diff --git a/pkg/types/validation/installconfig.go b/pkg/types/validation/installconfig.go
index 2990291997..90c536a450 100644
--- a/pkg/types/validation/installconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/types/validation/installconfig.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	dockerref "github.com/containers/image/docker/reference"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
 
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ func ValidateInstallConfig(c *types.InstallConfig) field.ErrorList {
 	if c.Networking != nil {
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, validateNetworking(c.Networking, field.NewPath("networking"))...)
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, validateNetworkingIPVersion(c.Networking, &c.Platform)...)
+		allErrs = append(allErrs, validateNetworkingForPlatform(c.Networking, &c.Platform, field.NewPath("networking"))...)
 	} else {
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Required(field.NewPath("networking"), "networking is required"))
 	}
@@ -279,6 +281,47 @@ func validateNetworking(n *types.Networking, fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorLis
 	return allErrs
 }
 
+func validateNetworkingForPlatform(n *types.Networking, platform *types.Platform, fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorList {
+	allErrs := field.ErrorList{}
+	switch {
+	case platform.Libvirt != nil:
+		errMsg := "overlaps with default Docker Bridge subnet"
+		for idx, mn := range n.MachineNetwork {
+			if validate.DoCIDRsOverlap(&mn.CIDR.IPNet, validate.DockerBridgeCIDR) {
+				allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath.Child("machineNewtork").Index(idx), mn.CIDR.String(), errMsg))
+			}
+		}
+		for idx, sn := range n.ServiceNetwork {
+			if validate.DoCIDRsOverlap(&sn.IPNet, validate.DockerBridgeCIDR) {
+				allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath.Child("serviceNetwork").Index(idx), sn.String(), errMsg))
+			}
+		}
+		for idx, cn := range n.ClusterNetwork {
+			if validate.DoCIDRsOverlap(&cn.CIDR.IPNet, validate.DockerBridgeCIDR) {
+				allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath.Child("clusterNetwork").Index(idx), cn.CIDR.String(), errMsg))
+			}
+		}
+	default:
+		warningMsgFmt := "%s: %s overlaps with default Docker Bridge subnet"
+		for idx, mn := range n.MachineNetwork {
+			if validate.DoCIDRsOverlap(&mn.CIDR.IPNet, validate.DockerBridgeCIDR) {
+				logrus.Warnf(warningMsgFmt, fldPath.Child("machineNetwork").Index(idx), mn.CIDR.String())
+			}
+		}
+		for idx, sn := range n.ServiceNetwork {
+			if validate.DoCIDRsOverlap(&sn.IPNet, validate.DockerBridgeCIDR) {
+				logrus.Warnf(warningMsgFmt, fldPath.Child("serviceNetwork").Index(idx), sn.String())
+			}
+		}
+		for idx, cn := range n.ClusterNetwork {
+			if validate.DoCIDRsOverlap(&cn.CIDR.IPNet, validate.DockerBridgeCIDR) {
+				logrus.Warnf(warningMsgFmt, fldPath.Child("clusterNetwork").Index(idx), cn.CIDR.String())
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return allErrs
+}
+
 func validateClusterNetwork(n *types.Networking, cn *types.ClusterNetworkEntry, idx int, fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorList {
 	allErrs := field.ErrorList{}
 	if err := validate.SubnetCIDR(&cn.CIDR.IPNet); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/types/validation/installconfig_test.go b/pkg/types/validation/installconfig_test.go
index d7456c2e37..98884a6f65 100644
--- a/pkg/types/validation/installconfig_test.go
+++ b/pkg/types/validation/installconfig_test.go
@@ -961,6 +961,25 @@ func TestValidateInstallConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			}(),
 			expectedError: `^credentialsMode: Unsupported value: "bad-mode": supported values: "manual", "mint", "passthrough"$`,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "allowed docker bridge with non-libvirt",
+			installConfig: func() *types.InstallConfig {
+				c := validInstallConfig()
+				c.Networking.MachineNetwork = []types.MachineNetworkEntry{{CIDR: *ipnet.MustParseCIDR("172.17.64.0/18")}}
+				return c
+			}(),
+			expectedError: ``,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "docker bridge not allowed with libvirt",
+			installConfig: func() *types.InstallConfig {
+				c := validInstallConfig()
+				c.Platform = types.Platform{Libvirt: validLibvirtPlatform()}
+				c.Networking.MachineNetwork = []types.MachineNetworkEntry{{CIDR: *ipnet.MustParseCIDR("172.17.64.0/18")}}
+				return c
+			}(),
+			expectedError: `\Q[networking.machineNewtork[0]: Invalid value: "172.17.64.0/18": overlaps with default Docker Bridge subnet, platform: Invalid value: "libvirt": must specify one of the platforms (\E.*\Q)]\E`,
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range cases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/validate/validate.go b/pkg/validate/validate.go
index 3766a86e35..b67c6456cf 100644
--- a/pkg/validate/validate.go
+++ b/pkg/validate/validate.go
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	dockerBridgeCIDR = func() *net.IPNet {
+	// DockerBridgeCIDR is the network range that is used by default network for docker.
+	DockerBridgeCIDR = func() *net.IPNet {
 		_, cidr, _ := net.ParseCIDR("172.17.0.0/16")
 		return cidr
 	}()
@@ -134,9 +135,6 @@ func SubnetCIDR(cidr *net.IPNet) error {
 	if nip.String() != cidr.IP.String() {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid network address. got %s, expecting %s", cidr.String(), (&net.IPNet{IP: nip, Mask: cidr.Mask}).String())
 	}
-	if DoCIDRsOverlap(cidr, dockerBridgeCIDR) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("overlaps with default Docker Bridge subnet (%v)", cidr.String())
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/validate/validate_test.go b/pkg/validate/validate_test.go
index 206020aa80..bdd3b74bbc 100644
--- a/pkg/validate/validate_test.go
+++ b/pkg/validate/validate_test.go
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ func TestSubnetCIDR(t *testing.T) {
 		{"1.2.3.4/32", ""},
 		{"0:0:0:0:0:1:102:304/116", "invalid network address. got ::1:102:304/116, expecting ::1:102:0/116"},
 		{"0:0:0:0:0:ffff:102:304/116", "invalid network address. got 1.2.3.4/20, expecting 1.2.0.0/20"},
-		{"172.17.0.0/20", "overlaps with default Docker Bridge subnet (172.17.0.0/20)"},
-		{"172.0.0.0/8", "overlaps with default Docker Bridge subnet (172.0.0.0/8)"},
 		{"255.255.255.255/1", "invalid network address. got 255.255.255.255/1, expecting 128.0.0.0/1"},
 		{"255.255.255.255/32", ""},
 	}