diff --git a/src/network/netdev/bridge.c b/src/network/netdev/bridge.c
index 7c38708121b..15edc7aed64 100644
--- a/src/network/netdev/bridge.c
+++ b/src/network/netdev/bridge.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static int netdev_bridge_post_create_message(NetDev *netdev, sd_netlink_message
         }
 
         if (b->vlan_protocol >= 0) {
-                r = sd_netlink_message_append_u16(req, IFLA_BR_VLAN_PROTOCOL, b->vlan_protocol);
+                r = sd_netlink_message_append_u16(req, IFLA_BR_VLAN_PROTOCOL, htobe16(b->vlan_protocol));
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;
         }
diff --git a/test/test-network/conf/25-bridge.netdev b/test/test-network/conf/25-bridge.netdev
index 6d8cea9021c..d9d6f6e7922 100644
--- a/test/test-network/conf/25-bridge.netdev
+++ b/test/test-network/conf/25-bridge.netdev
@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@ Kind=bridge
 [Bridge]
 HelloTimeSec=9
 MaxAgeSec=9
-ForwardDelaySec=9
 AgeingTimeSec=9
+ForwardDelaySec=9
 Priority=9
-MulticastQuerier= true
-MulticastSnooping=true
+#GroupForwardMask=9 # This interferes other other settings
+DefaultPVID=9
+MulticastQuerier=yes
+MulticastSnooping=yes
+VLANFiltering=yes
+VLANProtocol=802.1ad
 STP=true
 MulticastIGMPVersion=3
diff --git a/test/test-network/systemd-networkd-tests.py b/test/test-network/systemd-networkd-tests.py
index e3fd85d4f2e..6fc8398e0f6 100755
--- a/test/test-network/systemd-networkd-tests.py
+++ b/test/test-network/systemd-networkd-tests.py
@@ -1185,6 +1185,12 @@ class NetworkdNetDevTests(unittest.TestCase, Utilities):
         self.assertRegex(output, 'STP: yes')
         self.assertRegex(output, 'Multicast IGMP Version: 3')
 
+        output = check_output('ip -d link show bridge99')
+        print(output)
+        self.assertIn('vlan_filtering 1 ', output)
+        self.assertIn('vlan_protocol 802.1ad ', output)
+        self.assertIn('vlan_default_pvid 9 ', output)
+
     def test_bond(self):
         copy_unit_to_networkd_unit_path('25-bond.netdev', '25-bond-balanced-tlb.netdev')
         start_networkd()