diff --git a/cowrie/commands/ifconfig.py b/cowrie/commands/ifconfig.py
index 3898bb88..1ec05395 100644
--- a/cowrie/commands/ifconfig.py
+++ b/cowrie/commands/ifconfig.py
@@ -5,13 +5,16 @@
 from __future__ import division, absolute_import
 
 from cowrie.shell.command import HoneyPotCommand
+from random import randint
+
+HWaddr = "%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x" % (randint(0, 255), randint(0, 255), randint(0, 255), randint(0, 255), randint(0, 255), randint(0, 255))
 
 commands = {}
 
 class command_ifconfig(HoneyPotCommand):
 
     def call(self):
-        l = """eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 04:01:16:df:2d:01
+        l = """eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr %s
           inet addr:%s  Bcast:%s.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
           inet6 addr: fe80::601:16ff:fedf:2d01/64 Scope:Link
           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
           TX packets:110 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
           RX bytes:19932 (19.9 KB)  TX bytes:19932 (19.9 KB)""" % \
-            (self.protocol.kippoIP,
+            (HWaddr, self.protocol.kippoIP,
              self.protocol.kippoIP.rsplit('.', 1)[0])
         self.write('{0}\n'.format(l))