diff --git a/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c b/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c
index d77ce37baf..e8dde91b81 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c
@@ -1179,25 +1179,30 @@ static bool lxcapi_clear_config_item(struct lxc_container *c, const char *key)
 	return ret == 0;
 }
 
-char** lxcapi_get_ips(struct lxc_container *c, char* interface, char* family, int scope)
-{
-	int count = 0;
-	struct ifaddrs *interfaceArray = NULL, *tempIfAddr = NULL;
-	char addressOutputBuffer[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
-	void *tempAddrPtr = NULL;
-	char **addresses = NULL, **temp;
-	char *address = NULL;
+static inline void exit_from_ns(struct lxc_container *c, int *old_netns, int *new_netns) {
+	/* Switch back to original netns */
+	if (*old_netns >= 0 && setns(*old_netns, CLONE_NEWNET))
+		SYSERROR("failed to setns");
+	process_lock();
+	if (*new_netns >= 0)
+		close(*new_netns);
+	if (*old_netns >= 0)
+		close(*old_netns);
+	process_unlock();
+}
+
+static inline bool enter_to_ns(struct lxc_container *c, int *old_netns, int *new_netns) {
+	int ret = 0;
 	char new_netns_path[MAXPATHLEN];
-	int old_netns = -1, new_netns = -1, ret = 0;
 
 	if (!c->is_running(c))
 		goto out;
 
 	/* Save reference to old netns */
 	process_lock();
-	old_netns = open("/proc/self/ns/net", O_RDONLY);
+	*old_netns = open("/proc/self/ns/net", O_RDONLY);
 	process_unlock();
-	if (old_netns < 0) {
+	if (*old_netns < 0) {
 		SYSERROR("failed to open /proc/self/ns/net");
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -1208,17 +1213,92 @@ char** lxcapi_get_ips(struct lxc_container *c, char* interface, char* family, in
 		goto out;
 
 	process_lock();
-	new_netns = open(new_netns_path, O_RDONLY);
+	*new_netns = open(new_netns_path, O_RDONLY);
 	process_unlock();
-	if (new_netns < 0) {
+	if (*new_netns < 0) {
 		SYSERROR("failed to open %s", new_netns_path);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (setns(new_netns, CLONE_NEWNET)) {
+	if (setns(*new_netns, CLONE_NEWNET)) {
 		SYSERROR("failed to setns");
 		goto out;
 	}
+	return true;
+out:
+	exit_from_ns(c, old_netns, new_netns);
+	return false;
+}
+
+static char** lxcapi_get_interfaces(struct lxc_container *c)
+{
+	int count = 0, i;
+	bool found = false;
+	struct ifaddrs *interfaceArray = NULL, *tempIfAddr = NULL;
+	char **interfaces = NULL, **temp;
+	int old_netns = -1, new_netns = -1;
+
+	if (!enter_to_ns(c, &old_netns, &new_netns))
+		goto out;
+
+	/* Grab the list of interfaces */
+	if (getifaddrs(&interfaceArray)) {
+		SYSERROR("failed to get interfaces list");
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* Iterate through the interfaces */
+	for (tempIfAddr = interfaceArray; tempIfAddr != NULL; tempIfAddr = tempIfAddr->ifa_next) {
+		/*
+		 * WARNING: Following "for" loop does a linear search over the interfaces array
+		 * For the containers with lots of interfaces this may be problematic.
+		 * I'm not expecting this to be the common usage but if it turns out to be
+		 *     than using binary search or a hash table could be more elegant solution.
+		 */
+		for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+			if (strcmp(interfaces[i], tempIfAddr->ifa_name) == 0) {
+				found = true;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (!found) {
+			count += 1;
+			temp = realloc(interfaces, count * sizeof(*interfaces));
+			if (!temp) {
+				count -= 1;
+				goto out;
+			}
+			interfaces = temp;
+			interfaces[count - 1] = strdup(tempIfAddr->ifa_name);
+		}
+		found = false;
+    }
+
+out:
+       if (interfaceArray)
+               freeifaddrs(interfaceArray);
+
+       exit_from_ns(c, &old_netns, &new_netns);
+
+       /* Append NULL to the array */
+       interfaces = (char **)lxc_append_null_to_array((void **)interfaces, count);
+
+       return interfaces;
+}
+
+static char** lxcapi_get_ips(struct lxc_container *c, char* interface, char* family, int scope)
+{
+	int count = 0;
+	struct ifaddrs *interfaceArray = NULL, *tempIfAddr = NULL;
+	char addressOutputBuffer[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
+	void *tempAddrPtr = NULL;
+	char **addresses = NULL, **temp;
+	char *address = NULL;
+	int old_netns = -1, new_netns = -1;
+
+	if (!enter_to_ns(c, &old_netns, &new_netns))
+		goto out;
 
