diff --git a/os_apply_config/apply_config.py b/os_apply_config/apply_config.py
index 279d26b..754b9a2 100755
--- a/os_apply_config/apply_config.py
+++ b/os_apply_config/apply_config.py
@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ def parse_opts(argv):
     parser.add_argument('--type', default='default',
                         help='exit with error if the specified --key does not'
                              ' match type. Valid types are'
-                             ' <int|default|netaddress|dsn|swiftdevices|raw>')
+                             ' <int|default|netaddress|netdevice|dsn|'
+                             'swiftdevices|raw>')
     parser.add_argument('--key-default',
                         help='This option only affects running with --key.'
                              ' Print this if key is not found. This value is'
diff --git a/os_apply_config/tests/test_value_type.py b/os_apply_config/tests/test_value_type.py
index 3e52e96..90ac64d 100644
--- a/os_apply_config/tests/test_value_type.py
+++ b/os_apply_config/tests/test_value_type.py
@@ -71,6 +71,23 @@ class ValueTypeTestCase(testtools.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(config_exception.ConfigException,
                           value_types.ensure_type, "192.0.2.1;DROP TABLE foo")
 
+    def test_netdevice(self):
+        self.assertEqual('eth0',
+                         value_types.ensure_type('eth0', 'netdevice'))
+
+    def test_netdevice_dash(self):
+        self.assertEqual('br-ctlplane',
+                         value_types.ensure_type('br-ctlplane', 'netdevice'))
+
+    def test_netdevice_alias(self):
+        self.assertEqual('eth0:1',
+                         value_types.ensure_type('eth0:1', 'netdevice'))
+
+    def test_netdevice_bad(self):
+        self.assertRaises(config_exception.ConfigException,
+                          value_types.ensure_type, "br-tun; DROP TABLE bar",
+                          'netdevice')
+
     def test_dsn_nopass(self):
         test_dsn = 'mysql://user@host/db'
         self.assertEqual(test_dsn, value_types.ensure_type(test_dsn, 'dsn'))
diff --git a/os_apply_config/value_types.py b/os_apply_config/value_types.py
index bf90bd5..7efd921 100644
--- a/os_apply_config/value_types.py
+++ b/os_apply_config/value_types.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ TYPES = {
     "int": "^[0-9]+$",
     "default": "^[A-Za-z0-9_]*$",
     "netaddress": "^[A-Za-z0-9/.:-]*$",
+    "netdevice": "^[A-Za-z0-9/.:-]*$",
     "dsn": "(?#driver)^[a-zA-Z0-9]+://"
            "(?#username[:password])([a-zA-Z0-9+_-]+(:[^@]+)?)?"
            "(?#@host or file)(@?[a-zA-Z0-9/_.-]+)?"