diff --git a/src/vnm/VirtualNetwork.cc b/src/vnm/VirtualNetwork.cc
index 6b1101abf0..7387ad6062 100644
--- a/src/vnm/VirtualNetwork.cc
+++ b/src/vnm/VirtualNetwork.cc
@@ -605,6 +605,11 @@ int VirtualNetwork::nic_attribute(
         nic->replace("VLAN_ID", vlan_id);
     }
 
+    if (parent_vid != -1)
+    {
+        nic->replace("PARENT_NETWORK_ID", parent_vid);
+    }
+
     if ( get_cluster_id() != ClusterPool::NONE_CLUSTER_ID )
     {
         nic->replace("CLUSTER_ID", get_cluster_id());
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/lib/vlan.rb b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/lib/vlan.rb
index b59971fffe..a9ee623d70 100644
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/lib/vlan.rb
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/lib/vlan.rb
@@ -111,7 +111,13 @@ module VNMMAD
         # Generate the name of the vlan device which will be added to the bridge.
         def get_vlan_dev_name
             if @nic[:vlan_id].nil?
-                @nic[:vlan_id] = CONF[:start_vlan] + @nic[:network_id].to_i
+                if @nic[:parent_network_id]
+                    network_id = @nic[:parent_network_id].to_i
+                else
+                    network_id = @nic[:network_id].to_i
+                end
+
+                @nic[:vlan_id] = CONF[:start_vlan] + network_id
             end
 
             @nic[:vlan_dev] = "#{@nic[:phydev]}.#{@nic[:vlan_id]}"
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch/OpenvSwitch.rb b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch/OpenvSwitch.rb
index 9f076d0035..a7077f1919 100644
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch/OpenvSwitch.rb
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch/OpenvSwitch.rb
@@ -90,9 +90,15 @@ class OpenvSwitchVLAN < VNMMAD::VNMDriver
 
     def vlan
         if @nic[:vlan_id]
-            return @nic[:vlan_id]
+            @nic[:vlan_id]
         else
-            return CONF[:start_vlan] + @nic[:network_id].to_i
+            if @nic[:parent_network_id]
+                network_id = @nic[:parent_network_id].to_i
+            else
+                network_id = @nic[:network_id].to_i
+            end
+
+            @nic[:vlan_id] = CONF[:start_vlan] + network_id
         end
     end
 
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/vmware/VMware.rb b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/vmware/VMware.rb
index 49a8737289..f03d9a3102 100644
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/vmware/VMware.rb
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/vmware/VMware.rb
@@ -63,7 +63,14 @@ class OpenNebulaVMware < VNMMAD::VNMDriver
                 if nic[:vlan_id]
                     vlan = nic[:vlan_id]
                 else
-                    vlan = CONF[:start_vlan] + nic[:network_id].to_i
+                    if nic[:parent_network_id]
+                        network_id = nic[:parent_network_id].to_i
+                    else
+                        network_id = nic[:network_id].to_i
+                    end
+
+                    vlan = CONF[:start_vlan] + network_id
+
                 end
             else
                 vlan = nil