diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index c9bdbb1..c9fed62 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ options:
     description: |
      Time period between checks of resource health. It consists of a number
      and a time factor, e.g. 5s = 5 seconds. 2m = 2 minutes.
+  netmtu:
+    type: int
+    default: 1500
+    description: MTU size corosync used for communication.
   prefer-ipv6:
     type: boolean
     default: False
diff --git a/hooks/hacluster.py b/hooks/hacluster.py
index 30da4aa..5e083c4 100644
--- a/hooks/hacluster.py
+++ b/hooks/hacluster.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import fcntl
 import struct
 
 from charmhelpers.fetch import apt_install
+from charmhelpers.contrib.network import ip as utils
 
 try:
     from netaddr import IPNetwork
@@ -90,25 +91,17 @@ def get_ipv6_addr(iface="eth0"):
             apt_install('python-netifaces')
             import netifaces
 
-        iface = str(iface)
-        iface_addrs = netifaces.ifaddresses(iface)
-        if netifaces.AF_INET6 not in iface_addrs:
-            raise Exception("Interface '%s' doesn't have an ipv6 address."
-                            % iface)
+        ipv6_address = utils.get_ipv6_addr(iface)[0]
+        ifa_addrs = netifaces.ifaddresses(iface)
 
-        addresses = netifaces.ifaddresses(iface)[netifaces.AF_INET6]
-        ipv6_address = [a for a in addresses
-                        if not a['addr'].startswith('fe80')][0]
-        if not ipv6_address:
-            raise Exception("Interface '%s' doesn't have global ipv6 address."
-                            % iface)
-
-        ipv6_addr = ipv6_address['addr']
-        ipv6_netmask = ipv6_address['netmask']
-
-        network = "{}/{}".format(ipv6_addr, ipv6_netmask)
-        ip = IPNetwork(network)
-        return str(ip.network)
+        for ifaddr in ifa_addrs[netifaces.AF_INET6]:
+            if ipv6_address == ifaddr['addr']:
+                network = "{}/{}".format(ifaddr['addr'],
+                                         ifaddr['netmask'])
+                ip = IPNetwork(network)
+                return str(ip.network)
 
     except ValueError:
         raise Exception("Invalid interface '%s'" % iface)
+
+    raise Exception("No valid network found in interface '%s'" % iface)
diff --git a/hooks/hooks.py b/hooks/hooks.py
index f99e6db..ceb7689 100755
--- a/hooks/hooks.py
+++ b/hooks/hooks.py
@@ -92,8 +92,9 @@ def get_corosync_conf():
 
             if config('prefer-ipv6'):
                 local_unit_no = int(local_unit().split('/')[1])
-                # nodeid can't be 0
+                # nodeid should not be 0
                 conf['nodeid'] = local_unit_no + 1
+                conf['netmtu'] = config('netmtu')
 
             if None not in conf.itervalues():
                 return conf
diff --git a/templates/corosync.conf b/templates/corosync.conf
index 70c521f..b8df7f1 100644
--- a/templates/corosync.conf
+++ b/templates/corosync.conf
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ totem {
         {% if ip_version %}
         ip_version: {{ ip_version }}
         {% endif %}
+        
+        {% if netmtu %}
+        netmtu: {{ netmtu }}
+        {% endif %}
 
 	# This specifies the mode of redundant ring, which may be none, active, or passive.
  	rrp_mode: none