diff --git a/spring-cloud-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/commons/util/InetUtils.java b/spring-cloud-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/commons/util/InetUtils.java
index 34f31a30..93daeb62 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/commons/util/InetUtils.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/commons/util/InetUtils.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.net.NetworkInterface;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ public class InetUtils implements Closeable {
 							InetAddress address = addrs.nextElement();
 							if (address instanceof Inet4Address
 									&& !address.isLoopbackAddress()
-									&& !ignoreAddress(address)) {
+									&& isPreferredAddress(address)) {
 								log.trace("Found non-loopback interface: "
 										+ ifc.getDisplayName());
 								result = address;
@@ -128,19 +129,26 @@ public class InetUtils implements Closeable {
 		return null;
 	}
 
-	/** for testing */ boolean ignoreAddress(InetAddress address) {
+	/** for testing */ boolean isPreferredAddress(InetAddress address) {
 
-		if (this.properties.isUseOnlySiteLocalInterfaces() && !address.isSiteLocalAddress()) {
-			log.trace("Ignoring address: " + address.getHostAddress());
+		if (this.properties.isUseOnlySiteLocalInterfaces()) {
+			final boolean siteLocalAddress = address.isSiteLocalAddress();
+			if (!siteLocalAddress) {
+				log.trace("Ignoring address: " + address.getHostAddress());
+			}
+			return siteLocalAddress;
+		}
+		final List<String> preferredNetworks = this.properties.getPreferredNetworks();
+		if (preferredNetworks.isEmpty()) {
 			return true;
 		}
-	
-		for (String regex : this.properties.getPreferredNetworks()) {
-		if (!address.getHostAddress().matches(regex) && !address.getHostAddress().startsWith(regex)) {
-			log.trace("Ignoring address: " + address.getHostAddress());
+		for (String regex : preferredNetworks) {
+			final String hostAddress = address.getHostAddress();
+			if (hostAddress.matches(regex) || hostAddress.startsWith(regex)) {
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
+		log.trace("Ignoring address: " + address.getHostAddress());
 		return false;
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-commons/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/commons/util/InetUtilsTests.java b/spring-cloud-commons/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/commons/util/InetUtilsTests.java
index 8b8e4f3b..abcbe727 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-commons/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/commons/util/InetUtilsTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-commons/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/commons/util/InetUtilsTests.java
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.commons.util;
 
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
+
 import org.springframework.cloud.commons.util.InetUtils.HostInfo;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ public class InetUtilsTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testHostInfo() throws Exception {
+	public void testHostInfo() {
 		try (InetUtils utils = new InetUtils(new InetUtilsProperties())) {
 			HostInfo info = utils.findFirstNonLoopbackHostInfo();
 			assertNotNull(info.getIpAddressAsInt());
@@ -92,30 +94,46 @@ public class InetUtilsTests {
 		properties.setUseOnlySiteLocalInterfaces(true);
 
 		try (InetUtils utils = new InetUtils(properties)) {
-			assertFalse(utils.ignoreAddress(InetAddress.getByName("192.168.0.1")));
-			assertTrue(utils.ignoreAddress(InetAddress.getByName("5.5.8.1")));
+			assertTrue(utils.isPreferredAddress(InetAddress.getByName("192.168.0.1")));
+			assertFalse(utils.isPreferredAddress(InetAddress.getByName("5.5.8.1")));
 		}
 	}
 	
 	@Test
-	public void testPrefferedNetworksRegex() throws Exception {
+	public void testPreferredNetworksRegex() throws Exception {
 		InetUtilsProperties properties = new InetUtilsProperties();
-		properties.setPreferredNetworks(Arrays.asList("192.168.*"));
+		properties.setPreferredNetworks(Arrays.asList("192.168.*", "10.0.*"));
 
 		try (InetUtils utils = new InetUtils(properties)) {
-			assertFalse(utils.ignoreAddress(InetAddress.getByName("192.168.0.1")));
-			assertTrue(utils.ignoreAddress(InetAddress.getByName("5.5.8.1")));
+			assertTrue(utils.isPreferredAddress(InetAddress.getByName("192.168.0.1")));
+			assertFalse(utils.isPreferredAddress(InetAddress.getByName("5.5.8.1")));
+			assertTrue(utils.isPreferredAddress(InetAddress.getByName("10.0.10.1")));
+			assertFalse(utils.isPreferredAddress(InetAddress.getByName("10.255.10.1")));
 		}
 	}
 	
 	@Test
-	public void testPrefferedNetworksSimple() throws Exception {
+	public void testPreferredNetworksSimple() throws Exception {
 		InetUtilsProperties properties = new InetUtilsProperties();
-		properties.setPreferredNetworks(Arrays.asList("192"));
-		
+		properties.setPreferredNetworks(Arrays.asList("192", "10.0"));
+
 		try (InetUtils utils = new InetUtils(properties)) {
-			assertFalse(utils.ignoreAddress(InetAddress.getByName("192.168.0.1")));
-			assertTrue(utils.ignoreAddress(InetAddress.getByName("5.5.8.1")));
+			assertTrue(utils.isPreferredAddress(InetAddress.getByName("192.168.0.1")));
+			assertFalse(utils.isPreferredAddress(InetAddress.getByName("5.5.8.1")));
+			assertFalse(utils.isPreferredAddress(InetAddress.getByName("10.255.10.1")));
+			assertTrue(utils.isPreferredAddress(InetAddress.getByName("10.0.10.1")));
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testPreferredNetworksListIsEmpty() throws Exception {
+		InetUtilsProperties properties = new InetUtilsProperties();
+		properties.setPreferredNetworks(Collections.emptyList());
+		try (InetUtils utils = new InetUtils(properties)) {
+			assertTrue(utils.isPreferredAddress(InetAddress.getByName("192.168.0.1")));
+			assertTrue(utils.isPreferredAddress(InetAddress.getByName("5.5.8.1")));
+			assertTrue(utils.isPreferredAddress(InetAddress.getByName("10.255.10.1")));
+			assertTrue(utils.isPreferredAddress(InetAddress.getByName("10.0.10.1")));
 		}
 	}
 }