diff --git a/mysql-netdevname.patch b/mysql-netdevname.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af17f13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-netdevname.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+diff -up mysql-5.5.15/mysys/my_gethwaddr.c.netdevname mysql-5.5.15/mysys/my_gethwaddr.c
+--- mysql-5.5.15/mysys/my_gethwaddr.c.netdevname	2011-07-13 21:09:02.000000000 +0200
++++ mysql-5.5.15/mysys/my_gethwaddr.c	2011-11-01 12:32:35.356119715 +0100
+@@ -68,28 +68,47 @@ err:
+ #include <sys/ioctl.h>
+ #include <net/ethernet.h>
+ 
++#define MAX_IFS 64
++
+ my_bool my_gethwaddr(uchar *to)
+ {
+   int fd, res= 1;
+   struct ifreq ifr;
+   char zero_array[ETHER_ADDR_LEN] = {0};
++  struct ifconf ifc;
++  struct ifreq ifs[MAX_IFS], *ifri, *ifend;
+ 
+   fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+   if (fd < 0)
+     goto err;
+ 
+-  bzero(&ifr, sizeof(ifr));
+-  strnmov(ifr.ifr_name, "eth0", sizeof(ifr.ifr_name) - 1);
++  ifc.ifc_len = sizeof(ifs);
++  ifc.ifc_req = ifs;
++  if (ioctl(fd, SIOCGIFCONF, &ifc) < 0)
++  {
++    close(fd);
++    goto err;
++  }
++
++  memcpy(to, zero_array, ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
+ 
+-  do
++  ifend = ifs + (ifc.ifc_len / sizeof(struct ifreq));
++  for (ifri = ifc.ifc_req; ifri < ifend; ifri++)
+   {
+-    if (ioctl(fd, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr) >= 0)
++    if (ifri->ifr_addr.sa_family == AF_INET)
+     {
+-      memcpy(to, &ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data, ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
+-      res= memcmp(to, zero_array, ETHER_ADDR_LEN) ? 0 : 1;
++      bzero(&ifr, sizeof(ifr));
++      strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, ifri->ifr_name, sizeof(ifr.ifr_name));
++      
++      /* Get HW address */
++      if (ioctl(fd, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr) >= 0)
++      {
++        memcpy(to, &ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data, ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
++        if (!(res= memcmp(to, zero_array, ETHER_ADDR_LEN) ? 0 : 1))
++          break;
++      }
+     }
+-  } while (res && (errno == 0 || errno == ENODEV) && ifr.ifr_name[3]++ < '6');
+-
++  }
+   close(fd);
+ err:
+   return res;
diff --git a/mysql.spec b/mysql.spec
index cf4023f..61eda79 100644
--- a/mysql.spec
+++ b/mysql.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: mysql
 Version: 5.5.16
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?dist}
 # Update this whenever F15 gets rebased; it must be NVR-greater than F15 pkg.
 # Our convention for the life of F15 is that sysv packages will be numbered
 # 1dist.n while systemd packages will be 2dist and higher.
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ Patch11: mysql-s390-tsc.patch
 Patch12: mysql-openssl-test.patch
 Patch13: mysqld-nowatch.patch
 Patch14: mysql-va-list.patch
+Patch15: mysql-netdevname.patch
 
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
 BuildRequires: perl, readline-devel, openssl-devel
@@ -205,6 +206,7 @@ the MySQL sources.
 %patch12 -p1
 %patch13 -p1
 %patch14 -p1
+%patch15 -p1
 
 # workaround for upstream bug #56342
 rm -f mysql-test/t/ssl_8k_key-master.opt
@@ -654,6 +656,10 @@ fi
 %{_mandir}/man1/mysql_client_test.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Nov 02 2011 Honza Horak <hhorak@redhat.com> 5.5.16-4
+- Don't assume all ethernet devices are named ethX
+Resolves: #682365
+
 * Sun Oct 16 2011 Tom Lane <tgl@redhat.com> 5.5.16-3
 - Fix unportable usage associated with va_list arguments
 Resolves: #744707