diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/network.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/network.rb
index 07f1ae665..4d9c5975b 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/network.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/network.rb
@@ -255,9 +255,17 @@ module VagrantPlugins
 
           # Make sure the type is a symbol
           options[:type] = options[:type].to_sym
-
-          # Default IP is in the 20-bit private network block for DHCP based networks
-          options[:ip] = "172.28.128.1" if options[:type] == :dhcp && !options[:ip]
+         
+          if options[:type] == :dhcp && !options[:ip]
+            # Try to find a matching device to set the config ip to
+            matching_device = hostonly_find_matching_network(options)
+            if matching_device
+              options[:ip] = matching_device[:ip]
+            else
+              # Default IP is in the 20-bit private network block for DHCP based networks
+              options[:ip] = "172.28.128.1"
+            end
+          end
 
           begin
             ip = IPAddr.new(options[:ip])
@@ -469,7 +477,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
 
         # This finds a matching host only network for the given configuration.
         def hostonly_find_matching_network(config)
-          this_netaddr = network_address(config[:ip], config[:netmask])
+          this_netaddr = network_address(config[:ip], config[:netmask])  if config[:ip]
 
           @env[:machine].provider.driver.read_host_only_interfaces.each do |interface|
             return interface if config[:name] && config[:name] == interface[:name]
@@ -515,7 +523,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         # @param [Hash<String>] config hash as returned from hostonly_config
         def create_dhcp_server_if_necessary(interface, config)
           existing_dhcp_server = find_matching_dhcp_server(interface)
-
           if existing_dhcp_server
             if dhcp_server_matches_config?(existing_dhcp_server, config)
               @logger.debug("DHCP server already properly configured")
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/network_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/network_test.rb
index 69b30b339..bdeb1f532 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/network_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/providers/virtualbox/action/network_test.rb
@@ -91,10 +91,44 @@ describe VagrantPlugins::ProviderVirtualBox::Action::Network do
       allow(machine).to receive(:guest) { guest }
     end
 
+    it "tries to setup dhpc server using the ip for the specified network" do
+      allow(driver).to receive(:create_host_only_network) {{ name: 'vboxnet0' }}
+      allow(driver).to receive(:create_dhcp_server)
+      allow(guest).to receive(:capability)
+      allow(subject).to receive(:hostonly_find_matching_network).and_return({name: "vboxnet1", ip: "192.168.55.1"})
+
+      subject.call(env)
+
+      expect(driver).to have_received(:create_dhcp_server).with('vboxnet1', {
+        adapter_ip: "192.168.55.1",
+        auto_config: true,
+        ip: "192.168.55.1",
+        mac: nil,
+        name: nil,
+        netmask: "255.255.255.0",
+        nic_type: nil,
+        type: :dhcp,
+        dhcp_ip: "192.168.55.2",
+        dhcp_lower: "192.168.55.3",
+        dhcp_upper: "192.168.55.254",
+        adapter: 2
+      })
+
+      expect(guest).to have_received(:capability).with(:configure_networks, [{
+        type: :dhcp,
+        adapter_ip: "192.168.55.1",
+        ip: "192.168.55.1",
+        netmask: "255.255.255.0",
+        auto_config: true,
+        interface: nil
+      }])
+    end
+
     it "creates a host only interface and a dhcp server using default ips, then tells the guest to configure the network after boot" do
       allow(driver).to receive(:create_host_only_network) {{ name: 'vboxnet0' }}
       allow(driver).to receive(:create_dhcp_server)
       allow(guest).to receive(:capability)
+      allow(subject).to receive(:hostonly_find_matching_network).and_return(nil)
 
       subject.call(env)