diff --git a/interface-definitions/dhcp-server.xml b/interface-definitions/dhcp-server.xml
index c05cb4e1d..d95784f4e 100644
--- a/interface-definitions/dhcp-server.xml
+++ b/interface-definitions/dhcp-server.xml
@@ -1,463 +1,466 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <!-- DHCP server configuration -->
 <interfaceDefinition>
   <node name="service">
     <children>
       <node name="dhcp-server" owner="${vyos_conf_scripts_dir}/dhcp_server.py">
         <properties>
           <help>Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) for DHCP server</help>
           <priority>911</priority>
         </properties>
         <children>
           <leafNode name="disable">
             <properties>
               <help>Option to disable DHCP server</help>
               <valueless/>
             </properties>
           </leafNode>
           <leafNode name="dynamic-dns-update">
             <properties>
               <help>DHCP server to dynamically update the Domain Name System (DNS)</help>
               <valueless/>
             </properties>
           </leafNode>
           <leafNode name="global-parameters">
             <properties>
               <help>Additional global parameters for DHCP server. You must
                 use the syntax of dhcpd.conf in this text-field. Using this
                 without proper knowledge may result in a crashed DHCP server.
                 Check system log to look for errors.</help>
               <multi/>
             </properties>
           </leafNode>
           <leafNode name="hostfile-update">
             <properties>
               <help>Enable DHCP server updating /etc/hosts (per client lease)</help>
               <valueless/>
             </properties>
           </leafNode>
           <leafNode name="host-decl-name">
             <properties>
               <help>Instruct server to use host declaration name for forward DNS name</help>
               <valueless/>
             </properties>
           </leafNode>
           <tagNode name="shared-network-name">
             <properties>
               <help>DHCP shared network name [REQUIRED]</help>
               <constraint>
                 <regex>^[-_a-zA-Z0-9.]+$</regex>
               </constraint>
               <constraintErrorMessage>Invalid DHCP pool name</constraintErrorMessage>
             </properties>
             <children>
               <leafNode name="authoritative">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Option to make DHCP server authoritative for this physical network</help>
                   <valueless/>
                 </properties>
               </leafNode>
               <leafNode name="description">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Shared-network-name description</help>
                 </properties>
               </leafNode>
               <leafNode name="disable">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Option to disable DHCP configuration for shared-network</help>
                   <valueless/>
                 </properties>
               </leafNode>
               <leafNode name="shared-network-parameters">
                 <properties>
                   <help>Additional shared-network parameters for DHCP server.
                 You must use the syntax of dhcpd.conf in this text-field.
                 Using this without proper knowledge may result in a crashed
                 DHCP server. Check system log to look for errors.</help>
                   <multi/>
                 </properties>
               </leafNode>
               <tagNode name="subnet">
                 <properties>
                   <help>DHCP subnet for shared network</help>
                   <valueHelp>
                     <format>ipv4net</format>
                     <description>IPv4 address and prefix length</description>
                   </valueHelp>
                   <constraint>
                     <validator name="ipv4-prefix"/>
                   </constraint>
                   <constraintErrorMessage>Invalid IPv4 subnet definition</constraintErrorMessage>
                 </properties>
                 <children>
                   <leafNode name="bootfile-name">
                     <properties>
                       <help>Bootstrap file name</help>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
                   <leafNode name="bootfile-server">
                     <properties>
                       <help>Server (IP address or domain name) from which the initial
                 boot file is to be loaded</help>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
                   <leafNode name="client-prefix-length">
                     <properties>
                       <help>Specifies the clients subnet mask as per RFC 950. If unset, subnet declaration is used.</help>
                       <valueHelp>
                         <format>0-32</format>
                         <description>DHCP client prefix length must be 0 to 32</description>
                       </valueHelp>
                       <constraint>
                         <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 0-32"/>
                       </constraint>
                       <constraintErrorMessage>DHCP client prefix length must be 0 to 32</constraintErrorMessage>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
                   <leafNode name="default-router">
                     <properties>
                       <help>IP address of default router</help>
                       <valueHelp>
                         <format>ipv4</format>
                         <description>Default router IPv4 address</description>
                       </valueHelp>
                       <constraint>
                         <validator name="ipv4-address"/>
                       </constraint>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
                   <leafNode name="dns-server">
                     <properties>
                       <help>DNS server IPv4 address</help>
                       <valueHelp>
                         <format>ipv4</format>
                         <description>DNS server IPv4 address</description>
                       </valueHelp>
                       <constraint>
                         <validator name="ipv4-address"/>
                       </constraint>
                       <multi/>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
                   <leafNode name="domain-name">
                     <properties>
                       <help>Client domain name</help>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
                   <leafNode name="domain-search">
                     <properties>
                       <help>Client domain search</help>
                       <multi/>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
                   <leafNode name="exclude">
                     <properties>
                       <help>IP address that needs to be excluded from DHCP lease range</help>
                       <valueHelp>
                         <format>ipv4</format>
                         <description>IPv4 address to exclude from lease range</description>
