diff --git a/man/systemd-networkd.service.xml b/man/systemd-networkd.service.xml
index 908354c58..f38e813e4 100644
--- a/man/systemd-networkd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-networkd.service.xml
@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@
                                         <term><varname>Type</varname></term>
                                         <listitem>
                                                 <para>The device type, as exposed by the udev property
-                                                <literal>DEVTYPE</literal>.</para>
+                                                <literal>DEVTYPE</literal>, or <literal>ethernet</literal>
+                                                to match devices without a <literal>DEVTYPE</literal>.</para>
                                         </listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
                                 <varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/udev.xml b/man/udev.xml
index 32a520e7b..0bcb91139 100644
--- a/man/udev.xml
+++ b/man/udev.xml
@@ -793,7 +793,8 @@
         <varlistentry>
           <term><varname>Type</varname></term>
           <listitem>
-            <para>The device type, as exposed by the udev property <literal>DEVTYPE</literal>.</para>
+            <para>The device type, as exposed by the udev property <literal>DEVTYPE</literal>, or
+            <literal>ethernet</literal> to match a device without a <literal>DEVTYPE</literal>.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
       </variablelist>
diff --git a/src/shared/net-util.c b/src/shared/net-util.c
index 8f8cfc9fd..85278e5de 100644
--- a/src/shared/net-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/net-util.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ bool net_match_config(const struct ether_addr *match_mac,
         if (match_driver && !streq_ptr(match_driver, dev_driver))
                 return 0;
 
-        if (match_type && !streq_ptr(match_type, dev_type))
+        if (match_type && !streq_ptr(match_type, dev_type) && !(streq(match_type, "ethernet") && !dev_type))
                 return 0;
 
         if (match_name && !streq_ptr(match_name, dev_name))