diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 18ab8bdb..8eaf9964 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added
 
+- Add the ability to boot nodes with `wwid=[interface]`, which replaces
+  `interface` with the interface MAC address
+
+## [4.5.0] 2024-02-08
+
+### Added
+
 - Added https://github.com/Masterminds/sprig functions to templates #1030
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/internal/app/wwclient/root.go b/internal/app/wwclient/root.go
index 1dadb52c..7cd728bc 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwclient/root.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwclient/root.go
@@ -152,6 +152,19 @@ func CobraRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
 	}
 
 	wwid := strings.Split(wwid_tmp[1], " ")[0]
+	wwid = strings.TrimSuffix(wwid, "\n")
+
+	// Dereference wwid from [interface] for cases that cannot have /proc/cmdline set by bootloader
+	if string(wwid[0]) == "[" {
+		iface := wwid[1 : len(wwid)-1]
+		wwid_tmp, err := os.ReadFile(fmt.Sprintf("/sys/class/net/%s/address", iface))
+		if err != nil {
+			wwlog.Error("'wwid' cannot be dereferenced from /sys/class/net", iface)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		wwid = strings.TrimSuffix(string(wwid_tmp), "\n")
+		wwlog.Info("Dereferencing wwid from [%s] to %s", iface, wwid)
+	}
 
 	duration := 300
 	if conf.Warewulf.UpdateInterval > 0 {