diff --git a/CHANGES.html b/CHANGES.html
index 1249b2888..d9e448ff6 100644
--- a/CHANGES.html
+++ b/CHANGES.html
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ us a note on ns-developers mailing list.</p>
 </ul>
 <h2>Changes to existing API:</h2>
 <ul>
-  <li> Class <b>LrWpanMac</b> now supports extended addressing mode. Both <b>McpsDataRequest</b> and <b>PdDataIndication</b> methods will now use extended addressing if <b>McpsDataRequestParams::m_srcAddrMode</b> or <b>McpsDataRequestParams::m_dstAddrMode</b> are set to <b>EXT_ADDR</b>.
+  <li> Class <b>LrWpanMac</b> now supports extended addressing mode. Both <b>McpsDataRequest</b> and <b>PdDataIndication</b> methods will now use extended addressing if <b>McpsDataRequestParams::m_srcAddrMode</b> or <b>McpsDataRequestParams::m_dstAddrMode</b> are set to <b>EXT_ADDR</b>.</li>
+  <li> Class <b>LteUeNetDevice</b> MAC address is now a 64-bit address and it's set during construction.</li>
 </ul>
 <h2>Changes to build system:</h2>
 <ul>
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index bbacc9811..061ee85ba 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 - Bug 2653 - tcp: Avoid saving smaller TS in case of packet reordering
 - Bug 2764 - wifi: WifiSpectrumModelId doesn't distinguish 11ax from legacy
 - Bug 2766 - core: Modify logging for int64x64 to avoid stack overflow
+- Bug 2768 - lte: LteUeNetDevice has a null MAC address
 - Bug 2820 - wifi: segmentation fault when Rrpaa wifi manager is used
 - Bug 2824 - ICMP opcode fr fragment timeout drop is wrong
 - Bug 2828 - OLSR simple P2P example produces wrong results
diff --git a/src/lte/helper/lte-helper.cc b/src/lte/helper/lte-helper.cc
index 864d48b49..364421ad3 100644
--- a/src/lte/helper/lte-helper.cc
+++ b/src/lte/helper/lte-helper.cc
@@ -909,6 +909,9 @@ LteHelper::InstallSingleUeDevice (Ptr<Node> n)
   dev->SetAttribute ("LteUeRrc", PointerValue (rrc));
   dev->SetAttribute ("EpcUeNas", PointerValue (nas));
   dev->SetAttribute ("LteUeComponentCarrierManager", PointerValue (ccmUe));
+  // \todo The UE identifier should be dynamically set by the EPC
+  // when the default PDP context is created. This is a simplification.
+  dev->SetAddress (Mac64Address::Allocate ());
 
   for (std::map<uint8_t, Ptr<ComponentCarrierUe> >::iterator it = ueCcMap.begin (); it != ueCcMap.end (); ++it)
     {
diff --git a/src/lte/model/lte-net-device.cc b/src/lte/model/lte-net-device.cc
index 3d9fbd93b..7f1dd8fee 100644
--- a/src/lte/model/lte-net-device.cc
+++ b/src/lte/model/lte-net-device.cc
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ void
 LteNetDevice::SetAddress (Address address)
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << address);
-  m_address = Mac48Address::ConvertFrom (address);
+  m_address = Mac64Address::ConvertFrom (address);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/lte/model/lte-net-device.h b/src/lte/model/lte-net-device.h
index 79cc1583c..b3742415f 100644
--- a/src/lte/model/lte-net-device.h
+++ b/src/lte/model/lte-net-device.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 #include <ns3/net-device.h>
 #include <ns3/event-id.h>
-#include <ns3/mac48-address.h>
+#include <ns3/mac64-address.h>
 #include <ns3/traced-callback.h>
 #include <ns3/nstime.h>
 #include <ns3/lte-phy.h>
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ private:
   bool m_linkUp; ///< link uo
   mutable uint16_t m_mtu; ///< MTU
 
-  Mac48Address m_address; ///< MAC address
+  Mac64Address m_address; ///< MAC address - only relevant for UEs.
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/lte/model/lte-ue-net-device.h b/src/lte/model/lte-ue-net-device.h
index 68737843b..a0f072df2 100644
--- a/src/lte/model/lte-ue-net-device.h
+++ b/src/lte/model/lte-ue-net-device.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 
 #include "ns3/lte-net-device.h"
 #include "ns3/event-id.h"
-#include "ns3/mac48-address.h"
 #include "ns3/traced-callback.h"
 #include "ns3/nstime.h"
 #include "ns3/lte-phy.h"