diff --git a/hw/net/bcm2838_genet.c b/hw/net/bcm2838_genet.c
index be899b68f8..56ff6a6f39 100644
--- a/hw/net/bcm2838_genet.c
+++ b/hw/net/bcm2838_genet.c
@@ -233,25 +233,144 @@ REG16(GENET_PHY_EXP_SEL,           0)
 FIELD(GENET_PHY_EXP_SEL, REG_ID,   0, 8)
 FIELD(GENET_PHY_EXP_SEL, BLOCK_ID, 8, 8)
 
+static void bcm2838_genet_set_qemu_mac(BCM2838GenetState *s)
+{
+    const MACAddr *addr = &s->nic_conf.macaddr;
+
+    s->regs.umac.mac0 = FIELD_DP32(s->regs.umac.mac0, GENET_UMAC_MAC_0,
+                                   ADDR_0, addr->a[0]);
+    s->regs.umac.mac0 = FIELD_DP32(s->regs.umac.mac0, GENET_UMAC_MAC_0,
+                                   ADDR_1, addr->a[1]);
+    s->regs.umac.mac0 = FIELD_DP32(s->regs.umac.mac0, GENET_UMAC_MAC_0,
+                                   ADDR_2, addr->a[2]);
+    s->regs.umac.mac0 = FIELD_DP32(s->regs.umac.mac0, GENET_UMAC_MAC_0,
+                                   ADDR_3, addr->a[3]);
+    s->regs.umac.mac1 = FIELD_DP32(s->regs.umac.mac1, GENET_UMAC_MAC_1,
+                                   ADDR_4, addr->a[4]);
+    s->regs.umac.mac1 = FIELD_DP32(s->regs.umac.mac1, GENET_UMAC_MAC_1,
+                                   ADDR_5, addr->a[5]);
+}
+
+static void bcm2838_genet_set_irq_default(BCM2838GenetState *s)
+{
+    uint32_t intrl_0_status = s->regs.intrl0.stat;
+    uint32_t intrl_0_mask = s->regs.intrl0.mask_status;
+    int level = (intrl_0_status & ~intrl_0_mask) == 0 ? 0 : 1;
+
+    qemu_set_irq(s->irq_default, level);
+}
+
+static void bcm2838_genet_set_irq_prio(BCM2838GenetState *s)
+{
+    uint32_t intrl_1_status = s->regs.intrl1.stat;
+    uint32_t intrl_1_mask = s->regs.intrl1.mask_status;
+    int level = (intrl_1_status & ~intrl_1_mask) == 0 ? 0 : 1;
+
+    qemu_set_irq(s->irq_prio, level);
+}
+
 static uint64_t bcm2838_genet_read(void *opaque, hwaddr offset, unsigned size)
 {
     uint64_t value = ~0;
+    BCM2838GenetState *s = opaque;
 
-    qemu_log_mask(
-        LOG_GUEST_ERROR,
-        "%s: out-of-range access, %u bytes @ offset 0x%04" PRIx64 "\n",
-        __func__, size, offset);
+    if (offset + size < sizeof(s->regs)) {
+        memcpy(&value, (uint8_t *)&s->regs + offset, size);
+    } else {
+        qemu_log_mask(
+            LOG_GUEST_ERROR,
+            "%s: out-of-range access, %u bytes @ offset 0x%04" PRIx64 "\n",
+            __func__, size, offset);
+    }
 
