diff --git a/elements/baremetal/README.md b/elements/baremetal/README.md
index c94fd3754..b5652fbdb 100644
--- a/elements/baremetal/README.md
+++ b/elements/baremetal/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 This is the baremetal (IE: real hardware) element.
 
-Currently, this element will extract out the kernel and initial ramdisk of
-the built image.
+Does the following:
+
+ * Enables stable network interface naming (em1, em2, etc) by
+   installing the biosdevname and removes any symlinks which may
+   disable udev rules, etc.
+
+ * extracts the kernel and initial ramdisk of the built image.
diff --git a/elements/baremetal/install.d/02-stable-interface-names b/elements/baremetal/install.d/02-stable-interface-names
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..32fb19b12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/baremetal/install.d/02-stable-interface-names
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# remove softlink to /dev/null which disables these rules
+NET_NAME_SLOT_FILE="/etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-name-slot.rules"
+if [ -h $NET_NAME_SLOT_FILE ]; then
+    rm $NET_NAME_SLOT_FILE
+fi
+
+install-packages biosdevname
+
+# Fedora/RHEL cloud images may hard code the eth0 interface
+# so it boots w/ DHCP. We remove this file here so it
+# doesn't interfere w/ stable interface naming
+IFCFG_NETSCRIPT="/etc/sysconfig/network-interfaces/ifcfg-eth0"
+if [ -f $IFCFG_NETSCRIPT ]; then
+    rm $IFCFG_NETSCRIPT
+fi
+
+# Ubuntu may hard code the eth0 interface for DHCP
+# We remove this file here so it doesn't interfere w/
+# stable interface naming
+ENI_ETH0_CFG="/etc/network/interfaces.d/eth0.cfg"
+if [ -f $ENI_ETH0_CFG ]; then
+    rm $ENI_ETH0_CFG
+fi