diff --git a/lib/vagrant/util/guest_inspection.rb b/lib/vagrant/util/guest_inspection.rb
index 468bb658d..93be3b78a 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/util/guest_inspection.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/util/guest_inspection.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,25 @@ module Vagrant
           comm.test("systemctl -q is-active systemd-networkd.service", sudo: true)
         end
 
+        # Check if a unit file with the given name is defined. Name can
+        # be a pattern or explicit name.
+        #
+        # @param [Vagrant::Plugin::V2::Communicator] comm Guest communicator
+        # @param [String] name Name or pattern to search
+        # @return [Boolean]
+        def systemd_unit_file?(comm, name)
+          comm.test("systemctl -q list-unit-files | grep \"#{name}\"")
+        end
+
+        # Check if a unit is currently active within systemd
+        #
+        # @param [Vagrant::Plugin::V2::Communicator] comm Guest communicator
+        # @param [String] name Name or pattern to search
+        # @return [Boolean]
+        def systemd_unit?(comm, name)
+          comm.test("systemctl -q list-units | grep \"#{name}\"")
+        end
+
         # Check if given service is controlled by systemd
         #
         # @param [Vagrant::Plugin::V2::Communicator] comm Guest communicator
diff --git a/plugins/guests/coreos/cap/change_host_name.rb b/plugins/guests/coreos/cap/change_host_name.rb
index fe9b21865..f43d604c8 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/coreos/cap/change_host_name.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/coreos/cap/change_host_name.rb
@@ -1,18 +1,35 @@
+require "tempfile"
+require "yaml"
+
 module VagrantPlugins
   module GuestCoreOS
     module Cap
       class ChangeHostName
+        extend Vagrant::Util::GuestInspection::Linux
+
         def self.change_host_name(machine, name)
           comm = machine.communicate
 
-          if !comm.test("hostname -f | grep '^#{name}$'", sudo: false)
-            basename = name.split(".", 2)[0]
-            comm.sudo("hostname '#{basename}'")
+          if systemd_unit_file?(comm, "system-cloudinit*")
+            file = Tempfile.new("vagrant-coreos-hostname")
+            file.puts("#cloud-config\n")
+            file.puts({"hostname" => name}.to_yaml)
+            file.close
 
-            # Note that when working with CoreOS, we explicitly do not add the
-            # entry to /etc/hosts because this file does not exist on CoreOS.
-            # We could create it, but the recommended approach on CoreOS is to
-            # use Fleet to manage /etc/hosts files.
+            dst = "/var/tmp/hostname.yml"
+            svc_path = dst.tr("/", "-")[1..-1]
+            comm.upload(file.path, dst)
+            comm.sudo("systemctl start system-cloudinit@#{svc_path}.service")
+          else
+            if !comm.test("hostname -f | grep '^#{name}$'", sudo: false)
+              basename = name.split(".", 2)[0]
+              comm.sudo("hostname '#{basename}'")
+
+              # Note that when working with CoreOS, we explicitly do not add the
+              # entry to /etc/hosts because this file does not exist on CoreOS.
+              # We could create it, but the recommended approach on CoreOS is to
+              # use Fleet to manage /etc/hosts files.
+            end
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/plugins/guests/coreos/cap/configure_networks.rb b/plugins/guests/coreos/cap/configure_networks.rb
index fcff79da2..a954b45bd 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/coreos/cap/configure_networks.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/coreos/cap/configure_networks.rb
@@ -6,79 +6,63 @@ module VagrantPlugins
   module GuestCoreOS
     module Cap
       class ConfigureNetworks
-        include Vagrant::Util
+        extend Vagrant::Util::GuestInspection::Linux
+
+        DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_IP = "127.0.0.1".freeze
 
         def self.configure_networks(machine, networks)
-          machine.communicate.tap do |comm|
-            # Read network interface names
-            interfaces = []
-            comm.sudo("ifconfig | grep -E '(e[n,t][h,s,p][[:digit:]]([a-z][[:digit:]])?)' | cut -f1 -d:") do |_, result|
-              interfaces = result.split("\n")
+          cloud_config = {}
+          # Locate configured IP addresses to drop in /etc/environment
+          # for export. If no addresses found, fall back to default
+          public_ip = catch(:public_ip) do
+            machine.config.vm.networks.each do |type, opts|
+              next if type != :public_network
+              throw(:public_ip, opts[:ip]) if opts[:ip]
             end
+            DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_IP
+          end
+          private_ip = catch(:private_ip) do
+            machine.config.vm.networks.each do |type, opts|
+              next if type != :private_network
+              throw(:private_ip, opts[:ip]) if opts[:ip]
+            end
+            public_ip
+          end
+          cloud_config["write_files"] = [
+            {"path" => "/etc/environment",
+              "content" => "COREOS_PUBLIC_IPV4=#{public_ip}\nCOREOS_PRIVATE_IPV4=#{private_ip}"}
+          ]
 
