diff --git a/lib/vagrant-lxc/action/fetch_ip_with_lxc_info.rb b/lib/vagrant-lxc/action/fetch_ip_with_lxc_info.rb
index 38882ac..50d56a3 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-lxc/action/fetch_ip_with_lxc_info.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-lxc/action/fetch_ip_with_lxc_info.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ module Vagrant
           fetch_ip_tries = config.fetch_ip_tries
           driver = env[:machine].provider.driver
           ip = ''
+          return config.ssh_ip_addr if not config.ssh_ip_addr.nil?
           retryable(:on => LXC::Errors::ExecuteError, :tries => fetch_ip_tries, :sleep => 3) do
             unless ip = get_container_ip_from_ip_addr(driver)
               # retry
diff --git a/lib/vagrant-lxc/config.rb b/lib/vagrant-lxc/config.rb
index 0a117c3..66f1410 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-lxc/config.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-lxc/config.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ module Vagrant
 
       attr_accessor :fetch_ip_tries
 
+      attr_accessor :ssh_ip_addr
+
       # Whether the container needs to be privileged. Defaults to true (unprivileged containers
       # is a very new feature in vagrant-lxc). If false, will try creating an unprivileged
       # container. If it can't, will revert to the old "sudo wrapper" method to create a privileged
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ module Vagrant
         @container_name = UNSET_VALUE
         @tmpfs_mount_size = UNSET_VALUE
         @fetch_ip_tries = UNSET_VALUE
+        @ssh_ip_addr = UNSET_VALUE
         @privileged = UNSET_VALUE
       end
 
@@ -66,6 +69,7 @@ module Vagrant
         @existing_container_name = nil if @existing_container_name == UNSET_VALUE
         @tmpfs_mount_size = '2G' if @tmpfs_mount_size == UNSET_VALUE
         @fetch_ip_tries = 10 if @fetch_ip_tries == UNSET_VALUE
+        @ssh_ip_addr = nil if @ssh_ip_addr == UNSET_VALUE
         @privileged = true if @privileged == UNSET_VALUE
       end
     end