernVM
     bool enable_network;
         // whether to allow network access
+    bool bridged_mode;
+        // use bridged mode for network
     bool enable_shared_directory;
         // whether to use shared directory infrastructure
     bool enable_floppyio;
diff --git a/samples/vboxwrapper/vboxwrapper.cpp b/samples/vboxwrapper/vboxwrapper.cpp
index fdf1455eb3..e7f3f7ecaf 100644
--- a/samples/vboxwrapper/vboxwrapper.cpp
+++ b/samples/vboxwrapper/vboxwrapper.cpp
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ int parse_job_file(VBOX_VM& vm) {
         else if (xp.parse_string("fraction_done_filename", vm.fraction_done_filename)) continue;
         else if (xp.parse_bool("enable_cern_dataformat", vm.enable_cern_dataformat)) continue;
         else if (xp.parse_bool("enable_network", vm.enable_network)) continue;
+        else if (xp.parse_bool("bridged_mode", vm.bridged_mode)) continue;
         else if (xp.parse_bool("enable_shared_directory", vm.enable_shared_directory)) continue;
         else if (xp.parse_bool("enable_floppyio", vm.enable_floppyio)) continue;
         else if (xp.parse_bool("enable_cache_disk", vm.enable_cache_disk)) continue;