diff --git a/go-controller/pkg/cni/types/types.go b/go-controller/pkg/cni/types/types.go
index 28013aa1774..05ed6167c3f 100644
--- a/go-controller/pkg/cni/types/types.go
+++ b/go-controller/pkg/cni/types/types.go
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ type NetConf struct {
 	// restart.
 	AllowPersistentIPs bool `json:"allowPersistentIPs,omitempty"`
 
+	Alias string `json:"alias,omitempty"`
+
 	// PciAddrs in case of using sriov or Auxiliry device name in case of SF
 	DeviceID string `json:"deviceID,omitempty"`
 	// LogFile to log all the messages from cni shim binary to
diff --git a/go-controller/pkg/ovn/secondary_localnet_network_controller.go b/go-controller/pkg/ovn/secondary_localnet_network_controller.go
index 33ba6e65314..9ccffa66d10 100644
--- a/go-controller/pkg/ovn/secondary_localnet_network_controller.go
+++ b/go-controller/pkg/ovn/secondary_localnet_network_controller.go
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ func (oc *SecondaryLocalnetNetworkController) Init() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	localnetPortNetNameOption := map[string]string{
+		"network_name": oc.GetNetworkName(),
+	}
+	if oc.NetInfo.Alias() != "" {
+		localnetPortNetNameOption["network_name"] = oc.NetInfo.Alias()
+	}
+
 	// Add external interface as a logical port to external_switch.
 	// This is a learning switch port with "unknown" address. The external
 	// world is accessed via this port.
@@ -123,9 +130,7 @@ func (oc *SecondaryLocalnetNetworkController) Init() error {
 		Name:      oc.GetNetworkScopedName(types.OVNLocalnetPort),
 		Addresses: []string{"unknown"},
 		Type:      "localnet",
-		Options: map[string]string{
-			"network_name": oc.GetNetworkName(),
-		},
+		Options:   localnetPortNetNameOption,
 	}
 	intVlanID := int(oc.Vlan())
 	if intVlanID != 0 {
diff --git a/go-controller/pkg/util/multi_network.go b/go-controller/pkg/util/multi_network.go
index 19c5ec0a317..9b48d7251f9 100644
--- a/go-controller/pkg/util/multi_network.go
+++ b/go-controller/pkg/util/multi_network.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ type BasicNetInfo interface {
 	ExcludeSubnets() []*net.IPNet
 	Vlan() uint
 	AllowsPersistentIPs() bool
+	Alias() string
 
 	// utility methods
 	CompareNetInfo(BasicNetInfo) bool
@@ -133,6 +134,10 @@ func (nInfo *DefaultNetInfo) AllowsPersistentIPs() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+func (nInfo *DefaultNetInfo) Alias() string {
+	return ""
+}
+
 // SecondaryNetInfo holds the network name information for secondary network if non-nil
 type secondaryNetInfo struct {
 	netName            string
@@ -148,6 +153,8 @@ type secondaryNetInfo struct {
 	// all net-attach-def NAD names for this network, used to determine if a pod needs
 	// to be plumbed for this network
 	nadNames sync.Map
+
+	localnetAlias string
 }
 
 // GetNetworkName returns the network name
@@ -215,6 +222,10 @@ func (nInfo *secondaryNetInfo) AllowsPersistentIPs() bool {
 	return nInfo.allowPersistentIPs
 }
 
+func (nInfo *secondaryNetInfo) Alias() string {
+	return nInfo.localnetAlias
+}
+
 // IPMode returns the ipv4/ipv6 mode
 func (nInfo *secondaryNetInfo) IPMode() (bool, bool) {
 	return nInfo.ipv4mode, nInfo.ipv6mode
@@ -305,6 +316,7 @@ func newLocalnetNetConfInfo(netconf *ovncnitypes.NetConf) (NetInfo, error) {
 		mtu:                netconf.MTU,
 		vlan:               uint(netconf.VLANID),
 		allowPersistentIPs: netconf.AllowPersistentIPs,
+		localnetAlias:      netconf.Alias,
 	}
 	ni.ipv4mode, ni.ipv6mode = getIPMode(subnets)
 	return ni, nil