diff --git a/script/ethercatctl.in b/script/ethercatctl.in
index 62dae0bd..1664a31f 100755
--- a/script/ethercatctl.in
+++ b/script/ethercatctl.in
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ LSMOD=/sbin/lsmod
 MODPROBE=/sbin/modprobe
 RMMOD=/sbin/rmmod
 MODINFO=/sbin/modinfo
+IP=/bin/ip
 
 ETHERCAT=@bindir@/ethercat
 
@@ -55,13 +56,19 @@ fi
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 parse_mac_address() {
+    local DEVICENAMETOMAC
     if [ -z "${1}" ]; then
         MAC=""
-    elif echo "${1}" | grep -qE '^([0-9a-fA-F]{2}:){5}[0-9a-fA-F]{2}$'; then
+    elif echo ${1} | grep -qE '^([0-9a-fA-F]{2}:){5}[0-9a-fA-F]{2}$'; then
         MAC=${1}
     else
-        echo Invalid MAC address \""${1}"\" in ${ETHERCAT_CONFIG}
-        exit 1
+	DEVICENAMETOMAC=$("${IP}" address show dev "${1}" | awk '/link\/ether/ { print $2; }')
+	if echo "${DEVICENAMETOMAC}" | grep -qE '^([0-9a-fA-F]{2}:){5}[0-9a-fA-F]{2}$'; then
+	    MAC=${DEVICENAMETOMAC}
+	else
+            echo Invalid MAC address \""${1}"\" in ${ETHERCAT_CONFIG}
+            exit 1
+	fi
     fi
 }