diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 9b70084..d199ea5 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -104,3 +104,7 @@ lxc_container_download_template_options: >
 lxc_container_allow_restarts: yes
 
 lxc_container_network_veth_pair: "{{ inventory_hostname[-8:].replace('-', '').replace('_', '') }}_{{ item.value.interface }}"
+
+# Enable fixed mac address generation for an lxc container
+lxc_container_fixed_mac: false
+
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/container-static-mac-addresses-9aae098fdc8a57cc.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/container-static-mac-addresses-9aae098fdc8a57cc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dcd7c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/container-static-mac-addresses-9aae098fdc8a57cc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+features:
+  - LXC containers will now generate a fixed mac address on all
+    network interfaces when the option `lxc_container_fixed_mac`
+    is set to **true**. This feature was implemented to resolve
+    issues with dynamic mac addresses in containers generally
+    experienced at scale with network intensive services.
+fixes:
+  - LXC containers will now have the ability to use a fixed mac
+    address on all network interfaces when the option
+    `lxc_container_fixed_mac` is set **true**. This change will
+    assist in resolving a long standing issue where network intensive
+    services, such as neutron and rabbitmq, can enter a confused state
+    for long periods of time and require rolling restarts or internal
+    system resets to recover.
diff --git a/tasks/container_create.yml b/tasks/container_create.yml
index 1beb8e4..51d23e6 100644
--- a/tasks/container_create.yml
+++ b/tasks/container_create.yml
@@ -172,6 +172,72 @@
   tags:
     - lxc-container-config
 
+# NOTE(cloudnull): Should a container already be up and running with a defined container interface
+#                  the shell command will use the MAC address already set within the container as
+#                  it's value. This allows the tasks to remain idempotent while ensuring that a
+#                  container restart isn't required to set a static mac.
+- name: Set define static mac address from an existing interface
+  shell: |
+    if lxc-attach -n {{ inventory_hostname }} -- cat /sys/class/net/{{ item.value.interface }}/address; then
+      lxc-attach -n {{ inventory_hostname }} -- cat /sys/class/net/{{ item.value.interface }}/address > /var/lib/lxc/{{ inventory_hostname }}/{{ item.value.interface }}.hwaddr
+    fi
+  args:
+    executable: /bin/bash
+    creates: "/var/lib/lxc/{{ inventory_hostname }}/{{ item.value.interface }}.hwaddr"
+  with_dict: "{{ container_networks | default({}) }}"
+  delegate_to: "{{ physical_host }}"
+  failed_when: false
+  when:
+    - lxc_container_fixed_mac | bool
+  tags:
+    - lxc-container-networks
+
+# NOTE(cloudnull): This task is being done to allow a container to have a static mac address.
+#                  before this task a container had a dynamic mac address which would
+#                  change when a container was restarted. This restart process causes terrible
+#                  issues in several network intensive systems (RabbitMQ, Neutron, etc). To
+#                  resolve the rotating mac address issue this task is setting the mac in a hwaddr
+#                  file and a lookup is being used in the container-interface.ini template to render
+#                  the static hardware address as expected.
+- name: Set unique interface mac address
+  shell: |
+      hexchars="0123456789abcdef"
+      echo "00:16:3e$(
+        for i in {1..6}; do
+          echo -n ${hexchars:$(( $RANDOM % 16 )):1}
+        done | sed -e 's/\(..\)/:\1/g'
+      )" > /var/lib/lxc/{{ inventory_hostname }}/{{ item.value.interface }}.hwaddr
+  args:
+    executable: /bin/bash
+    creates: "/var/lib/lxc/{{ inventory_hostname }}/{{ item.value.interface }}.hwaddr"
+  with_dict: "{{ container_networks | default({}) }}"
+  delegate_to: "{{ physical_host }}"
+  when:
+    - lxc_container_fixed_mac | bool
+  tags:
+    - lxc-container-networks
+
+- name: Gather hardware addresses to be used as facts
+  command: cat /var/lib/lxc/{{ inventory_hostname }}/{{ item.value.interface }}.hwaddr
+  changed_when: false
+  register: macs
+  with_dict: "{{ container_networks | default({}) }}"
+  delegate_to: "{{ physical_host }}"
+  when:
+    - lxc_container_fixed_mac | bool
+  tags:
+    - lxc-container-networks
+
+# NOTE(cloudnull): To dynamically set the the mac address "facts" Ansible line format is being used
+- name: Set fixed hardware address fact
+  set_fact: "{{item.item.value.interface }}_mac_address={{ item.stdout }}"
+  with_items:
+    - "{{ macs.results }}"
+  when:
+    - lxc_container_fixed_mac | bool
+  tags:
+    - lxc-container-networks
+
 - name: LXC host config for container networks
   template:
     src: "container-interface.ini.j2"
diff --git a/templates/container-interface.ini.j2 b/templates/container-interface.ini.j2
index 181f8f0..46d2eef 100644
--- a/templates/container-interface.ini.j2
+++ b/templates/container-interface.ini.j2
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ lxc.network.veth.pair = {{ lxc_container_network_veth_pair[-15:] }}
 # Host link to attach to, this should be a bridge if lxc.network.type = veth
 lxc.network.link = {{ item.value.bridge }}
 # Hardware Address
+{% if lxc_container_fixed_mac | bool %}
+lxc.network.hwaddr = {{ hostvars[inventory_hostname][item.value.interface + '_mac_address'] }}
+{% else %}
 lxc.network.hwaddr = 00:16:3e:xx:xx:xx
+{% endif %}
 # enable the device on boot
 lxc.network.flags = up
 # Set the container network MTU
diff --git a/tests/host_vars/container2.yml b/tests/host_vars/container2.yml
index 8ef14f9..9e170ec 100644
--- a/tests/host_vars/container2.yml
+++ b/tests/host_vars/container2.yml
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ lxc_container_bind_mounts:
   - host_directory: "/openstack/{{ inventory_hostname }}/test2"
     container_directory: "/opt/test2"
 
+# TEST FOR FIXED MAC ADDRESS
+lxc_container_fixed_mac: true