 	/* Grab the list of interfaces */
 	if (getifaddrs(&interfaceArray)) {
@@ -1269,30 +1349,10 @@ char** lxcapi_get_ips(struct lxc_container *c, char* interface, char* family, in
 	if(interfaceArray)
 		freeifaddrs(interfaceArray);
 
-	/* Switch back to original netns */
-	if (old_netns >= 0 && setns(old_netns, CLONE_NEWNET))
-		SYSERROR("failed to setns");
-	process_lock();
-	if (new_netns >= 0)
-		close(new_netns);
-	if (old_netns >= 0)
-		close(old_netns);
-	process_unlock();
+	exit_from_ns(c, &old_netns, &new_netns);
 
 	/* Append NULL to the array */
-	if (count) {
-		count++;
-		temp = realloc(addresses, count * sizeof(*addresses));
-		if (!temp) {
-			int i;
-			for (i = 0; i < count-1; i++)
-				free(addresses[i]);
-			free(addresses);
-			return NULL;
-		}
-		addresses = temp;
-		addresses[count - 1] = NULL;
-	}
+	addresses = (char **)lxc_append_null_to_array((void **)addresses, count);
 
 	return addresses;
 }
@@ -2642,6 +2702,7 @@ struct lxc_container *lxc_container_new(const char *name, const char *configpath
 	c->get_config_path = lxcapi_get_config_path;
 	c->set_config_path = lxcapi_set_config_path;
 	c->clone = lxcapi_clone;
+	c->get_interfaces = lxcapi_get_interfaces;
 	c->get_ips = lxcapi_get_ips;
 	c->attach = lxcapi_attach;
 	c->attach_run_wait = lxcapi_attach_run_wait;
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxccontainer.h b/src/lxc/lxccontainer.h
index f9ae43b7cd..89b55bd64e 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxccontainer.h
+++ b/src/lxc/lxccontainer.h
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ struct lxc_container {
 	 * the length which was our would be printed. */
 	int (*get_config_item)(struct lxc_container *c, const char *key, char *retv, int inlen);
 	int (*get_keys)(struct lxc_container *c, const char *key, char *retv, int inlen);
+	// Return interface names.  The result is strdup()d, so free the result.
+	char** (*get_interfaces)(struct lxc_container *c);
+	// Return IP addresses.  The result is strdup()d, so free the result.
 	char** (*get_ips)(struct lxc_container *c, char* interface, char* family, int scope);
 	/*
 	 * get_cgroup_item returns the number of bytes read, or an error (<0).
diff --git a/src/lxc/utils.c b/src/lxc/utils.c
index 00e13d5952..a908b5cafb 100644
--- a/src/lxc/utils.c
+++ b/src/lxc/utils.c
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ int lxc_write_to_file(const char *filename, const void* buf, size_t count, bool
 		return -1;
 	ret = lxc_write_nointr(fd, buf, count);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out_error; 
+		goto out_error;
 	if ((size_t)ret != count)
 		goto out_error;
 	if (add_newline) {
@@ -935,3 +935,23 @@ int lxc_read_from_file(const char *filename, void* buf, size_t count)
 	errno = saved_errno;
 	return ret;
 }
+
+void **lxc_append_null_to_array(void **array, size_t count)
+{
+	void **temp;
+
+	/* Append NULL to the array */
+	if (count) {
+		temp = realloc(array, (count + 1) * sizeof(*array));
+		if (!temp) {
+			int i;
+			for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
+				free(array[i]);
+			free(array);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		array = temp;
+		array[count] = NULL;
+	}
+	return array;
+}
diff --git a/src/lxc/utils.h b/src/lxc/utils.h
index ba7cfb3efc..55f98fa875 100644
--- a/src/lxc/utils.h
+++ b/src/lxc/utils.h
@@ -236,4 +236,5 @@ extern void lxc_free_array(void **array, lxc_free_fn element_free_fn);
 extern size_t lxc_array_len(void **array);
 extern void **lxc_dup_array(void **array, lxc_dup_fn element_dup_fn, lxc_free_fn element_free_fn);
 
