diff --git a/prog/weaver/main.go b/prog/weaver/main.go
index cfd68331..65245579 100644
--- a/prog/weaver/main.go
+++ b/prog/weaver/main.go
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ func main() {
 	var (
 		justVersion        bool
 		config             mesh.Config
+		bridgeConfig       weavenet.BridgeConfig
 		networkConfig      weave.NetworkConfig
 		protocolMinVersion int
 		resume             bool
@@ -169,6 +170,8 @@ func main() {
 	mflag.IntVar(&protocolMinVersion, []string{"-min-protocol-version"}, mesh.ProtocolMinVersion, "minimum weave protocol version")
 	mflag.BoolVar(&resume, []string{"-resume"}, false, "resume connections to previous peers")
 	mflag.StringVar(&ifaceName, []string{"#iface", "-iface"}, "", "name of interface to capture/inject from (disabled if blank)")
+	mflag.StringVar(&bridgeConfig.WeaveBridgeName, []string{"-weave-bridge"}, "weave", "name of weave bridge")
+	mflag.StringVar(&bridgeConfig.DockerBridgeName, []string{"-docker-bridge"}, "", "name of Docker bridge")
 	mflag.StringVar(&routerName, []string{"#name", "-name"}, "", "name of router (defaults to MAC of interface)")
 	mflag.StringVar(&nickName, []string{"#nickname", "-nickname"}, "", "nickname of peer (defaults to hostname)")
 	mflag.StringVar(&password, []string{"#password", "-password"}, "", "network password")
@@ -178,6 +181,7 @@ func main() {
 	mflag.IntVar(&config.ConnLimit, []string{"#connlimit", "#-connlimit", "-conn-limit"}, 30, "connection limit (0 for unlimited)")
 	mflag.BoolVar(&noDiscovery, []string{"#nodiscovery", "#-nodiscovery", "-no-discovery"}, false, "disable peer discovery")
 	mflag.IntVar(&bufSzMB, []string{"#bufsz", "-bufsz"}, 8, "capture buffer size in MB")
+	mflag.IntVar(&bridgeConfig.MTU, []string{"-mtu"}, 0, "MTU size")
 	mflag.StringVar(&httpAddr, []string{"#httpaddr", "#-httpaddr", "-http-addr"}, "", "address to bind HTTP interface to (disabled if blank, absolute path indicates unix domain socket)")
 	mflag.StringVar(&statusAddr, []string{"-status-addr"}, "", "address to bind status+metrics interface to (disabled if blank, absolute path indicates unix domain socket)")
 	mflag.StringVar(&ipamConfig.Mode, []string{"-ipalloc-init"}, "", "allocator initialisation strategy (consensus, seed or observer)")
@@ -244,6 +248,16 @@ func main() {
 		networkConfig.PacketLogging = nopPacketLogging{}
 	}
 
+	bridgeConfig.DatapathName = datapathName
+	if bridgeConfig.DockerBridgeName != "" {
+		if err := weavenet.EnforceAddrAssignType(bridgeConfig.DockerBridgeName); err != nil {
+			Log.Errorf("While checking address assignment type of %s: %s", bridgeConfig.DockerBridgeName, err)
+		}
+	}
+	bridgeType, err := weavenet.CreateBridge(&bridgeConfig)
+	checkFatal(err)
+	Log.Println("Bridge type is", bridgeType)
+
 	config.Password = determinePassword(password)
 
 	overlay, bridge := createOverlay(datapathName, ifaceName, isAWSVPC, config.Host, config.Port, bufSzMB, config.Password != nil)
diff --git a/weave b/weave
index 88d9e494..adbed5ba 100755
--- a/weave
+++ b/weave
@@ -281,7 +281,6 @@ DATAPATH=datapath
 CONTAINER_IFNAME=ethwe
 BRIDGE_IFNAME=v${CONTAINER_IFNAME}-bridge
 DATAPATH_IFNAME=v${CONTAINER_IFNAME}-datapath
-PCAP_IFNAME=v${CONTAINER_IFNAME}-pcap
 PORT=${WEAVE_PORT:-6783}
 HTTP_ADDR=${WEAVE_HTTP_ADDR:-127.0.0.1:6784}
 STATUS_ADDR=${WEAVE_STATUS_ADDR:-127.0.0.1:6782}
@@ -576,16 +575,9 @@ configure_veth_attached_bridge() {
     ip link set $GUEST_IFNAME master $bridge
 }
 
-router_opts_fastdp() {
-    echo "--datapath $DATAPATH"
-}
-
-router_opts_bridge() {
-    echo "--iface $PCAP_IFNAME"
-}
-
-router_opts_bridged_fastdp() {
-    router_opts_fastdp "$@"
+router_bridge_opts() {
+    echo --docker-bridge "$DOCKER_BRIDGE" --weave-bridge "$BRIDGE" --datapath "$DATAPATH"
+    [ -z "$WEAVE_MTU" ] || echo --mtu "$WEAVE_MTU"
 }
 
 ask_version() {
@@ -1287,8 +1279,6 @@ common_launch_args() {
 launch_router() {
     LAUNCHING_ROUTER=1
     check_forwarding_rules
-    enforce_docker_bridge_addr_assign_type
-
     # backward compatibility...
     if is_cidr "$1" ; then
         echo "WARNING: $1 parameter ignored; 'weave launch' no longer takes a CIDR as the first parameter" >&2
@@ -1358,11 +1348,7 @@ launch_router() {
     eval "set -- $ARGS"
 
     setup_cni
-    create_bridge
-    # We set the router name to the bridge MAC, which in turn is
-    # derived from the system UUID (if available), and thus stable
-    # across reboots.
-    PEERNAME=$(cat /sys/class/net/$BRIDGE/address)
+    validate_bridge_type
 
     if [ -z "$IPRANGE_SPECIFIED" ] ; then
         IPRANGE="10.32.0.0/12"
@@ -1415,8 +1401,8 @@ launch_router() {
         -e WEAVE_PASSWORD \
         -e CHECKPOINT_DISABLE \
         $WEAVE_DOCKER_ARGS $IMAGE $COVERAGE_ARGS \
-        --port $CONTAINER_PORT --name "$PEERNAME" --nickname "$(hostname)" \
-        $(router_opts_$BRIDGE_TYPE) \
+        --port $CONTAINER_PORT --nickname "$(hostname)" \
+        $(router_bridge_opts) \
         --ipalloc-range "$IPRANGE" \
         --dns-effective-listen-address $DOCKER_BRIDGE_IP \
         $DNS_ROUTER_OPTS $NO_DNS_OPT \
@@ -1705,7 +1691,6 @@ EOF
         enforce_docker_bridge_addr_assign_type
         # We cannot use detect_awsvpc here, because HTTP server might not be started
         ! docker inspect -f '{{.Config.Cmd}}' $CONTAINER_NAME | grep -q -- "--awsvpc" || AWSVPC=1
-        create_bridge
         fetch_router_args
         wait_for_status $CONTAINER_NAME http_call $HTTP_ADDR
         setup_awsvpc