diff --git a/lib/libbhyve/pci.c b/lib/libbhyve/pci.c
--- a/lib/libbhyve/pci.c
+++ b/lib/libbhyve/pci.c
@@ -129,3 +129,10 @@
 /*
  * Per-device file initialization routines.
  */
+static struct devinfo e1000_info = {
+	.name = "e1000",
+	.init_fds = netbe_init_fds,
+	.legacy_config = netbe_legacy_config,
+	.validate_hotplug_request = netbe_validate_hotplug_request
+};
+DATA_SET(pci_devinfo, e1000_info);
diff --git a/usr.sbin/bhyve/bhyve.8 b/usr.sbin/bhyve/bhyve.8
--- a/usr.sbin/bhyve/bhyve.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/bhyve/bhyve.8
@@ -516,6 +516,8 @@
 Certain emulated devices may be added to a running virtual machine.
 The following emulated devices are hotpluggable:
 .Bl -bullet
+.It
+e1000
 .El
 .Ss Network device backends
 .Sm off
diff --git a/usr.sbin/bhyve/pci_e82545.c b/usr.sbin/bhyve/pci_e82545.c
--- a/usr.sbin/bhyve/pci_e82545.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/bhyve/pci_e82545.c
@@ -2351,6 +2351,8 @@
 	if (mac != NULL) {
 		err = net_parsemac(mac, sc->esc_mac.octet);
 		if (err) {
+			nvlist_add_string(nvl, "error",
+			    "failed to parse MAC address");
 			free(sc);
 			return (err);
 		}
@@ -2371,6 +2373,31 @@
 	return (0);
 }
 
+static int
+e82545_teardown(struct pci_devinst *pi)
+{
+	struct e82545_softc *sc;
+
+	sc = pi->pi_arg;
+
+	pthread_mutex_lock(&sc->esc_mtx);
+	netbe_rx_disable(sc->esc_be);
+	if (sc->esc_mevpitr != NULL)
+		mevent_delete(sc->esc_mevpitr);
+	pthread_mutex_unlock(&sc->esc_mtx);
+
+	pthread_cancel(sc->esc_tx_tid);
+	pthread_join(sc->esc_tx_tid, NULL);
+	pthread_cond_destroy(&sc->esc_rx_cond);
+	pthread_cond_destroy(&sc->esc_tx_cond);
+	pthread_mutex_destroy(&sc->esc_mtx);
+
+	netbe_cleanup(sc->esc_be);
+	free(sc);
+
+	return (0);
+}
+
 #ifdef BHYVE_SNAPSHOT
 static int
 e82545_snapshot(struct vm_snapshot_meta *meta)
@@ -2528,6 +2555,7 @@
 static const struct pci_devemu pci_de_e82545 = {
 	.pe_emu = 	"e1000",
 	.pe_init =	e82545_init,
+	.pe_teardown =	e82545_teardown,
 	.pe_legacy_config = netbe_legacy_config,
 	.pe_barwrite =	e82545_write,
 	.pe_barread =	e82545_read,