+extern void **lxc_append_null_to_array(void **array, size_t count);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/python-lxc/examples/api_test.py b/src/python-lxc/examples/api_test.py
index e078d2bcd4..47543321d4 100644
--- a/src/python-lxc/examples/api_test.py
+++ b/src/python-lxc/examples/api_test.py
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@
 assert(container.running)
 assert(container.state == "RUNNING")
 
+
+## Checking IP address
+print("Getting the interface names")
+assert(container.get_interfaces() == ('lo', 'eth0'))
+
 ## Checking IP address
 print("Getting the IP addresses")
 
diff --git a/src/python-lxc/lxc.c b/src/python-lxc/lxc.c
index bd053a7b23..b6e08047a1 100644
--- a/src/python-lxc/lxc.c
+++ b/src/python-lxc/lxc.c
@@ -410,6 +410,52 @@ Container_get_keys(Container *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
     return ret;
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+Container_get_interfaces(Container *self)
+{
+    int i = 0;
+    char** interfaces = NULL;
+
+    PyObject* ret;
+
+    /* Get the interfaces */
+    interfaces = self->container->get_interfaces(self->container);
+    if (!interfaces)
+        return PyTuple_New(0);
+
+    /* Count the entries */
+    while (interfaces[i])
+        i++;
+
+    /* Create the new tuple */
+    ret = PyTuple_New(i);
+    if (!ret)
+        return NULL;
+
+    /* Add the entries to the tuple and free the memory */
+    i = 0;
+    while (interfaces[i]) {
+        PyObject *unicode = PyUnicode_FromString(interfaces[i]);
+        if (!unicode) {
+            Py_DECREF(ret);
+            ret = NULL;
+            break;
+        }
+        PyTuple_SET_ITEM(ret, i, unicode);
+        i++;
+    }
+
+    /* Free the list of IPs */
+    i = 0;
+    while (interfaces[i]) {
+        free(interfaces[i]);
+        i++;
+    }
+    free(interfaces);
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
 static PyObject *
 Container_get_ips(Container *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 {
@@ -898,15 +944,15 @@ LXC_arch_to_personality(PyObject *self, PyObject *arg)
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "Expected a string");
         return NULL;
     }
-    
+
     pystr = PyUnicode_AsUTF8String(arg);
     if (!pystr)
         return NULL;
-    
+
     str = PyBytes_AsString(pystr);
     if (!str)
         goto out;
-    
+
     rv = lxc_config_parse_arch(str);
     if (rv == -1)
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_KeyError, "Failed to lookup architecture.");
@@ -1025,6 +1071,12 @@ static PyMethodDef Container_methods[] = {
      "\n"
      "Get a list of valid sub-keys for a key."
     },
+    {"get_interfaces", (PyCFunction)Container_get_interfaces,
+     METH_NOARGS,
+     "get_interface() -> tuple\n"
+     "\n"
+     "Get a tuple of interfaces for the container."
+    },
     {"get_ips", (PyCFunction)Container_get_ips,
      METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS,
      "get_ips(interface, family, scope) -> tuple\n"
@@ -1205,7 +1257,7 @@ PyInit__lxc(void)
 
     /* add constants */
     d = PyModule_GetDict(m);
- 
+
     #define PYLXC_EXPORT_CONST(c) PyDict_SetItemString(d, #c, PyLong_FromLong(c))
 
     /* environment variable handling */
diff --git a/src/python-lxc/lxc/__init__.py b/src/python-lxc/lxc/__init__.py
index 3fb76dc021..6a29903d15 100644
--- a/src/python-lxc/lxc/__init__.py
+++ b/src/python-lxc/lxc/__init__.py
@@ -333,6 +333,14 @@ def get_keys(self, key=None):
         else:
             return value
 
+    def get_interfaces(self):
+        """
+            Get a tuple of interfaces for the container.
+        """
+
+        return _lxc.Container.get_interfaces(self)
+
+
     def get_ips(self, interface=None, family=None, scope=None, timeout=0):
         """
             Get a tuple of IPs for the container.