diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/buildvmhost b/inventory/group_vars/buildvmhost
index 5d4ef04aa5..1f40f0ed17 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/buildvmhost
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/buildvmhost
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ nrpe_procs_warn: 1700
 virthost: true
 nagios_Check_Services:
     swap: false
+zabbix_macros:
+  NET.IF.IFNAME.NOT_MATCHES: "^vnet.*"
 
 notes: |
   Koji service employs a set of virtual machines to build packages for the Fedora project. This playbook is for the provisioning of a physical host for buildvm's.
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/bvirthost b/inventory/group_vars/bvirthost
index 3b912ca042..689e17c7f0 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/bvirthost
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/bvirthost
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ nested: true
 nrpe_procs_crit: 3500
 nrpe_procs_warn: 3000
 virthost: true
+zabbix_macros:
+  NET.IF.IFNAME.NOT_MATCHES: "^vnet.*"