diff --git a/scripts/start_qemu_vm.sh b/scripts/start_qemu_vm.sh
index 779c86d..47c5eba 100755
--- a/scripts/start_qemu_vm.sh
+++ b/scripts/start_qemu_vm.sh
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ while read -r interface; do
     for port_pair in $NAT_PORT_FW; do
       host_port="$( echo $port_pair | cut -d ':' -f1 )"
       guest_port="$( echo $port_pair | cut -d ':' -f2 )"
-      ports+=",hostfwd=tcp::${host_port}-:${guest_port}"
+      ports+=",hostfwd=tcp::${host_port}-:${guest_port},hostfwd=udp::${host_port}-:${guest_port}"
     done
     qemu_device_params+=" -netdev user,id=natnic${ports}"
     qemu_device_params+=" -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=natnic,romfile="