diff --git a/net/slirp.c b/net/slirp.c
index 9454a673d6..a9fdc7a08f 100644
--- a/net/slirp.c
+++ b/net/slirp.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #endif
+#include "net/eth.h"
 #include "net/net.h"
 #include "clients.h"
 #include "hub.h"
@@ -115,6 +116,15 @@ static ssize_t net_slirp_send_packet(const void *pkt, size_t pkt_len,
                                      void *opaque)
 {
     SlirpState *s = opaque;
+    uint8_t min_pkt[ETH_ZLEN];
+    size_t min_pktsz = sizeof(min_pkt);
+
+    if (!s->nc.peer->do_not_pad) {
+        if (eth_pad_short_frame(min_pkt, &min_pktsz, pkt, pkt_len)) {
+            pkt = min_pkt;
+            pkt_len = min_pktsz;
+        }
+    }
 
     return qemu_send_packet(&s->nc, pkt, pkt_len);
 }
diff --git a/net/tap-win32.c b/net/tap-win32.c
index 21e451107b..d7c2a8759c 100644
--- a/net/tap-win32.c
+++ b/net/tap-win32.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "clients.h"            /* net_init_tap */
+#include "net/eth.h"
 #include "net/net.h"
 #include "net/tap.h"            /* tap_has_ufo, ... */
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
@@ -688,9 +689,18 @@ static void tap_win32_send(void *opaque)
     uint8_t *buf;
     int max_size = 4096;
     int size;
+    uint8_t min_pkt[ETH_ZLEN];
+    size_t min_pktsz = sizeof(min_pkt);
 
     size = tap_win32_read(s->handle, &buf, max_size);
     if (size > 0) {
+        if (!s->nc.peer->do_not_pad) {
+            if (eth_pad_short_frame(min_pkt, &min_pktsz, buf, size)) {
+                buf = min_pkt;
+                size = min_pktsz;
+            }
+        }
+
         qemu_send_packet(&s->nc, buf, size);
         tap_win32_free_buffer(s->handle, buf);
     }
diff --git a/net/tap.c b/net/tap.c
index 12a08d54fe..d6d8456188 100644
--- a/net/tap.c
+++ b/net/tap.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <net/if.h>
 
+#include "net/eth.h"
 #include "net/net.h"
 #include "clients.h"
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
@@ -189,6 +190,8 @@ static void tap_send(void *opaque)
 
     while (true) {
         uint8_t *buf = s->buf;
+        uint8_t min_pkt[ETH_ZLEN];
+        size_t min_pktsz = sizeof(min_pkt);
 
         size = tap_read_packet(s->fd, s->buf, sizeof(s->buf));
         if (size <= 0) {
@@ -200,6 +203,13 @@ static void tap_send(void *opaque)
             size -= s->host_vnet_hdr_len;
         }
 
+        if (!s->nc.peer->do_not_pad) {
+            if (eth_pad_short_frame(min_pkt, &min_pktsz, buf, size)) {
+                buf = min_pkt;
+                size = min_pktsz;
+            }
+        }
+
         size = qemu_send_packet_async(&s->nc, buf, size, tap_send_completed);
         if (size == 0) {
             tap_read_poll(s, false);