diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/resources/scripts/getip.sh b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/resources/scripts/getip.sh
index 902d550..e0cdf73 100755
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/resources/scripts/getip.sh
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/resources/scripts/getip.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,17 @@
 if [ $OS_NAME = $LINUX_OS ];
 then
         #Get IP Address
-        IPADDR=`/sbin/ifconfig eth0 | grep "inet addr" | awk '{print $2}' | cut -f 2 -d ':'`
+        IPADDR=`/sbin/ifconfig eth0 | grep "inet " | awk '{print $2}' | cut -f 2 -d ':'`
+	if [ "$IPADDR" = "" ]
+        then
+		IPADDR=`/sbin/ifconfig lo | grep "inet " | awk '{print $2}' | cut -f 2 -d ':'`
+        fi 
 else
         IPADDR=`/sbin/ifconfig en1 | grep "inet " | awk '{print $2}' | cut -f 2 -d ':'`
+	if [ "$IPADDR" = "" ]
+        then
+                IPADDR=`/sbin/ifconfig lo0 | grep "inet " | awk '{print $2}' | cut -f 2 -d ':'`
+        fi
+
 fi
 echo $IPADDR