     trace_bcm2838_genet_read(size, offset, value);
     return value;
 }
 
 static void bcm2838_genet_write(void *opaque, hwaddr offset, uint64_t value,
-                                unsigned size) {
-    qemu_log_mask(
-        LOG_GUEST_ERROR,
-        "%s: out-of-range access, %u bytes @ offset 0x%04" PRIx64 "\n",
-        __func__, size, offset);
+                                unsigned size)
+{
+    BCM2838GenetState *s = opaque;
+    MACAddr *mac = &s->nic_conf.macaddr;
+    NetClientState *ncs = qemu_get_queue(s->nic);
+
+    trace_bcm2838_genet_write(size, offset, value);
+
+    if (offset + size < sizeof(s->regs)) {
+        switch (offset) {
+        case BCM2838_GENET_INTRL0_SET:
+            s->regs.intrl0.stat |= value;
+            break;
+        case BCM2838_GENET_INTRL0_CLEAR:
+            s->regs.intrl0.stat &= ~value;
+            break;
+        case BCM2838_GENET_INTRL0_MASK_SET:
+            s->regs.intrl0.mask_status |= value;
+            break;
+        case BCM2838_GENET_INTRL0_MASK_CLEAR:
+            s->regs.intrl0.mask_status &= ~value;
+            break;
+        case BCM2838_GENET_INTRL1_SET:
+            s->regs.intrl1.stat |= value;
+            break;
+        case BCM2838_GENET_INTRL1_CLEAR:
+            s->regs.intrl1.stat &= ~value;
+            break;
+        case BCM2838_GENET_INTRL1_MASK_SET:
+            s->regs.intrl1.mask_status |= value;
+            break;
+        case BCM2838_GENET_INTRL1_MASK_CLEAR:
+            s->regs.intrl1.mask_status &= ~value;
+            break;
+        case BCM2838_GENET_UMAC_CMD:
+            /* Complete SW reset as soon as it has been requested */
+            if (FIELD_EX32(value, GENET_UMAC_CMD, SW_RESET) == 1) {
+                device_cold_reset(DEVICE(s));
+                value = FIELD_DP32(value, GENET_UMAC_CMD, SW_RESET, 0);
+            }
+            break;
+        /*
+         * TODO: before changing MAC address we'd better inform QEMU
+         * network subsystem about freeing previously used one, but
+         * qemu_macaddr_set_free function isn't accessible for us (marked
+         * as static in net/net.c), see also https://lists.nongnu.org/
+         * archive/html/qemu-devel/2022-07/msg02123.html
+         */
+        case BCM2838_GENET_UMAC_MAC0:
+            mac->a[0] = FIELD_EX32(value, GENET_UMAC_MAC_0, ADDR_0);
+            mac->a[1] = FIELD_EX32(value, GENET_UMAC_MAC_0, ADDR_1);
+            mac->a[2] = FIELD_EX32(value, GENET_UMAC_MAC_0, ADDR_2);
+            mac->a[3] = FIELD_EX32(value, GENET_UMAC_MAC_0, ADDR_3);
+            qemu_macaddr_default_if_unset(mac);
+            qemu_format_nic_info_str(ncs, mac->a);
+            trace_bcm2838_genet_mac_address(ncs->info_str);
+            break;
+        case BCM2838_GENET_UMAC_MAC1:
+            mac->a[4] = FIELD_EX32(value, GENET_UMAC_MAC_1, ADDR_4);
+            mac->a[5] = FIELD_EX32(value, GENET_UMAC_MAC_1, ADDR_5);
+            qemu_macaddr_default_if_unset(mac);
+            qemu_format_nic_info_str(ncs, mac->a);
+            trace_bcm2838_genet_mac_address(ncs->info_str);
+            break;
+        case BCM2838_GENET_UMAC_MDIO_CMD:
+        case BCM2838_GENET_TDMA_REGS
+            ... BCM2838_GENET_TDMA_REGS + sizeof(BCM2838GenetRegsTdma) - 1:
+            qemu_log_mask(LOG_UNIMP,
+                "UMAC MDIO and TDMA aren't implemented yet");
+            break;
+        default:
+            break;
+        }
+
+        memcpy((uint8_t *)&s->regs + offset, &value, size);
+        bcm2838_genet_set_irq_default(s);
+        bcm2838_genet_set_irq_prio(s);
+    } else {
+        qemu_log_mask(
+            LOG_GUEST_ERROR,
+            "%s: out-of-range access, %u bytes @ offset 0x%04" PRIx64 "\n",
+            __func__, size, offset);
+    }
 }
 
 static const MemoryRegionOps bcm2838_genet_ops = {
@@ -262,9 +381,14 @@ static const MemoryRegionOps bcm2838_genet_ops = {
     .valid = {.min_access_size = 4},
 };
 
+static NetClientInfo bcm2838_genet_client_info = {
+    .type = NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_NIC,
+    .size = sizeof(NICState)
+};
 
 static void bcm2838_genet_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
+    NetClientState *ncs;
     BCM2838GenetState *s = BCM2838_GENET(dev);
     SysBusDevice *sbd = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev);
 