-            primary_machine_config = machine.env.active_machines.first
-            primary_machine = machine.env.machine(*primary_machine_config, true)
-
-            primary_machine_ip = get_ip(primary_machine)
-            current_ip = get_ip(machine)
-            if current_ip == primary_machine_ip
-              entry = TemplateRenderer.render("guests/coreos/etcd.service", options: {
-                my_ip: current_ip,
-              })
+          # Generate configuration for any static network interfaces
+          # which have been defined
+          interfaces = machine.guest.capability(:network_interfaces)
+          units = networks.map do |network|
+            iface = network[:interface].to_i
+            unit_name = "50-vagrant#{iface}.network"
+            device = interfaces[iface]
+            if network[:type].to_s == "dhcp"
+              network_content = "DHCP=yes"
             else
-              connection_string = "#{primary_machine_ip}:7001"
-              entry = TemplateRenderer.render("guests/coreos/etcd.service", options: {
-                connection_string: connection_string,
-                my_ip: current_ip,
-              })
+              prefix = IPAddr.new("255.255.255.255/#{network[:netmask]}").to_i.to_s(2).count("1")
+              address = "#{network[:ip]}/#{prefix}"
+              network_content = "Address=#{address}"
             end
-
-            Tempfile.open("vagrant-coreos-configure-networks") do |f|
-              f.binmode
-              f.write(entry)
-              f.fsync
-              f.close
-              comm.upload(f.path, "/tmp/etcd-cluster.service")
-            end
-
-            # Build a list of commands
-            commands = []
-
-            # Stop default systemd
-            commands << "systemctl stop etcd"
-
-            # Configure interfaces
-            # FIXME: fix matching of interfaces with IP addresses
-            networks.each do |network|
-              iface = interfaces[network[:interface].to_i]
-              commands << "ifconfig #{iface} #{network[:ip]} netmask #{network[:netmask]}".squeeze(" ")
-            end
-
-            commands << <<-EOH.gsub(/^ {14}/, '')
-              mv /tmp/etcd-cluster.service /media/state/units/
-              systemctl restart local-enable.service
-
-              # Restart default etcd
-              systemctl start etcd
-            EOH
-
-            # Run all network configuration commands in one communicator session.
-            comm.sudo(commands.join("\n"))
+            {"name" => unit_name,
+              "runtime" => "no",
+              "content" => "[Match]\nName=#{device}\n[Network]\n#{network_content}"}
           end
-        end
+          cloud_config["coreos"] = {"units" => units.compact}
 
-        private
+          # Upload configuration and apply
+          file = Tempfile.new("vagrant-coreos-networks")
+          file.puts("#cloud-config\n")
+          file.puts(cloud_config.to_yaml)
+          file.close
 
-        def self.get_ip(machine)
-          ip = nil
-          machine.config.vm.networks.each do |type, opts|
-            if type == :private_network && opts[:ip]
-              ip = opts[:ip]
-              break
-            end
-          end
-
-          ip
+          dst = "/var/tmp/networks.yml"
+          svc_path = dst.tr("/", "-")[1..-1]
+          machine.communicate.upload(file.path, dst)
+          machine.communicate.sudo("systemctl start system-cloudinit@#{svc_path}.service")
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/guests/coreos/cap/change_host_name_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/guests/coreos/cap/change_host_name_test.rb
index 8d9603c2d..1f0d7c53a 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugins/guests/coreos/cap/change_host_name_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/guests/coreos/cap/change_host_name_test.rb
@@ -21,17 +21,47 @@ describe "VagrantPlugins::GuestCoreOS::Cap::ChangeHostName" do
 
   describe ".change_host_name" do
     let(:name) { "banana-rama.example.com" }
+    let(:has_cloudinit) { false }
 
-    it "sets the hostname" do
-      comm.stub_command("hostname -f | grep '^#{name}$'", exit_code: 1)
-      comm.expect_command("hostname 'banana-rama'")
-      described_class.change_host_name(machine, name)
+    before do
+      allow(described_class).to receive(:systemd_unit_file?).
+        with(anything, /cloudinit/).and_return(has_cloudinit)
     end
 
