diff --git a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/netmain.c b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/netmain.c
index c059546480..0392131c27 100644
--- a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/netmain.c
+++ b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/netmain.c
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ extern char _start[];
 #define KERNEL_MAX_SIZE         ((long)_start)
 #define ARCH_COMMAND_LINE_SIZE  896              /* Taken from Linux kernel */
 
+/* STSI 3.2.2 offset of first vmdb + offset of uuid inside vmdb */
+#define STSI322_VMDB_UUID_OFFSET ((8 + 12) * 4)
+
 char stack[PAGE_SIZE * 8] __attribute__((aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
 IplParameterBlock iplb __attribute__((aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
 static char cfgbuf[2048];
@@ -235,6 +238,56 @@ static void net_release(filename_ip_t *fn_ip)
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Retrieve the Universally Unique Identifier of the VM.
+ * @return UUID string, or NULL in case of errors
+ */
+static const char *get_uuid(void)
+{
+    register int r0 asm("0");
+    register int r1 asm("1");
+    uint8_t *mem, *buf, uuid[16];
+    int i, cc, chk = 0;
+    static char uuid_str[37];
+
+    mem = malloc(2 * PAGE_SIZE);
+    if (!mem) {
+        puts("Out of memory ... can not get UUID.");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    buf = (uint8_t *)(((uint64_t)mem + PAGE_SIZE - 1) & ~(PAGE_SIZE - 1));
+    memset(buf, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
+
+    /* Get SYSIB 3.2.2 */
+    r0 = (3 << 28) | 2;
+    r1 = 2;
+    asm volatile(" stsi 0(%[addr])\n"
+                 " ipm  %[cc]\n"
+                 " srl  %[cc],28\n"
+                 : [cc] "=d" (cc)
+                 : "d" (r0), "d" (r1), [addr] "a" (buf)
+                 : "cc", "memory");
+    if (cc) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
+        uuid[i] = buf[STSI322_VMDB_UUID_OFFSET + i];
+        chk |= uuid[i];
+    }
+    free(mem);
+    if (!chk) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    sprintf(uuid_str, "%02x%02x%02x%02x-%02x%02x-%02x%02x-%02x%02x-"
+            "%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x", uuid[0], uuid[1], uuid[2], uuid[3],
+            uuid[4], uuid[5], uuid[6], uuid[7], uuid[8], uuid[9], uuid[10],
+            uuid[11], uuid[12], uuid[13], uuid[14], uuid[15]);
+
+    return uuid_str;
+}
+
 /**
  * Load a kernel with initrd (i.e. with the information that we've got from
  * a pxelinux.cfg config file)
@@ -285,7 +338,8 @@ static int net_try_pxelinux_cfg(filename_ip_t *fn_ip)
     struct pl_cfg_entry entries[MAX_PXELINUX_ENTRIES];
     int num_ent, def_ent = 0;
 
-    num_ent = pxelinux_load_parse_cfg(fn_ip, mac, NULL, DEFAULT_TFTP_RETRIES,
+    num_ent = pxelinux_load_parse_cfg(fn_ip, mac, get_uuid(),
+                                      DEFAULT_TFTP_RETRIES,
                                       cfgbuf, sizeof(cfgbuf),
                                       entries, MAX_PXELINUX_ENTRIES, &def_ent);
     if (num_ent > 0) {