diff --git a/lib/linux_admin.rb b/lib/linux_admin.rb
index 40b4b4c..58b87eb 100644
--- a/lib/linux_admin.rb
+++ b/lib/linux_admin.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 require 'linux_admin/volume_group'
 require 'linux_admin/scap'
 require 'linux_admin/time_date'
+require 'linux_admin/ip_address'
 
 module LinuxAdmin
   extend Common
diff --git a/lib/linux_admin/ip_address.rb b/lib/linux_admin/ip_address.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5653bb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/linux_admin/ip_address.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+module LinuxAdmin
+  class IpAddress
+    include Common
+
+    def address
+      address_list.detect { |ip| IPAddr.new(ip).ipv4? }
+    end
+
+    def address6
+      address_list.detect { |ip| IPAddr.new(ip).ipv6? }
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def address_list
+      result = nil
+      # Added retry to account for slow DHCP not assigning an IP quickly at boot; specifically:
+      # https://github.com/ManageIQ/manageiq-appliance/commit/160d8ccbfbfd617bdb5445e56cdab66b9323b15b
+      5.times do
+        result = run(cmd("hostname"), :params => ["-I"])
+        break if result.success?
+      end
+
+      result.success? ? result.output.split(' ') : []
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/ip_address_spec.rb b/spec/ip_address_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7069f1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/ip_address_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+describe LinuxAdmin::IpAddress do
+  let(:ip) { described_class.new }
+
+  SPAWN_ARGS = [
+    described_class.new.cmd("hostname"),
+    :params => ["-I"]
+  ]
+
+  def result(output, exit_status)
+    AwesomeSpawn::CommandResult.new("", output, "", exit_status)
+  end
+
+  describe "#address" do
+    it "returns an address" do
+      ip_addr = "192.168.1.2"
+      expect(AwesomeSpawn).to receive(:run).with(*SPAWN_ARGS).and_return(result(ip_addr, 0))
+      expect(ip.address).to eq(ip_addr)
+    end
+
+    it "returns nil when no address is found" do
+      ip_addr = ""
+      expect(AwesomeSpawn).to receive(:run).at_least(5).times.with(*SPAWN_ARGS).and_return(result(ip_addr, 1))
+      expect(ip.address).to be_nil
+    end
+
+    it "returns only IPv4 addresses" do
+      ip_addr = "fd12:3456:789a:1::1 192.168.1.2"
+      expect(AwesomeSpawn).to receive(:run).with(*SPAWN_ARGS).and_return(result(ip_addr, 0))
+      expect(ip.address).to eq("192.168.1.2")
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#address6" do
+    it "returns an address" do
+      ip_addr = "fd12:3456:789a:1::1"
+      expect(AwesomeSpawn).to receive(:run).with(*SPAWN_ARGS).and_return(result(ip_addr, 0))
+      expect(ip.address6).to eq(ip_addr)
+    end
+
+    it "returns nil when no address is found" do
+      ip_addr = ""
+      expect(AwesomeSpawn).to receive(:run).at_least(5).times.with(*SPAWN_ARGS).and_return(result(ip_addr, 1))
+      expect(ip.address6).to be_nil
+    end
+
+    it "returns only IPv6 addresses" do
+      ip_addr = "192.168.1.2 fd12:3456:789a:1::1"
+      expect(AwesomeSpawn).to receive(:run).with(*SPAWN_ARGS).and_return(result(ip_addr, 0))
+      expect(ip.address6).to eq("fd12:3456:789a:1::1")
+    end
+  end
+end