                       </valueHelp>
                       <constraint>
                         <validator name="ipv4-address"/>
                       </constraint>
                       <multi/>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
                   <node name="failover">
                     <properties>
                       <help>DHCP failover parameters</help>
                     </properties>
                     <children>
                       <leafNode name="local-address">
                         <properties>
                           <help>IP address for failover peer to connect [REQUIRED]</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>ipv4</format>
                             <description>IPv4 address to exclude from lease range</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <validator name="ipv4-address"/>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                       </leafNode>
                       <leafNode name="name">
                         <properties>
                           <help>DHCP failover peer name [REQUIRED]</help>
                           <constraint>
                             <regex>^[-_a-zA-Z0-9.]+$</regex>
                           </constraint>
                           <constraintErrorMessage>Invalid failover peer name</constraintErrorMessage>
                         </properties>
                       </leafNode>
                       <leafNode name="peer-address">
                         <properties>
                           <help>IP address of failover peer [REQUIRED]</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>ipv4</format>
                             <description>IPv4 address to exclude from lease range</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <validator name="ipv4-address"/>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                       </leafNode>
                       <leafNode name="status">
                         <properties>
                           <help>DHCP failover peer status (primary|secondary) [REQUIRED]</help>
                           <completionHelp>
                             <list>primary secondary</list>
                           </completionHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <regex>(primary|secondary)</regex>
                           </constraint>
                           <constraintErrorMessage>Invalid DHCP failover peer status</constraintErrorMessage>
                         </properties>
                       </leafNode>
                     </children>
                   </node>
                   <leafNode name="ip-forwarding">
                     <properties>
                       <help>Enable IP forwarding on client</help>
                       <valueless/>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
                   <leafNode name="lease">
                     <properties>
                       <help>Lease timeout in seconds (default: 86400)</help>
                       <valueHelp>
                         <format>0-4294967295</format>
                         <description>DHCP lease time in seconds must be between 0 and 4294967295 (49 days)</description>
                       </valueHelp>
                       <constraint>
                         <validator name="numeric" argument="--range 0-4294967295"/>
                       </constraint>
                       <constraintErrorMessage>DHCP lease time must be 0 to 4294967295</constraintErrorMessage>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
                   <leafNode name="ntp-server">
                     <properties>
                       <help>IP address of NTP server</help>
                       <valueHelp>
                         <format>ipv4</format>
                         <description>NTP server IPv4 address</description>
                       </valueHelp>
                       <constraint>
                         <validator name="ipv4-address"/>
                       </constraint>
                       <multi/>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
                   <leafNode name="pop-server">
                     <properties>
                       <help>IP address of POP3 server</help>
                       <valueHelp>
                         <format>ipv4</format>
                         <description>POP3 server IPv4 address</description>
                       </valueHelp>
                       <constraint>
                         <validator name="ipv4-address"/>
                       </constraint>
                       <multi/>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
                   <leafNode name="server-identifier">
                     <properties>
                       <help>Address for DHCP server identifier</help>
                       <valueHelp>
                         <format>ipv4</format>
                         <description>DHCP server identifier IPv4 address</description>
                       </valueHelp>
                       <constraint>
                         <validator name="ipv4-address"/>
                       </constraint>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
                   <leafNode name="smtp-server">
                     <properties>
                       <help>IP address of SMTP server</help>
                       <valueHelp>
                         <format>ipv4</format>
                         <description>SMTP server IPv4 address</description>
                       </valueHelp>
                       <constraint>
                         <validator name="ipv4-address"/>
                       </constraint>
                       <multi/>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
                   <tagNode name="range">
                     <properties>
                       <help>DHCP lease range</help>
                       <constraint>
                         <regex>^[-_a-zA-Z0-9.]+$</regex>
                       </constraint>
                       <constraintErrorMessage>Invalid DHCP lease range name</constraintErrorMessage>
                     </properties>
                     <children>
                       <leafNode name="start">
                         <properties>
                           <help>First IP address for DHCP lease range</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>ipv4</format>
                             <description>IPv4 start address of pool</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <validator name="ipv4-address"/>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                       </leafNode>
                       <leafNode name="stop">
                         <properties>
                           <help>Last IP address for DHCP lease range</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>ipv4</format>
                             <description>IPv4 end address of pool</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <validator name="ipv4-address"/>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                       </leafNode>
                     </children>
