diff --git a/docs/toml.md b/docs/toml.md
index 7355cf6ba..9689fafa6 100644
--- a/docs/toml.md
+++ b/docs/toml.md
@@ -584,7 +584,8 @@ Labels can be used on containers to override default behaviour:
 - `traefik.frontend.rule=Host:test.traefik.io`: override the default frontend rule (Default: `Host:{containerName}.{domain}`).
 - `traefik.frontend.passHostHeader=true`: forward client `Host` header to the backend.
 - `traefik.frontend.entryPoints=http,https`: assign this frontend to entry points `http` and `https`. Overrides `defaultEntryPoints`.
-* `traefik.domain=traefik.localhost`: override the default domain
+- `traefik.domain=traefik.localhost`: override the default domain
+- `traefik.docker.network`: Set the docker network to use for connections to this container
 
 
 ## Marathon backend
@@ -689,7 +690,7 @@ Træfɪk can be configured to use Kubernetes Ingress as a backend configuration:
 # and KUBERNETES_SERVICE_PORT_HTTPS as endpoint
 # Secure token will be found in /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
 # and SSL CA cert in /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt
-# 
+#
 # Optional
 #
 # endpoint = "http://localhost:8080"
@@ -1025,4 +1026,3 @@ Once the `/traefik/alias` key is updated, the new `/traefik_configurations/2` co
 | `/traefik_configurations/2/backends/backend1/servers/server2/weight`    | `5`                        |
 
 Note that Træfɪk *will not watch for key changes in the `/traefik_configurations` prefix*. It will only watch for changes in the `/traefik` prefix. Further, if the `/traefik/alias` key is set, all other sibling keys with the `/traefik` prefix are ignored.
-
diff --git a/provider/docker.go b/provider/docker.go
index f04a82c03..542f244ab 100644
--- a/provider/docker.go
+++ b/provider/docker.go
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ func (provider *Docker) Provide(configurationChan chan<- types.ConfigMessage, po
 func (provider *Docker) loadDockerConfig(containersInspected []dockertypes.ContainerJSON) *types.Configuration {
 	var DockerFuncMap = template.FuncMap{
 		"getBackend":        provider.getBackend,
+		"getIPAddress":      provider.getIPAddress,
 		"getPort":           provider.getPort,
 		"getWeight":         provider.getWeight,
 		"getDomain":         provider.getDomain,
@@ -245,6 +246,22 @@ func (provider *Docker) getBackend(container dockertypes.ContainerJSON) string {
 	return normalize(container.Name)
 }
 
+func (provider *Docker) getIPAddress(container dockertypes.ContainerJSON) string {
+	if label, err := getLabel(container, "traefik.docker.network"); err == nil && label != "" {
+		networks := container.NetworkSettings.Networks
+		if networks != nil {
+			network := networks[label]
+			if network != nil {
+				return network.IPAddress
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	for _, network := range container.NetworkSettings.Networks {
+		return network.IPAddress
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
 func (provider *Docker) getPort(container dockertypes.ContainerJSON) string {
 	if label, err := getLabel(container, "traefik.port"); err == nil {
 		return label
diff --git a/provider/docker_test.go b/provider/docker_test.go
index 417a120d4..3605d280a 100644
--- a/provider/docker_test.go
+++ b/provider/docker_test.go
@@ -203,6 +203,82 @@ func TestDockerGetBackend(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDockerGetIPAddress(t *testing.T) { // TODO
+	provider := &Docker{}
+
+	containers := []struct {
+		container docker.ContainerJSON
+		expected  string
+	}{
+		{
+			container: docker.ContainerJSON{
+				ContainerJSONBase: &docker.ContainerJSONBase{
+					Name: "bar",
+				},
+				Config: &container.Config{},
+				NetworkSettings: &docker.NetworkSettings{
+					Networks: map[string]*network.EndpointSettings{
+						"testnet": {
+							IPAddress: "10.11.12.13",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expected: "10.11.12.13",
+		},
+		{
+			container: docker.ContainerJSON{
+				ContainerJSONBase: &docker.ContainerJSONBase{
+					Name: "bar",
+				},
+				Config: &container.Config{
+					Labels: map[string]string{
+						"traefik.docker.network": "testnet",
+					},
+				},
+				NetworkSettings: &docker.NetworkSettings{
+					Networks: map[string]*network.EndpointSettings{
+						"nottestnet": {
+							IPAddress: "10.11.12.13",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expected: "10.11.12.13",
+		},
+		{
+			container: docker.ContainerJSON{
+				ContainerJSONBase: &docker.ContainerJSONBase{
+					Name: "bar",
+				},
+				Config: &container.Config{
+					Labels: map[string]string{
+						"traefik.docker.network": "testnet2",
+					},
+				},
+				NetworkSettings: &docker.NetworkSettings{
+					Networks: map[string]*network.EndpointSettings{
+						"testnet1": {
+							IPAddress: "10.11.12.13",
+						},
+						"testnet2": {
+							IPAddress: "10.11.12.14",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expected: "10.11.12.14",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, e := range containers {
+		actual := provider.getIPAddress(e.container)
+		if actual != e.expected {
+			t.Fatalf("expected %q, got %q", e.expected, actual)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestDockerGetPort(t *testing.T) {
 	provider := &Docker{}
 
diff --git a/templates/docker.tmpl b/templates/docker.tmpl
index f43bef8b4..08e1f54b5 100644
--- a/templates/docker.tmpl
+++ b/templates/docker.tmpl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [backends]{{range .Containers}}
     [backends.backend-{{getBackend .}}.servers.server-{{.Name | replace "/" "" | replace "." "-"}}]
-    url = "{{getProtocol .}}://{{range $i := .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{if $i}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}{{end}}:{{getPort .}}"
+    url = "{{getProtocol .}}://{{getIPAddress .}}:{{getPort .}}"
     weight = {{getWeight .}}
 {{end}}