diff --git a/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulDiscoveryClient.java b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulDiscoveryClient.java
index fd861136..d29f56e8 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulDiscoveryClient.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulDiscoveryClient.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.consul.discovery;
 
-import static org.springframework.cloud.consul.discovery.Utils.getCatalogServiceHost;
+import static org.springframework.cloud.consul.discovery.IpAddressUtils.getCatalogServiceHost;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
diff --git a/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulDiscoveryProperties.java b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulDiscoveryProperties.java
index e2346e15..b5ab8fa0 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulDiscoveryProperties.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulDiscoveryProperties.java
@@ -16,18 +16,19 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.consul.discovery;
 
+import static org.springframework.cloud.consul.discovery.IpAddressUtils.getFirstNonLoopbackAddress;
+
 import java.net.InetAddress;
-import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.Data;
-
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.Setter;
 import lombok.extern.apachecommons.CommonsLog;
+
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
 
 /**
@@ -78,13 +79,9 @@ public class ConsulDiscoveryProperties {
 
 	private String[] initHostInfo() {
 		String[] info = new String[2];
-		try {
-			info[0] = InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostAddress();
-			info[1] = InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName();
-		}
-		catch (UnknownHostException ex) {
-			log.error("Cannot get host info", ex);
-		}
+		InetAddress address = getFirstNonLoopbackAddress();
+		info[0] = address.getHostAddress();
+		info[1] = address.getHostName();
 		return info;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulServer.java b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulServer.java
index 29c39d3f..f563d774 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulServer.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulServer.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.consul.discovery;
 
-import static org.springframework.cloud.consul.discovery.Utils.getCatalogServiceHost;
+import static org.springframework.cloud.consul.discovery.IpAddressUtils.getCatalogServiceHost;
 
 import com.ecwid.consul.v1.catalog.model.CatalogService;
 import com.netflix.loadbalancer.Server;
diff --git a/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/Utils.java b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/IpAddressUtils.java
similarity index 53%
rename from spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/Utils.java
rename to spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/IpAddressUtils.java
index ebb79a1d..c62ec927 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/Utils.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/IpAddressUtils.java
@@ -16,13 +16,24 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.consul.discovery;
 
-import com.ecwid.consul.v1.catalog.model.CatalogService;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.Inet4Address;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.NetworkInterface;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+
+import lombok.SneakyThrows;
+import lombok.extern.apachecommons.CommonsLog;
+
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
+import com.ecwid.consul.v1.catalog.model.CatalogService;
+
 /**
  * @author Spencer Gibb
  */
-public class Utils {
+@CommonsLog
+public class IpAddressUtils {
 
 	public static String getCatalogServiceHost(CatalogService service, boolean preferAddress) {
 		if (preferAddress) {
@@ -35,4 +46,26 @@ public class Utils {
 		return service.getNode();
 	}
 
+	@SneakyThrows
+	public static InetAddress getFirstNonLoopbackAddress() {
+		try {
+			for (Enumeration<NetworkInterface> enumNic = NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces();
+				 enumNic.hasMoreElements(); ) {
+				NetworkInterface ifc = enumNic.nextElement();
+				if (ifc.isUp()) {
+					for (Enumeration<InetAddress> enumAddr = ifc.getInetAddresses();
+						 enumAddr.hasMoreElements(); ) {
+						InetAddress address = enumAddr.nextElement();
+						if (address instanceof Inet4Address && !address.isLoopbackAddress()) {
+							return address;
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		catch (IOException ex) {
+			log.error("Cannot get host info", ex);
+		}
+		return InetAddress.getLocalHost();
+	}
 }