diff --git a/recovery_ui/ethernet_device.cpp b/recovery_ui/ethernet_device.cpp
index d79f41d..0318db8 100644
--- a/recovery_ui/ethernet_device.cpp
+++ b/recovery_ui/ethernet_device.cpp
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@
 #include "recovery_ui/ethernet_device.h"
 #include "recovery_ui/ethernet_ui.h"
 
-const std::string EthernetDevice::interface = "eth0";
+// Android TV defaults to eth0 for it's interface
+EthernetDevice::EthernetDevice(EthernetRecoveryUI* ui) : EthernetDevice(ui, "eth0") {}
 
-EthernetDevice::EthernetDevice(EthernetRecoveryUI* ui)
-    : Device(ui), ctl_sock_(socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0)) {
+// Allow future users to define the interface as they prefer
+EthernetDevice::EthernetDevice(EthernetRecoveryUI* ui, std::string interface)
+    : Device(ui), ctl_sock_(socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0)), interface_(interface) {
   if (ctl_sock_ < 0) {
     PLOG(ERROR) << "Failed to open socket";
   }
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@
   }
 
   memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(struct ifreq));
-  strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, interface.c_str(), IFNAMSIZ);
+  strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, interface_.c_str(), IFNAMSIZ);
   ifr.ifr_name[IFNAMSIZ - 1] = 0;
 
   if (ioctl(ctl_sock_, SIOCGIFFLAGS, &ifr) < 0) {
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@
 
   std::unique_ptr<struct ifaddrs, decltype(&freeifaddrs)> guard{ ifaddr, freeifaddrs };
   for (struct ifaddrs* ifa = ifaddr; ifa != nullptr; ifa = ifa->ifa_next) {
-    if (ifa->ifa_addr->sa_family != AF_INET6 || interface != ifa->ifa_name) {
+    if (ifa->ifa_addr->sa_family != AF_INET6 || interface_ != ifa->ifa_name) {
       continue;
     }