diff --git a/src/drivers/net/ipoib.c b/src/drivers/net/ipoib.c
index dde4ee5a..260d2d0e 100644
--- a/src/drivers/net/ipoib.c
+++ b/src/drivers/net/ipoib.c
@@ -296,6 +296,62 @@ static int ipoib_mc_hash ( unsigned int af __unused,
 	return -ENOTSUP;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Generate Mellanox Ethernet-compatible compressed link-layer address
+ *
+ * @v ll_addr		Link-layer address
+ * @v eth_addr		Ethernet-compatible address to fill in
+ */
+static int ipoib_mlx_eth_addr ( const struct ib_gid_half *guid,
+				uint8_t *eth_addr ) {
+	eth_addr[0] = ( ( guid->u.bytes[3] == 2 ) ? 0x00 : 0x02 );
+	eth_addr[1] = guid->u.bytes[1];
+	eth_addr[2] = guid->u.bytes[2];
+	eth_addr[3] = guid->u.bytes[5];
+	eth_addr[4] = guid->u.bytes[6];
+	eth_addr[5] = guid->u.bytes[7];
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/** An IPoIB Ethernet-compatible compressed link-layer address generator */
+struct ipoib_eth_addr_handler {
+	/** GUID byte 1 */
+	uint8_t byte1;
+	/** GUID byte 2 */
+	uint8_t byte2;
+	/** Handler */
+	int ( * eth_addr ) ( const struct ib_gid_half *guid,
+			     uint8_t *eth_addr );
+};
+
+/** IPoIB Ethernet-compatible compressed link-layer address generators */
+static struct ipoib_eth_addr_handler ipoib_eth_addr_handlers[] = {
+	{ 0x02, 0xc9, ipoib_mlx_eth_addr },
+};
+
+/**
+ * Generate Ethernet-compatible compressed link-layer address
+ *
+ * @v ll_addr		Link-layer address
+ * @v eth_addr		Ethernet-compatible address to fill in
+ */
+static int ipoib_eth_addr ( const void *ll_addr, void *eth_addr ) {
+	const struct ipoib_mac *ipoib_addr = ll_addr;
+	const struct ib_gid_half *guid = &ipoib_addr->gid.u.half[1];
+	struct ipoib_eth_addr_handler *handler;
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for ( i = 0 ; i < ( sizeof ( ipoib_eth_addr_handlers ) /
+			    sizeof ( ipoib_eth_addr_handlers[0] ) ) ; i++ ) {
+		handler = &ipoib_eth_addr_handlers[i];
+		if ( ( handler->byte1 == guid->u.bytes[1] ) &&
+		     ( handler->byte2 == guid->u.bytes[2] ) ) {
+			return handler->eth_addr ( guid, eth_addr );
+		}
+	}
+	return -ENOTSUP;
+}
+
 /** IPoIB protocol */
 struct ll_protocol ipoib_protocol __ll_protocol = {
 	.name		= "IPoIB",
@@ -308,6 +364,7 @@ struct ll_protocol ipoib_protocol __ll_protocol = {
 	.init_addr	= ipoib_init_addr,
 	.ntoa		= ipoib_ntoa,
 	.mc_hash	= ipoib_mc_hash,
+	.eth_addr	= ipoib_eth_addr,
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/include/gpxe/ethernet.h b/src/include/gpxe/ethernet.h
index 8cf6b1be..4dfc24d3 100644
--- a/src/include/gpxe/ethernet.h
+++ b/src/include/gpxe/ethernet.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ extern void eth_init_addr ( const void *hw_addr, void *ll_addr );
 extern const char * eth_ntoa ( const void *ll_addr );
 extern int eth_mc_hash ( unsigned int af, const void *net_addr,
 			 void *ll_addr );
+extern int eth_eth_addr ( const void *ll_addr, void *eth_addr );
 extern struct net_device * alloc_etherdev ( size_t priv_size );
 
 #endif /* _GPXE_ETHERNET_H */
diff --git a/src/include/gpxe/netdevice.h b/src/include/gpxe/netdevice.h
index fd77d893..858d8e97 100644
--- a/src/include/gpxe/netdevice.h
+++ b/src/include/gpxe/netdevice.h
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ struct ll_protocol {
 	/**
 	 * Transcribe link-layer address
 	 *
-	 * @v ll_addr	Link-layer address
-	 * @ret string	Human-readable transcription of address
+	 * @v ll_addr		Link-layer address
+	 * @ret string		Human-readable transcription of address
 	 *
 	 * This method should convert the link-layer address into a
 	 * human-readable format.
@@ -141,13 +141,20 @@ struct ll_protocol {
 	/**
 	 * Hash multicast address
 	 *
-	 * @v af	Address family
-	 * @v net_addr	Network-layer address
-	 * @v ll_addr	Link-layer address to fill in
-	 * @ret rc	Return status code
+	 * @v af		Address family
+	 * @v net_addr		Network-layer address
+	 * @v ll_addr		Link-layer address to fill in
+	 * @ret rc		Return status code
 	 */
 	int ( * mc_hash ) ( unsigned int af, const void *net_addr,
 			    void *ll_addr );
+	/**
+	 * Generate Ethernet-compatible compressed link-layer address
+	 *
+	 * @v ll_addr		Link-layer address
+	 * @v eth_addr		Ethernet-compatible address to fill in
+	 */
+	int ( * eth_addr ) ( const void *ll_addr, void *eth_addr );
 	/** Link-layer protocol
 	 *
 	 * This is an ARPHRD_XXX constant, in network byte order.
diff --git a/src/net/80211/net80211.c b/src/net/80211/net80211.c
index 1fc983a0..c3d9fc61 100644
--- a/src/net/80211/net80211.c
+++ b/src/net/80211/net80211.c
@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ static struct ll_protocol net80211_ll_protocol __ll_protocol = {
 	.init_addr = eth_init_addr,
 	.ntoa = eth_ntoa,
 	.mc_hash = eth_mc_hash,
+	.eth_addr = eth_eth_addr,
 	.ll_proto = htons ( ARPHRD_ETHER ),	/* "encapsulated Ethernet" */
 	.hw_addr_len = ETH_ALEN,
 	.ll_addr_len = ETH_ALEN,
diff --git a/src/net/ethernet.c b/src/net/ethernet.c
index e8daf9f9..79ed1dc6 100644
--- a/src/net/ethernet.c
+++ b/src/net/ethernet.c
@@ -148,6 +148,17 @@ int eth_mc_hash ( unsigned int af, const void *net_addr, void *ll_addr ) {
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * Generate Ethernet-compatible compressed link-layer address
+ *
+ * @v ll_addr		Link-layer address
+ * @v eth_addr		Ethernet-compatible address to fill in
+ */
+int eth_eth_addr ( const void *ll_addr, void *eth_addr ) {
+	memcpy ( eth_addr, ll_addr, ETH_ALEN );
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /** Ethernet protocol */
 struct ll_protocol ethernet_protocol __ll_protocol = {
 	.name		= "Ethernet",
@@ -160,6 +171,7 @@ struct ll_protocol ethernet_protocol __ll_protocol = {
 	.init_addr	= eth_init_addr,
 	.ntoa		= eth_ntoa,
 	.mc_hash	= eth_mc_hash,
+	.eth_addr	= eth_eth_addr,
 };
 
 /**