diff --git a/plugins/guests/debian/cap/change_host_name.rb b/plugins/guests/debian/cap/change_host_name.rb
index 877416cc3..8f31341b7 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/debian/cap/change_host_name.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/debian/cap/change_host_name.rb
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ module VagrantPlugins
               if test -f /etc/init.d/hostname.sh; then
                 /etc/init.d/hostname.sh start || true
               fi
+              if test -x /sbin/dhclient ; then
+                /sbin/dhclient -r
+                /sbin/dhclient -nw
+              fi
             EOH
           end
         end