-    it "does not change the hostname if already set" do
-      comm.stub_command("hostname -f | grep '^#{name}$'", exit_code: 0)
-      described_class.change_host_name(machine, name)
-      expect(comm.received_commands.size).to eq(1)
+    context "with systemd cloud-init" do
+      let(:has_cloudinit) { true }
+
+      it "should upload cloudinit configuration file" do
+        expect(comm).to receive(:upload)
+        described_class.change_host_name(machine, name)
+      end
+
+      it "should set hostname in configuration file" do
+        expect(comm).to receive(:upload) do |src, dst|
+          contents = File.read(src)
+          expect(contents).to include(name)
+        end
+        described_class.change_host_name(machine, name)
+      end
+
+      it "should start the cloudinit service" do
+        expect(comm).to receive(:sudo).with(/systemctl start system-cloudinit/)
+        described_class.change_host_name(machine, name)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "without systemd cloud-init" do
+      it "sets the hostname" do
+        comm.stub_command("hostname -f | grep '^#{name}$'", exit_code: 1)
+        comm.expect_command("hostname 'banana-rama'")
+        described_class.change_host_name(machine, name)
+      end
+
+      it "does not change the hostname if already set" do
+        comm.stub_command("hostname -f | grep '^#{name}$'", exit_code: 0)
+        described_class.change_host_name(machine, name)
+        expect(comm.received_commands.size).to eq(1)
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/guests/coreos/cap/configure_networks_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/guests/coreos/cap/configure_networks_test.rb
index e8262d45c..d1efad64f 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugins/guests/coreos/cap/configure_networks_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/guests/coreos/cap/configure_networks_test.rb
@@ -8,25 +8,20 @@ describe "VagrantPlugins::GuestCoreOS::Cap::ConfigureNetworks" do
       .get(:configure_networks)
   end
 
-  let(:machine) { double("machine") }
-  let(:comm) { VagrantTests::DummyCommunicator::Communicator.new(machine) }
-
+  let(:machine) { double("machine", config: config, guest: guest) }
+  let(:guest) { double("guest") }
+  let(:config) { double("config", vm: vm) }
+  let(:vm) { double("vm") }
+  #  let(:comm) { VagrantTests::DummyCommunicator::Communicator.new(machine) }
+  let(:comm) { double("comm") }
   let(:env) do
     double("env", machine: machine, active_machines: [machine])
   end
+  let(:interfaces) { ["eth0", "eth1", "lo"] }
 
   before do
     allow(machine).to receive(:communicate).and_return(comm)
     allow(machine).to receive(:env).and_return(env)
-
-    allow(described_class).to receive(:get_ip).and_return("1.2.3.4")
-
-    comm.stub_command("ifconfig | grep -E '(e[n,t][h,s,p][[:digit:]]([a-z][[:digit:]])?)' | cut -f1 -d:",
-      stdout: "eth1\neth2")
-  end
-
-  after do
-    comm.verify_expectations!
   end
 
   describe ".configure_networks" do
@@ -36,7 +31,9 @@ describe "VagrantPlugins::GuestCoreOS::Cap::ConfigureNetworks" do
         type: "dhcp",
       }
     end
-
+    let(:netconfig_1) do
+      [:public_interface, {}]
+    end
     let(:network_2) do
       {
         interface: 1,
@@ -46,14 +43,145 @@ describe "VagrantPlugins::GuestCoreOS::Cap::ConfigureNetworks" do
         gateway: "33.33.0.1",
       }
     end
+    let(:netconfig_2) do
+      [:public_network, {ip: "33.33.33.10", netmask: 16}]
+    end
+    let(:network_3) do
+      {
+        interface: 2,
+        type: "static",
+        ip: "192.168.120.22",
+        netmask: "255.255.255.0",
+        gateway: "192.168.120.1"
+      }
+    end
+    let(:netconfig_3) do
+      [:private_network, {ip: "192.168.120.22", netmask: 24}]
+    end
+    let(:networks) { [network_1, network_2, network_3] }
+    let(:network_configs) { [netconfig_1, netconfig_2, netconfig_3] }
+    let(:vm) { double("vm") }
+    let(:default_env_ip) { described_class.const_get(:DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_IP) }
 
