diff --git a/network/network.j2 b/network/network.j2
index da8e2482b0..8b5f9f6a7f 100644
--- a/network/network.j2
+++ b/network/network.j2
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ resources:
           - {get_param: {{network.name}}NetValueSpecs}
           - {'mtu': {get_param: {{network.name}}Mtu}}
       tags:
+        - tripleo_net_idx={{network.idx}}
+        - tripleo_network_name={{network.name}}
         - tripleo_vip={{network.vip|default(false)}}
 {%- if network.service_net_map_replace|default('') %}
         - tripleo_service_net_map_replace={{network.service_net_map_replace}}
diff --git a/tools/process-templates.py b/tools/process-templates.py
index 7eafcc4774..208303a0c2 100755
--- a/tools/process-templates.py
+++ b/tools/process-templates.py
@@ -158,6 +158,11 @@ def process_templates(template_path, role_data_path, output_dir,
         if network_data is None:
             network_data = []
 
+    # Set internal network index key for each network, network resources
+    # are created with a tag tripleo_net_idx
+    for idx, net in enumerate(network_data):
+        network_data[idx].update({'idx': idx})
+
     j2_excludes = {}
     j2_excludes_path = os.path.join(template_path, 'j2_excludes.yaml')
     if os.path.exists(j2_excludes_path):