diff --git a/libpod/container_internal_linux.go b/libpod/container_internal_linux.go
index 9e6ae9f025..c2ec02e574 100644
--- a/libpod/container_internal_linux.go
+++ b/libpod/container_internal_linux.go
@@ -2154,11 +2154,24 @@ func (c *Container) getHosts() string {
 				}
 			}
 		} else if c.config.NetMode.IsSlirp4netns() {
-			gatewayIP, err := GetSlirp4netnsGateway(c.slirp4netnsSubnet)
-			if err != nil {
-				logrus.Warn("Failed to determine gatewayIP: ", err.Error())
-			} else {
-				hosts += fmt.Sprintf("%s host.containers.internal\n", gatewayIP.String())
+			// getLocalIP returns the non loopback local IP of the host
+			getLocalIP := func() string {
+				addrs, err := net.InterfaceAddrs()
+				if err != nil {
+					return ""
+				}
+				for _, address := range addrs {
+					// check the address type and if it is not a loopback the display it
+					if ipnet, ok := address.(*net.IPNet); ok && !ipnet.IP.IsLoopback() {
+						if ipnet.IP.To4() != nil {
+							return ipnet.IP.String()
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				return ""
+			}
+			if ip := getLocalIP(); ip != "" {
+				hosts += fmt.Sprintf("%s\t%s\n", ip, "host.containers.internal")
 			}
 		} else {
 			logrus.Debug("Network configuration does not support host.containers.internal address")
diff --git a/test/system/500-networking.bats b/test/system/500-networking.bats
index 4d36163d73..2b5ad44dc4 100644
--- a/test/system/500-networking.bats
+++ b/test/system/500-networking.bats
@@ -139,10 +139,11 @@ load helpers
 
 @test "podman run with slirp4ns assigns correct addresses to /etc/hosts" {
     CIDR="$(random_rfc1918_subnet)"
+    IP=$(hostname -I | cut -f 1 -d " ")
     local conname=con-$(random_string 10)
     run_podman run --rm --network slirp4netns:cidr="${CIDR}.0/24" \
                 --name $conname --hostname $conname $IMAGE cat /etc/hosts
-    is "$output"   ".*${CIDR}.2 host.containers.internal"   "host.containers.internal should be the cidr+2 address"
+    is "$output"   ".*${IP}	host.containers.internal"   "host.containers.internal should be the cidr+2 address"
     is "$output"   ".*${CIDR}.100	$conname $conname"   "$conname should be the cidr+100 address"
 }