diff --git a/lib/vSphere/cap/public_address.rb b/lib/vSphere/cap/public_address.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec143ad8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vSphere/cap/public_address.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+module VagrantPlugins
+  module VSphere
+    module Cap
+      module PublicAddress
+        def self.public_address(machine)
+          return nil if machine.state.id != :running
+
+          ssh_info = machine.ssh_info
+          return nil unless ssh_info
+          ssh_info[:host]
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/vSphere/plugin.rb b/lib/vSphere/plugin.rb
index cbd447bd..fb0b188d 100644
--- a/lib/vSphere/plugin.rb
+++ b/lib/vSphere/plugin.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ class Plugin < Vagrant.plugin('2')
         Provider
       end
 
+      provider_capability('vsphere', 'public_address') do
+        require_relative 'cap/public_address'
+        Cap::PublicAddress
+      end
+
       def self.setup_i18n
         I18n.load_path << File.expand_path('locales/en.yml', VSphere.source_root)
         I18n.reload!