diff --git a/manifest.xml b/manifest.xml
index fdc9027..f34bfb1 100644
--- a/manifest.xml
+++ b/manifest.xml
@@ -89,4 +89,18 @@
           <instance>vr</instance>
       </interface>
     </hal>
+    <hal format="native">
+        <name>netutils-wrapper</name>
+        <!--
+            netutils-wrapper versions must be x.0.
+            netutils-wrapper next version has less functionalities than
+            previous versions, so unlike a HAL, netutils-wrapper are not
+            backwards compatible. Hence the major version must be bumped for
+            each update.
+            If a minor version were bumped instead (say, <version>1.1</version>),
+            it would be incorrectly considered compatible with version 1.0 in
+            device compatibility matrix.
+        -->
+        <version>1.0</version>
+    </hal>
 </manifest>