diff --git a/board/czechlight/clearfog/overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/osc b/board/czechlight/clearfog/overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/eth-links
similarity index 70%
rename from board/czechlight/clearfog/overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/osc
rename to board/czechlight/clearfog/overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/eth-links
index ffaa6d1..a6f45ae 100755
--- a/board/czechlight/clearfog/overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/osc
+++ b/board/czechlight/clearfog/overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/eth-links
@@ -4,6 +4,21 @@
 
 mkdir -p /run/systemd/network
 
+# custom names for ethernet ports (bypassing systemd's predictive naming)
+cat > /run/systemd/network/30-eth0.link <<EOF
+[Match]
+Path=platform-f1070000.ethernet
+[Link]
+Name=eth0
+EOF
+
+cat > /run/systemd/network/30-eth1.link <<EOF
+[Match]
+Path=platform-f1030000.ethernet
+[Link]
+Name=eth1
+EOF
+
 # custom names for OSC channels
 if grep -q '\<czechlight=sdn-roadm-line.*\>' /proc/cmdline; then
 	ETH2_NAME=osc
@@ -11,6 +26,8 @@
 	ETH2_NAME=oscW
 	ETH3_NAME=oscE
 	ETH4_NAME=sfp3
+else
+	ETH2_NAME=eth2
 fi
 
 if [[ -n "${ETH2_NAME+set}" ]] ; then