@@ -272,10 +396,46 @@ static void bcm2838_genet_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     memory_region_init_io(&s->regs_mr, OBJECT(s), &bcm2838_genet_ops, s,
                           "bcm2838_genet_regs", sizeof(s->regs));
     sysbus_init_mmio(sbd, &s->regs_mr);
+
+    /* QEMU-managed NIC (host network back-end connection) */
+    qemu_macaddr_default_if_unset(&s->nic_conf.macaddr);
+    s->nic = qemu_new_nic(&bcm2838_genet_client_info, &s->nic_conf,
+                          object_get_typename(OBJECT(dev)), dev->id,
+                          &dev->mem_reentrancy_guard, s);
+    bcm2838_genet_set_qemu_mac(s);
+    ncs = qemu_get_queue(s->nic);
+    qemu_format_nic_info_str(ncs, s->nic_conf.macaddr.a);
+    trace_bcm2838_genet_mac_address(ncs->info_str);
+
+    /* Interrupts */
+    sysbus_init_irq(sbd, &s->irq_default);
+    sysbus_init_irq(sbd, &s->irq_prio);
+
+    /* DMA space */
+    address_space_init(&s->dma_as, get_system_memory(), "bcm2838_genet_dma");
 }
 
 static void bcm2838_genet_phy_reset(BCM2838GenetState *s)
 {
+    memset(&s->phy_regs, 0x00, sizeof(s->phy_regs));
+    memset(&s->phy_shd_regs, 0x00, sizeof(s->phy_shd_regs));
+    memset(&s->phy_aux_ctl_shd_regs, 0x00, sizeof(s->phy_aux_ctl_shd_regs));
+
+    /* All values below were taken from real HW trace and logs */
+    s->phy_regs.bmcr = 0x1140;
+    s->phy_regs.bmsr = 0x7949;
+    s->phy_regs.sid1 = 0x600D;
+    s->phy_regs.sid2 = 0x84A2;
+    s->phy_regs.advertise = 0x01E1;
+    s->phy_regs.ctrl1000 = 0x0200;
+    s->phy_regs.estatus = 0x3000;
+
+    s->phy_shd_regs.clk_ctl = 0x0200;
+    s->phy_shd_regs.scr3 = 0x001F;
+    s->phy_shd_regs.apd = 0x0001;
+
+    s->phy_aux_ctl_shd_regs.misc = 0x1E;
+
     trace_bcm2838_genet_phy_reset("done");
 }
 
@@ -285,17 +445,28 @@ static void bcm2838_genet_reset(DeviceState *d)
 
     memset(&s->regs, 0x00, sizeof(s->regs));
 
+    s->regs.sys.rev_ctrl = FIELD_DP32(s->regs.sys.rev_ctrl, GENET_SYS_REV_CTRL,
+                                      MAJOR_REV, BCM2838_GENET_REV_MAJOR);
+    s->regs.sys.rev_ctrl = FIELD_DP32(s->regs.sys.rev_ctrl, GENET_SYS_REV_CTRL,
+                                      MINOR_REV, BCM2838_GENET_REV_MINOR);
+
     trace_bcm2838_genet_reset("done");
 
     bcm2838_genet_phy_reset(s);
 }
 
+static Property genet_properties[] = {
+    DEFINE_NIC_PROPERTIES(BCM2838GenetState, nic_conf),
+    DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
+};
+
 static void bcm2838_genet_class_init(ObjectClass *class, void *data)
 {
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(class);
 
     dc->realize = bcm2838_genet_realize;
     dc->reset = bcm2838_genet_reset;
+    device_class_set_props(dc, genet_properties);
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo bcm2838_genet_info = {
diff --git a/include/hw/net/bcm2838_genet.h b/include/hw/net/bcm2838_genet.h
index e7a76cda81..b9d6d35cce 100644
--- a/include/hw/net/bcm2838_genet.h
+++ b/include/hw/net/bcm2838_genet.h
@@ -388,6 +388,8 @@ struct BCM2838GenetState {
     SysBusDevice parent_obj;
 
     /*< public >*/
+    NICState *nic;
+    NICConf nic_conf;
 
     MemoryRegion regs_mr;
     AddressSpace dma_as;
