diff --git a/ironic_discoverd/client.py b/ironic_discoverd/client.py
index 65bc733c7..fcb46a338 100644
--- a/ironic_discoverd/client.py
+++ b/ironic_discoverd/client.py
@@ -16,13 +16,14 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 import argparse
 import json
 
+from oslo_utils import netutils
 import requests
 import six
 
 from ironic_discoverd.common.i18n import _
 
 
-_DEFAULT_URL = 'http://127.0.0.1:5050/v1'
+_DEFAULT_URL = 'http://' + netutils.get_my_ipv4() + ':5050/v1'
 _ERROR_ENCODING = 'utf-8'
 
 
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ def introspect(uuid, base_url=None, auth_token=None,
 
     :param uuid: node uuid
     :param base_url: *ironic-discoverd* URL in form: http://host:port[/ver],
-                     defaults to ``http://127.0.0.1:5050/v1``.
+                     defaults to ``http://<current host>:5050/v1``.
     :param auth_token: Keystone authentication token.
     :param new_ipmi_password: if set, *ironic-discoverd* will update IPMI
                               password to this value.
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ def get_status(uuid, base_url=None, auth_token=None):
     New in ironic-discoverd version 1.0.0.
     :param uuid: node uuid.
     :param base_url: *ironic-discoverd* URL in form: http://host:port[/ver],
-                     defaults to ``http://127.0.0.1:5050/v1``.
+                     defaults to ``http://<current host>:5050/v1``.
     :param auth_token: Keystone authentication token.
     :raises: *requests* library HTTP errors.
     """
diff --git a/ironic_discoverd/test/test_client.py b/ironic_discoverd/test/test_client.py
index 3d21ead40..a30e72741 100644
--- a/ironic_discoverd/test/test_client.py
+++ b/ironic_discoverd/test/test_client.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import unittest
 
 import mock
+from oslo_utils import netutils
 from oslo_utils import uuidutils
 
 from ironic_discoverd import client
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ class TestIntrospect(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(TestIntrospect, self).setUp()
         self.uuid = uuidutils.generate_uuid()
+        self.my_ip = 'http://' + netutils.get_my_ipv4() + ':5050/v1'
 
     def test(self, mock_post):
         client.introspect(self.uuid, base_url="http://host:port",
@@ -52,7 +54,8 @@ class TestIntrospect(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_default_url(self, mock_post):
         client.introspect(self.uuid, auth_token="token")
         mock_post.assert_called_once_with(
-            "http://127.0.0.1:5050/v1/introspection/%s" % self.uuid,
+            "%(my_ip)s/introspection/%(uuid)s" %
+            {'my_ip': self.my_ip, 'uuid': self.uuid},
             headers={'X-Auth-Token': 'token'},
             params={'new_ipmi_username': None, 'new_ipmi_password': None}
         )
@@ -70,7 +73,8 @@ class TestIntrospect(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_none_ok(self, mock_post):
         client.introspect(self.uuid)
         mock_post.assert_called_once_with(
-            "http://127.0.0.1:5050/v1/introspection/%s" % self.uuid,
+            "%(my_ip)s/introspection/%(uuid)s" %
+            {'my_ip': self.my_ip, 'uuid': self.uuid},
             headers={},
             params={'new_ipmi_username': None, 'new_ipmi_password': None}
         )
@@ -118,6 +122,7 @@ class TestGetStatus(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(TestGetStatus, self).setUp()
         self.uuid = uuidutils.generate_uuid()
+        self.my_ip = 'http://' + netutils.get_my_ipv4() + ':5050/v1'
 
     def test(self, mock_get):
         mock_get.return_value.json.return_value = 'json'
@@ -125,7 +130,8 @@ class TestGetStatus(unittest.TestCase):
         client.get_status(self.uuid, auth_token='token')
 
         mock_get.assert_called_once_with(
-            "http://127.0.0.1:5050/v1/introspection/%s" % self.uuid,
+            "%(my_ip)s/introspection/%(uuid)s" %
+            {'my_ip': self.my_ip, 'uuid': self.uuid},
             headers={'X-Auth-Token': 'token'}
         )