diff --git a/drivers/vmwarefusion/fusion_darwin.go b/drivers/vmwarefusion/fusion_darwin.go
index fb22c96ab..b1dcff5ed 100644
--- a/drivers/vmwarefusion/fusion_darwin.go
+++ b/drivers/vmwarefusion/fusion_darwin.go
@@ -194,6 +194,11 @@ func (d *Driver) GetIP() (string, error) {
 		return "", err
 	}
 
+	// attempt to find the address from vmrun
+	if ip, err := d.getIPfromVmrun(); err == nil {
+		return ip, err
+	}
+
 	// attempt to find the address in the vmnet configuration
 	if ip, err := d.getIPfromVmnetConfiguration(macaddr); err == nil {
 		return ip, err
@@ -535,6 +540,18 @@ func (d *Driver) getIPfromVmnetConfiguration(macaddr string) (string, error) {
 	return "", fmt.Errorf("IP not found for MAC %s in vmnet configuration files", macaddr)
 }
 
+func (d *Driver) getIPfromVmrun() (string, error) {
+	vmx := d.vmxPath()
+
+	ip := regexp.MustCompile(`(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)`)
+	stdout, _, _ := vmrun("getGuestIPAddress", vmx)
+	if matches := ip.FindStringSubmatch(stdout); matches != nil {
+		return matches[1], nil
+	}
+
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("could not get IP from vmrun")
+}
+
 func (d *Driver) getIPfromVmnetConfigurationFile(conffile, macaddr string) (string, error) {
 	var conffh *os.File
 	var confcontent []byte