diff --git a/lib/vagrant-lxc/driver.rb b/lib/vagrant-lxc/driver.rb
index bccb09e..f15f629 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-lxc/driver.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-lxc/driver.rb
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ module Vagrant
       def assigned_ip
         ip = ''
         retryable(:on => LXC::Errors::ExecuteError, :tries => 10, :sleep => 3) do
-          unless ip = get_container_ip_from_ifconfig
+          unless ip = get_container_ip_from_ip_addr
             # retry
             raise LXC::Errors::ExecuteError, :command => "lxc-attach"
           end
@@ -118,9 +118,10 @@ module Vagrant
         ip
       end
 
-      def get_container_ip_from_ifconfig
-        output = @cli.attach '/sbin/ifconfig', '-v', 'eth0', namespaces: 'network'
-        if output =~ /\s+inet addr:([0-9.]+)\s+/
+      # From: https://github.com/lxc/lxc/blob/staging/src/python-lxc/lxc/__init__.py#L371-L385
+      def get_container_ip_from_ip_addr
+        output = @cli.attach '/sbin/ip', '-4', 'addr', 'show', 'scope', 'global', 'eth0', namespaces: 'network'
+        if output =~ /^\s+inet ([0-9.]+)\/[0-9]+\s+/
           return $1.to_s
         end
       end
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/sample-ifconfig-output b/spec/fixtures/sample-ifconfig-output
deleted file mode 100644
index bb481a6..0000000
--- a/spec/fixtures/sample-ifconfig-output
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:3e:7c:dd:44  
-          inet addr:10.0.3.109  Bcast:10.0.3.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
-          inet6 addr: fe80::216:3eff:fe7c:dd44/64 Scope:Link
-          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
-          RX packets:204 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
-          TX packets:203 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
-          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
-          RX bytes:29663 (29.6 KB)  TX bytes:30168 (30.1 KB)
-
-lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
-          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
-          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
-          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
-          RX packets:73 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
-          TX packets:73 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
-          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
-          RX bytes:34173 (34.1 KB)  TX bytes:34173 (34.1 KB)
-
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/sample-ip-addr-output b/spec/fixtures/sample-ip-addr-output
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eafc9ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/sample-ip-addr-output
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+49: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000
+    inet 10.0.254.137/24 brd 10.0.254.255 scope global eth0
diff --git a/spec/unit/driver_spec.rb b/spec/unit/driver_spec.rb
index 9eb5e6d..f593319 100644
--- a/spec/unit/driver_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/driver_spec.rb
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ describe Vagrant::LXC::Driver do
   end
 
   describe 'assigned ip' do
-    # This ip is set on the sample-ifconfig-output fixture
-    let(:ip)              { "10.0.3.109" }
-    let(:ifconfig_output) { File.read('spec/fixtures/sample-ifconfig-output') }
+    # This ip is set on the sample-ip-addr-output fixture
+    let(:ip)              { "10.0.254.137" }
+    let(:ifconfig_output) { File.read('spec/fixtures/sample-ip-addr-output') }
     let(:name)            { 'random-container-name' }
     let(:cli)             { fire_double('Vagrant::LXC::Driver::CLI', :attach => ifconfig_output) }
 
@@ -136,7 +136,16 @@ describe Vagrant::LXC::Driver do
     context 'when ip for eth0 gets returned from lxc-attach call' do
       it 'gets parsed from ifconfig output' do
         subject.assigned_ip.should == ip
-        cli.should have_received(:attach).with('/sbin/ifconfig', '-v', 'eth0', namespaces: 'network')
+        cli.should have_received(:attach).with(
+          '/sbin/ip',
+          '-4',
+          'addr',
+          'show',
+          'scope',
+          'global',
+          'eth0',
+          namespaces: 'network'
+        )
       end
     end
   end