diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4c3fa11..14585d5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ### Changed
 - Change `protobuf` file definitions from http://github.com/skycoin/hardware-wallet-protob.git to http://github.com/fibercrypto/skywallet-go.git
+- Be able to set the emulator ip as argument.
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/src/skywallet/helper.go b/src/skywallet/helper.go
index 0cb629a..596bf99 100644
--- a/src/skywallet/helper.go
+++ b/src/skywallet/helper.go
@@ -88,15 +88,23 @@ func initUsb() []usb.Bus {
 }
 
 // NewDriver create a new device driver
-func NewDriver(deviceType DeviceType) (*Driver, error) {
+func NewDriver(deviceType DeviceType, emulatorAddress ...string) (*Driver, error) {
 	switch deviceType {
 	case DeviceTypeUSB:
+		if len(emulatorAddress) > 0 {
+			log.WithField("emulatorAddress", emulatorAddress).Warningln("ip addresses ignored as this does not make sense for physical device")
+		}
 		return &Driver{
 			deviceType: deviceType,
 			bus:        usb.Init(initUsb()...),
 		}, nil
 	case DeviceTypeEmulator:
-		udpBus, err := usb.InitUDP([]int{EmulatorPort})
+		if len(emulatorAddress) == 0 {
+			emulatorAddress = []string{"127.0.0.1"}
+		} else if len(emulatorAddress) > 1 {
+			return nil, WrrInvalidArgCountForEmulatorIpAddress
+		}
+		udpBus, err := usb.InitUDP([]int{EmulatorPort}, emulatorAddress[0])
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/src/skywallet/skywallet.go b/src/skywallet/skywallet.go
index 09a0ca7..416ee2e 100644
--- a/src/skywallet/skywallet.go
+++ b/src/skywallet/skywallet.go
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ var (
 	ErrDeviceTypeEmulator = errors.New("device type cannot be emulator")
 	// ErrInvalidWordCount is returned if word count is not valid mnemonic word length
 	ErrInvalidWordCount = errors.New("word count must be 12 or 24")
+	// WrrInvalidArgCountForEmulatorIpAddress emulator ip address is the only one expected argument for emulatorAddress
+	WrrInvalidArgCountForEmulatorIpAddress = errors.New("emulator ip address is the only one expected argument for emulatorAddress")
 	// ErrNoDeviceConnected is returned if no device is connected to the system
 	ErrNoDeviceConnected = errors.New("no device connected")
 	// ErrInvalidWalletType a valid wallet type should  be specified
@@ -141,8 +143,8 @@ func DeviceTypeFromString(deviceType string) DeviceType {
 var devSingleCreator sync.Once
 var devSingleInstance *Device
 
-func newDevice(deviceType DeviceType) *Device {
-	driver, err := NewDriver(deviceType)
+func newDevice(deviceType DeviceType, emulatorAddress ...string) *Device {
+	driver, err := NewDriver(deviceType, emulatorAddress...)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("failed to create driver: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -158,11 +160,11 @@ func newDevice(deviceType DeviceType) *Device {
 }
 
 // NewDevice returns a new device instance
-func NewDevice(deviceType DeviceType) *Device {
+func NewDevice(deviceType DeviceType, emulatorAddress ...string) *Device {
 	// TODO rename NewDevice to DeviceInstance as this is a singleton
 	// implementation.
 	devSingleCreator.Do(func() {
-		devSingleInstance = newDevice(deviceType)
+		devSingleInstance = newDevice(deviceType, emulatorAddress...)
 	})
 	return devSingleInstance
 }
diff --git a/src/skywallet/usb/udp.go b/src/skywallet/usb/udp.go
index 56e6249..a990aa8 100644
--- a/src/skywallet/usb/udp.go
+++ b/src/skywallet/usb/udp.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package usb
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net"
 	"strconv"
@@ -10,16 +11,17 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	emulatorPrefix  = "emulator"
-	emulatorAddress = "127.0.0.1"
 )
 
 type UDP struct {
 	ports []int
+	emulatorAddress string
 }
 
-func InitUDP(ports []int) (*UDP, error) {
+func InitUDP(ports []int, emulatorAddress string) (*UDP, error) {
 	udp := UDP{
 		ports: ports,
+		emulatorAddress: emulatorAddress,
 	}
 
 	return &udp, nil
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ func (udp *UDP) Connect(path string) (Device, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	address := emulatorAddress + ":" + strconv.Itoa(port)
+	address := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", udp.emulatorAddress, port)
 	dev, err := net.Dial("udp", address)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err