diff --git a/provider/docker/builder_test.go b/provider/docker/builder_test.go
index 270c25c7a..7e8a4ba5d 100644
--- a/provider/docker/builder_test.go
+++ b/provider/docker/builder_test.go
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ func networkMode(mode string) func(*docker.ContainerJSON) {
 	}
 }
 
+func nodeIP(ip string) func(*docker.ContainerJSON) {
+	return func(c *docker.ContainerJSON) {
+		c.ContainerJSONBase.Node = &docker.ContainerNode{
+			IPAddress: ip,
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func labels(labels map[string]string) func(*docker.ContainerJSON) {
 	return func(c *docker.ContainerJSON) {
 		c.Config.Labels = labels
diff --git a/provider/docker/docker.go b/provider/docker/docker.go
index fda093243..d3f9e2e73 100644
--- a/provider/docker/docker.go
+++ b/provider/docker/docker.go
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ type dockerData struct {
 	Labels          map[string]string // List of labels set to container or service
 	NetworkSettings networkSettings
 	Health          string
+	Node            *dockertypes.ContainerNode
 }
 
 // NetworkSettings holds the networks data to the Provider p
@@ -596,9 +597,13 @@ func (p *Provider) getIPAddress(container dockerData) string {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// If net==host, quick n' dirty, we return 127.0.0.1
-	// This will work locally, but will fail with swarm.
 	if "host" == container.NetworkSettings.NetworkMode {
+		if container.Node != nil {
+			if container.Node.IPAddress != "" {
+				return container.Node.IPAddress
+			}
+		}
+
 		return "127.0.0.1"
 	}
 
@@ -823,6 +828,7 @@ func parseContainer(container dockertypes.ContainerJSON) dockerData {
 	if container.ContainerJSONBase != nil {
 		dockerData.Name = container.ContainerJSONBase.Name
 		dockerData.ServiceName = dockerData.Name //Default ServiceName to be the container's Name.
+		dockerData.Node = container.ContainerJSONBase.Node
 
 		if container.ContainerJSONBase.HostConfig != nil {
 			dockerData.NetworkSettings.NetworkMode = container.ContainerJSONBase.HostConfig.NetworkMode
diff --git a/provider/docker/docker_test.go b/provider/docker/docker_test.go
index 718890e3e..c760bdcf9 100644
--- a/provider/docker/docker_test.go
+++ b/provider/docker/docker_test.go
@@ -198,6 +198,19 @@ func TestDockerGetIPAddress(t *testing.T) {
 			),
 			expected: "127.0.0.1",
 		},
+		{
+			container: containerJSON(
+				networkMode("host"),
+			),
+			expected: "127.0.0.1",
+		},
+		{
+			container: containerJSON(
+				networkMode("host"),
+				nodeIP("10.0.0.5"),
+			),
+			expected: "10.0.0.5",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for containerID, e := range containers {