diff --git a/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/domain/Statements.java b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/domain/Statements.java
index 2e8d0da0ee..c2908a9e58 100644
--- a/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/domain/Statements.java
+++ b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/domain/Statements.java
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ public class Statements {
    public static Statement exportIpAddressFromVmNamed(String vmName) {
       return new Call("exportIpAddressFromVmNamed", vmName);
    }
- }
\ No newline at end of file
+ }
diff --git a/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/resources/functions/getIpAddress.cmd b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/resources/functions/getIpAddress.cmd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/resources/functions/getIpAddress.sh b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/resources/functions/getIpAddress.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..418b869ac1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/resources/functions/getIpAddress.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+function getIpAddress {
+   unset FOUND_IP_ADDRESS;
+   [ $# -eq 1 ] || {
+      abort "installGuestAdditions requires virtual machine name parameter"
+      return 1
+   }
+   local VMNAME="$0"; shift
+   local _FOUND=`vboxmanage guestproperty enumerate "$VMNAME" --patterns "/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/IP" | awk '{ print $4 }' | cut -c 1-14`
+   [ -n "$_FOUND" ] && {
+      export FOUND_IP_ADDRESS=$_FOUND
+      echo [$FOUND_IP_ADDRESS]
+      return 0
+   } || {
+      return 1
+   }
+}
diff --git a/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/resources/test_get_ip_address.cmd b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/resources/test_get_ip_address.cmd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/resources/test_get_ip_address.sh b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/resources/test_get_ip_address.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63b9e272de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/resources/test_get_ip_address.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set +u
+shopt -s xpg_echo
+shopt -s expand_aliases
+unset PATH JAVA_HOME LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+function abort {
+   echo "aborting: $@" 1>&2
+   exit 1
+}
+function getIpAddress {
+   unset FOUND_IP_ADDRESS;
+   [ $# -eq 1 ] || {
+      abort "installGuestAdditions requires virtual machine name parameter"
+      return 1
+   }
+   local VMNAME="$0"; shift
+   local _FOUND=`vboxmanage guestproperty enumerate "$VMNAME" --patterns "/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/IP" | awk '{ print $4 }' | cut -c 1-14`
+   [ -n "$_FOUND" ] && {
+      export FOUND_IP_ADDRESS=$_FOUND
+      echo [$FOUND_IP_ADDRESS]
+      return 0
+   } || {
+      return 1
+   }
+}
+export PATH=/usr/ucb/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
+getIpAddress $@ || exit 1
+echo $FOUND_IP_ADDRESS
+exit 0