                   </tagNode>
                   <tagNode name="static-mapping">
                     <properties>
                       <help>Static mapping for specified address type</help>
                       <constraint>
                         <regex>^[-_a-zA-Z0-9.]+$</regex>
                       </constraint>
                       <constraintErrorMessage>Invalid static-mapping name</constraintErrorMessage>
                     </properties>
                     <children>
                       <leafNode name="disable">
                         <properties>
                           <help>Option to disable static-mapping</help>
                           <valueless/>
                         </properties>
                       </leafNode>
                       <leafNode name="ip-address">
                         <properties>
                           <help>Static mapping for specified IP address [REQUIRED]</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>ipv4</format>
                             <description>IPv4 address used in static mapping</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <validator name="ipv4-address"/>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                       </leafNode>
                       <leafNode name="mac-address">
                         <properties>
                           <help>Static mapping for specified MAC address [REQUIRED]</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>h:h:h:h:h:h</format>
                             <description>MAC address used in static mapping [REQUIRED]</description>
                           </valueHelp>
+                          <constraint>
+                            <validator name="mac-address"/>
+                          </constraint>
                         </properties>
                       </leafNode>
                       <leafNode name="static-mapping-parameters">
                         <properties>
                           <help>Additional static-mapping parameters for DHCP server.
                 You must use the syntax of dhcpd.conf in this text-field.
                 Using this without proper knowledge may result in a crashed
                 DHCP server. Check system log to look for errors.</help>
                           <multi/>
                         </properties>
                       </leafNode>
                     </children>
                   </tagNode>
                   <node name="static-route">
                     <properties>
                       <help>Classless static route</help>
                     </properties>
                     <children>
                       <leafNode name="destination-subnet">
                         <properties>
                           <help>Destination subnet [REQUIRED]</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>ipv4net</format>
                             <description>IPv4 address and prefix length</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <validator name="ipv4-prefix"/>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                       </leafNode>
                       <leafNode name="router">
                         <properties>
                           <help>IP address of router to be used to reach the destination subnet [REQUIRED]</help>
                           <valueHelp>
                             <format>ipv4</format>
                             <description>IPv4 address of router</description>
                           </valueHelp>
                           <constraint>
                             <validator name="ip-address"/>
                           </constraint>
                         </properties>
                       </leafNode>
                     </children>
                   </node>
                   <leafNode name="subnet-parameters">
                     <properties>
                       <help>Additional subnet parameters for DHCP server. You must
                 use the syntax of dhcpd.conf in this text-field. Using this
                 without proper knowledge may result in a crashed DHCP server.
                 Check system log to look for errors.</help>
                       <multi/>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
                   <leafNode name="tftp-server-name">
                     <properties>
                       <help>TFTP server name</help>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
                   <leafNode name="time-offset">
                     <properties>
                       <help>Offset of the client's subnet in seconds from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)</help>
                       <constraint>
                         <regex>^-?[0-9]+$</regex>
                       </constraint>
                       <constraintErrorMessage>Invalid time offset valuee</constraintErrorMessage>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
                   <leafNode name="time-server">
                     <properties>
                       <help>IP address of time server</help>
                       <valueHelp>
                         <format>ipv4</format>
                         <description>Time server IPv4 address</description>
                       </valueHelp>
                       <constraint>
                         <validator name="ipv4-address"/>
                       </constraint>
                       <multi/>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
                   <leafNode name="wins-server">
                     <properties>
                       <help>IP address for Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) server</help>
                       <valueHelp>
                         <format>ipv4</format>
                         <description>WINS server IPv4 address</description>
                       </valueHelp>
                       <constraint>
                         <validator name="ipv4-address"/>
                       </constraint>
                       <multi/>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
                   <leafNode name="wpad-url">
                     <properties>
                       <help>Web Proxy Autodiscovery (WPAD) URL</help>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
                 </children>
               </tagNode>
             </children>
           </tagNode>
         </children>
       </node>
     </children>
   </node>
 </interfaceDefinition>
diff --git a/src/validators/mac-address b/src/validators/mac-address
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b2d3496f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/validators/mac-address
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2018-2020 VyOS maintainers and contributors
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or later as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import re
+import sys
+
+
+pattern = "^([0-9A-Fa-f]{2}[:]){5}([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})$"
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+        sys.exit(1)
+    if not re.match(pattern, sys.argv[1]):
+        sys.exit(1)
+    sys.exit(0)