diff --git a/packager/react-native-xcode.sh b/packager/react-native-xcode.sh
index ec4e0d14de3c75..c96149d03e2454 100755
--- a/packager/react-native-xcode.sh
+++ b/packager/react-native-xcode.sh
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ if [[ "$CONFIGURATION" = "Debug" && "$PLATFORM_NAME" != "iphonesimulator" ]]; th
   PLISTBUDDY='/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy'
   PLIST=$TARGET_BUILD_DIR/$INFOPLIST_PATH
   IP=$(ipconfig getifaddr en0)
+  if [ -z "$IP" ]; then
+    IP=$(ifconfig | grep 'inet ' | grep -v 127.0.0.1 | cut -d\   -f2  | awk 'NR==1{print $1}')
+  fi
   $PLISTBUDDY -c "Add NSAppTransportSecurity:NSExceptionDomains:localhost:NSTemporaryExceptionAllowsInsecureHTTPLoads bool true" "$PLIST"
   $PLISTBUDDY -c "Add NSAppTransportSecurity:NSExceptionDomains:$IP.xip.io:NSTemporaryExceptionAllowsInsecureHTTPLoads bool true" "$PLIST"
   echo "$IP.xip.io" > "$DEST/ip.txt"