diff --git a/horizon/forms/__init__.py b/horizon/forms/__init__.py
index 594a2adb72..478b3f3ad8 100644
--- a/horizon/forms/__init__.py
+++ b/horizon/forms/__init__.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ from horizon.forms.fields import ExternalUploadMeta
 from horizon.forms.fields import IPField
 from horizon.forms.fields import IPv4
 from horizon.forms.fields import IPv6
+from horizon.forms.fields import MACAddressField
 from horizon.forms.fields import MultiIPField
 from horizon.forms.fields import SelectWidget
 from horizon.forms.fields import ThemableCheckboxInput
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ __all__ = [
     "IPField",
     "IPv4",
     "IPv6",
+    "MACAddressField",
     "MultiIPField",
     "SelectWidget",
 
diff --git a/horizon/forms/fields.py b/horizon/forms/fields.py
index d9a5d693f0..7192f5a7f0 100644
--- a/horizon/forms/fields.py
+++ b/horizon/forms/fields.py
@@ -129,6 +129,33 @@ class MultiIPField(IPField):
         return str(','.join(getattr(self, "addresses", [])))
 
 
+class MACAddressField(fields.Field):
+    """Form field for entering a MAC address with validation.
+
+    Supports all formats known by netaddr.EUI(), for example:
+    .. xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
+    .. xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
+    .. xxxx.xxxx.xxxx
+    """
+    def validate(self, value):
+        super(MACAddressField, self).validate(value)
+
+        if not value:
+            return
+
+        try:
+            self.mac_address = netaddr.EUI(value)
+            # NOTE(rubasov): Normalize MAC address to the most usual format.
+            self.mac_address.dialect = netaddr.mac_unix_expanded
+        except Exception:
+            raise ValidationError(_("Invalid MAC Address format"),
+                                  code="invalid_mac")
+
+    def clean(self, value):
+        super(MACAddressField, self).clean(value)
+        return str(getattr(self, "mac_address", ""))
+
+
 class SelectWidget(widgets.Select):
     """Customizable select widget, that allows to render
     data-xxx attributes from choices. This widget also
diff --git a/horizon/test/tests/utils.py b/horizon/test/tests/utils.py
index 45e92919bd..2372727f27 100644
--- a/horizon/test/tests/utils.py
+++ b/horizon/test/tests/utils.py
@@ -194,6 +194,30 @@ class ValidatorsTests(test.TestCase):
         for cidr in BAD_CIDRS_INPUT:
             self.assertRaises(ValidationError, ip.validate, cidr)
 
+    def test_mac_address_validator(self):
+        GOOD_MAC_ADDRESSES = (
+            "00:11:88:99:Aa:Ff",
+            "00-11-88-99-Aa-Ff",
+            "0011.8899.AaFf",
+            "00118899AaFf",
+        )
+        BAD_MAC_ADDRESSES = (
+            "not a mac",
+            "11:22:33:44:55",
+            "zz:11:22:33:44:55",
+        )
+
+        field = forms.MACAddressField()
+        for input in GOOD_MAC_ADDRESSES:
+            self.assertIsNone(field.validate(input))
+        for input in BAD_MAC_ADDRESSES:
+            self.assertRaises(ValidationError, field.validate, input)
+
+    def test_mac_address_normal_form(self):
+        field = forms.MACAddressField()
+        field.validate("00-11-88-99-Aa-Ff")
+        self.assertEqual(field.mac_address, "00:11:88:99:aa:ff")
+
     def test_port_validator(self):
         VALID_PORTS = (1, 65535)
         INVALID_PORTS = (-1, 65536)
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/networks/ports/extensions/allowed_address_pairs/forms.py b/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/networks/ports/extensions/allowed_address_pairs/forms.py
index 5494d11c15..1ef8e5a9e1 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/networks/ports/extensions/allowed_address_pairs/forms.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/networks/ports/extensions/allowed_address_pairs/forms.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import logging
 
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
-from django.core import validators
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from horizon import exceptions
@@ -27,20 +26,15 @@ from openstack_dashboard import api
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-validate_mac = validators.RegexValidator(r'([0-9a-fA-F]{2}:){5}[0-9a-fA-F]{2}',
-                                         _("Invalid MAC Address format"),
-                                         code="invalid_mac")
-
 
 class AddAllowedAddressPairForm(forms.SelfHandlingForm):
     ip = forms.IPField(label=_("IP Address or CIDR"),
                        help_text=_("A single IP Address or CIDR"),
                        version=forms.IPv4 | forms.IPv6,
                        mask=True)
-    mac = forms.CharField(label=_("MAC Address"),
-                          help_text=_("A valid MAC Address"),
-                          validators=[validate_mac],
-                          required=False)
+    mac = forms.MACAddressField(label=_("MAC Address"),
+                                help_text=_("A valid MAC Address"),
+                                required=False)
     failure_url = 'horizon:project:networks:ports:detail'
 
     def clean(self):