diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 67695a43682..0d716d54853 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -707,6 +707,24 @@ else
         conf.set('DEFAULT_HIERARCHY', 'CGROUP_UNIFIED_ALL')
 endif
 
+extra_net_naming_schemes = []
+extra_net_naming_map = []
+foreach scheme: get_option('extra-net-naming-schemes').split(',')
+        if scheme != ''
+                name = scheme.split('=')[0]
+                value = scheme.split('=')[1]
+                NAME = name.underscorify().to_upper()
+                VALUE = []
+                foreach field: value.split('+')
+                        VALUE += 'NAMING_' + field.underscorify().to_upper()
+                endforeach
+                extra_net_naming_schemes += 'NAMING_@0@ = @1@,'.format(NAME, '|'.join(VALUE))
+                extra_net_naming_map += '{ "@0@", NAMING_@1@ },'.format(name, NAME)
+        endif
+endforeach
+conf.set('EXTRA_NET_NAMING_SCHEMES', ' '.join(extra_net_naming_schemes))
+conf.set('EXTRA_NET_NAMING_MAP', ' '.join(extra_net_naming_map))
+
 default_net_naming_scheme = get_option('default-net-naming-scheme')
 conf.set_quoted('DEFAULT_NET_NAMING_SCHEME', default_net_naming_scheme)
 if default_net_naming_scheme != 'latest'
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 15be1959d1f..c09a23dc03e 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ option('fallback-hostname', type : 'string', value : 'localhost',
 option('default-hierarchy', type : 'combo',
        choices : ['legacy', 'hybrid', 'unified'], value : 'unified',
        description : 'default cgroup hierarchy')
+option('extra-net-naming-schemes', type : 'string',
+       description : 'comma-separated list of extra net.naming-scheme= definitions')
 option('default-net-naming-scheme', type : 'string', value : 'latest',
        description : 'default net.naming-scheme= value')
 option('status-unit-format-default', type : 'combo',
diff --git a/src/shared/netif-naming-scheme.c b/src/shared/netif-naming-scheme.c
index 287a942014b..d949f7381a8 100644
--- a/src/shared/netif-naming-scheme.c
+++ b/src/shared/netif-naming-scheme.c
@@ -22,16 +22,22 @@ static const NamingScheme naming_schemes[] = {
         { "v247", NAMING_V247 },
         { "v249", NAMING_V249 },
         /* … add more schemes here, as the logic to name devices is updated … */
+
+        EXTRA_NET_NAMING_MAP
 };
 
 const NamingScheme* naming_scheme_from_name(const char *name) {
-        if (streq(name, "latest"))
-                return naming_schemes + ELEMENTSOF(naming_schemes) - 1;
+        /* "latest" may either be defined explicitly by the extra map, in which case we we will find it in
+         * the table like any other name. After iterating through the table, we check for "latest" again,
+         * which means that if not mapped explicitly, it maps to the last defined entry, whatever that is. */
 
         for (size_t i = 0; i < ELEMENTSOF(naming_schemes); i++)
                 if (streq(naming_schemes[i].name, name))
                         return naming_schemes + i;
 
+        if (streq(name, "latest"))
+                return naming_schemes + ELEMENTSOF(naming_schemes) - 1;
+
         return NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/shared/netif-naming-scheme.h b/src/shared/netif-naming-scheme.h
index f5d040cc090..0141a4fb90a 100644
--- a/src/shared/netif-naming-scheme.h
+++ b/src/shared/netif-naming-scheme.h
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ typedef enum NamingSchemeFlags {
         NAMING_V247 = NAMING_V245 | NAMING_BRIDGE_NO_SLOT,
         NAMING_V249 = NAMING_V247 | NAMING_SLOT_FUNCTION_ID | NAMING_16BIT_INDEX | NAMING_REPLACE_STRICTLY,
 
+        EXTRA_NET_NAMING_SCHEMES
+
         _NAMING_SCHEME_FLAGS_INVALID = -EINVAL,
 } NamingSchemeFlags;