diff --git a/plugins/guests/freebsd/cap/configure_networks.rb b/plugins/guests/freebsd/cap/configure_networks.rb
index 36b11d1ed..5020eebe8 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/freebsd/cap/configure_networks.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/freebsd/cap/configure_networks.rb
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           # Remove any previous network additions to the configuration file.
           commands << "sed -i '' -e '/^#VAGRANT-BEGIN/,/^#VAGRANT-END/ d' /etc/rc.conf"
 
-          comm.sudo("ifconfig -a | grep -o '^[0-9a-z]*' | grep -v '^lo'", options) do |_, stdout|
-            interfaces = stdout.split("\n")
+          comm.sudo("ifconfig -l ether", options) do |_, stdout|
+            interfaces = stdout.split
           end
 
           networks.each.with_index do |network, i|
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/guests/freebsd/cap/configure_networks_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/guests/freebsd/cap/configure_networks_test.rb
index 0d2be59b3..372311bae 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugins/guests/freebsd/cap/configure_networks_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/guests/freebsd/cap/configure_networks_test.rb
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ describe "VagrantPlugins::GuestFreeBSD::Cap::ConfigureNetworks" do
 
   before do
     allow(machine).to receive(:communicate).and_return(comm)
-    comm.stub_command("ifconfig -a | grep -o '^[0-9a-z]*' | grep -v '^lo'",
-      stdout: "em1\nem2")
+    comm.stub_command("ifconfig -l ether", stdout: "em1 em2")
   end
 
   after do