diff --git a/ubuntu/scripts/cleanup.sh b/ubuntu/scripts/cleanup.sh
index e1c876a..5ea903f 100644
--- a/ubuntu/scripts/cleanup.sh
+++ b/ubuntu/scripts/cleanup.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,22 @@ if [[ ${UBUNTU_VERSION} == 16.04 ]] || [[ ${UBUNTU_VERSION} == 16.10 ]]; then
     # provisioner.
     sed -i "s/ens3/ens5/g" /etc/network/interfaces
 fi
+if [[ ${UBUNTU_VERSION} == 17.10 ]]; then
+    # by default, ubuntu 17.10 uses netplan (from the nplan package), however
+    # that has one fixed config after install - which points to the wrong
+    # devicename after reboot, so install a small stub networkctl config to
+    # manage all ethernet devices
+
+    cat >/etc/systemd/network/95-defaulteth.network <<EOF
+[Match]
+Name=eth* en*
+
+[Network]
+DHCP=yes
+LLDP=true
+EmitLLDP=true
+EOF
+fi
 
 # Add delay to prevent "vagrant reload" from failing
 echo "pre-up sleep 2" >> /etc/network/interfaces
diff --git a/ubuntu/ubuntu1710.json b/ubuntu/ubuntu1710.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69758f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ubuntu/ubuntu1710.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "_comment": "Build with `packer build -var-file=ubuntu1710.json ubuntu.json`",
+  "vm_name": "ubuntu1710",
+  "cpus": "1",
+  "disk_size": "65536",
+  "iso_checksum": "8ff73f1b622276758475c3bd5190b382774626de5a82c50930519381f6c3a3f8",
+  "iso_checksum_type": "sha256",
+  "iso_url": "http://releases.ubuntu.com/artful/ubuntu-17.10.1-server-amd64.iso",
+  "memory": "512",
+  "preseed" : "preseed.cfg",
+  "version" : "1"
+}