diff --git a/resource_docker_container.go b/resource_docker_container.go
index a084ad43..543dc930 100644
--- a/resource_docker_container.go
+++ b/resource_docker_container.go
@@ -376,6 +376,14 @@ func resourceDockerContainer() *schema.Resource {
 				ForceNew: true,
 			},
 
+			"network_alias": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeSet,
+				Optional: true,
+				ForceNew: true,
+				Elem:     &schema.Schema{Type: schema.TypeString},
+				Set:      schema.HashString,
+			},
+
 			"network_mode": &schema.Schema{
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Optional: true,
diff --git a/resource_docker_container_funcs.go b/resource_docker_container_funcs.go
index ba7d54aa..4a494c5b 100644
--- a/resource_docker_container_funcs.go
+++ b/resource_docker_container_funcs.go
@@ -188,7 +188,14 @@ func resourceDockerContainerCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) err
 	d.SetId(retContainer.ID)
 
 	if v, ok := d.GetOk("networks"); ok {
-		connectionOpts := dc.NetworkConnectionOptions{Container: retContainer.ID}
+		var connectionOpts dc.NetworkConnectionOptions
+		if v, ok := d.GetOk("network_alias"); ok {
+			endpointConfig := &dc.EndpointConfig{}
+			endpointConfig.Aliases = stringSetToStringSlice(v.(*schema.Set))
+			connectionOpts = dc.NetworkConnectionOptions{Container: retContainer.ID, EndpointConfig: endpointConfig}
+		} else {
+			connectionOpts = dc.NetworkConnectionOptions{Container: retContainer.ID}
+		}
 
 		for _, rawNetwork := range v.(*schema.Set).List() {
 			network := rawNetwork.(string)
diff --git a/resource_docker_container_test.go b/resource_docker_container_test.go
index e9c3bb95..dcc6affa 100644
--- a/resource_docker_container_test.go
+++ b/resource_docker_container_test.go
@@ -203,6 +203,10 @@ func TestAccDockerContainer_customized(t *testing.T) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Container has incorrect extra host string: %q", c.HostConfig.ExtraHosts[1])
 		}
 
+		if _, ok := c.NetworkSettings.Networks["test"]; !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Container is not connected to the right user defined network: test")
+		}
+
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -370,6 +374,9 @@ resource "docker_container" "foo" {
 	}
 	network_mode = "bridge"
 
+	networks = ["${docker_network.test_network.name}"]
+	network_alias = ["tftest"]
+
 	host {
 		host = "testhost"
 		ip = "10.0.1.0"
@@ -380,6 +387,10 @@ resource "docker_container" "foo" {
 		ip = "10.0.2.0"
 	}
 }
+
+resource "docker_network" "test_network" {
+  name = "test"
+}
 `
 
 const testAccDockerContainerUploadConfig = `