-    it "creates and starts the networks" do
-      described_class.configure_networks(machine, [network_1, network_2])
-      expect(comm.received_commands[1]).to match(/systemctl stop etcd/)
-      expect(comm.received_commands[1]).to match(/ifconfig eth1 netmask/)
-      expect(comm.received_commands[1]).to match(/ifconfig eth2 33.33.33.10 netmask 255.255.0.0/)
-      expect(comm.received_commands[1]).to match(/systemctl restart local-enable.service/)
-      expect(comm.received_commands[1]).to match(/systemctl start etcd/)
+    before do
+      allow(guest).to receive(:capability).with(:network_interfaces).
+        and_return(interfaces)
+      allow(vm).to receive(:networks).and_return(network_configs)
+      allow(comm).to receive(:upload)
+      allow(comm).to receive(:sudo)
+    end
+
+    it "should upload network configuration file" do
+      expect(comm).to receive(:upload)
+      described_class.configure_networks(machine, networks)
+    end
+
+    it "should configure public ipv4 address" do
+      expect(comm).to receive(:upload) do |src, dst|
+        content = File.read(src)
+        expect(content).to include("COREOS_PUBLIC_IPV4=#{netconfig_2.last[:ip]}")
+      end
+      described_class.configure_networks(machine, networks)
+    end
+
+    it "should configure the private ipv4 address" do
+      expect(comm).to receive(:upload) do |src, dst|
+        content = File.read(src)
+        expect(content).to include("COREOS_PRIVATE_IPV4=#{netconfig_3.last[:ip]}")
+      end
+      described_class.configure_networks(machine, networks)
+    end
+
+    it "should configure network interfaces" do
+      expect(comm).to receive(:upload) do |src, dst|
+        content = File.read(src)
+        interfaces.each { |i| expect(content).to include("Name=#{i}") }
+      end
+      described_class.configure_networks(machine, networks)
+    end
+
+    it "should configure DHCP interface" do
+      expect(comm).to receive(:upload) do |src, dst|
+        content = File.read(src)
+        expect(content).to include("DHCP=yes")
+      end
+      described_class.configure_networks(machine, networks)
+    end
+
+    it "should configure static IP addresses" do
+      expect(comm).to receive(:upload) do |src, dst|
+        content = File.read(src)
+        network_configs.map(&:last).find_all { |c| c[:ip] }.each { |c|
+          expect(content).to include("Address=#{c[:ip]}")
+        }
+      end
+      described_class.configure_networks(machine, networks)
+    end
+
+    context "when no public network is defined" do
+      let(:networks) { [network_1, network_3] }
+      let(:network_configs) { [netconfig_1, netconfig_3] }
+
+
+      it "should set public IP to the default environment IP" do
+        expect(comm).to receive(:upload) do |src, dst|
+          content = File.read(src)
+          expect(content).to include("COREOS_PUBLIC_IPV4=#{default_env_ip}")
+        end
+        described_class.configure_networks(machine, networks)
+      end
+
+      it "should set the private IP to the private network" do
+        expect(comm).to receive(:upload) do |src, dst|
+          content = File.read(src)
+          expect(content).to include("COREOS_PRIVATE_IPV4=#{netconfig_3.last[:ip]}")
+        end
+        described_class.configure_networks(machine, networks)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when no private network is defined" do
+      let(:networks) { [network_1, network_2] }
+      let(:network_configs) { [netconfig_1, netconfig_2] }
+
+
+      it "should set public IP to the public network" do
+        expect(comm).to receive(:upload) do |src, dst|
+          content = File.read(src)
+          expect(content).to include("COREOS_PUBLIC_IPV4=#{netconfig_2.last[:ip]}")
+        end
+        described_class.configure_networks(machine, networks)
+      end
+
+      it "should set the private IP to the public IP" do
+        expect(comm).to receive(:upload) do |src, dst|
+          content = File.read(src)
+          expect(content).to include("COREOS_PRIVATE_IPV4=#{netconfig_2.last[:ip]}")
+        end
+        described_class.configure_networks(machine, networks)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when no public or private network is defined" do
+      let(:networks) { [network_1] }
+      let(:network_configs) { [netconfig_1] }
+
+
+      it "should set public IP to the default environment IP" do
+        expect(comm).to receive(:upload) do |src, dst|
+          content = File.read(src)
+          expect(content).to include("COREOS_PUBLIC_IPV4=#{default_env_ip}")
+        end
+        described_class.configure_networks(machine, networks)
+      end
+
+      it "should set the private IP to the default environment IP" do
+        expect(comm).to receive(:upload) do |src, dst|
+          content = File.read(src)
+          expect(content).to include("COREOS_PRIVATE_IPV4=#{default_env_ip}")
+        end
+        described_class.configure_networks(machine, networks)
+      end
     end
   end
 end