diff --git a/builder/alicloud/ecs/builder.go b/builder/alicloud/ecs/builder.go
index 476b3c4a2..d51f6bd0e 100644
--- a/builder/alicloud/ecs/builder.go
+++ b/builder/alicloud/ecs/builder.go
@@ -139,10 +139,12 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 			RegionId:                 b.config.AlicloudRegion,
 			InternetChargeType:       b.config.InternetChargeType,
 			InternetMaxBandwidthOut:  b.config.InternetMaxBandwidthOut,
+			SSHPrivateIp:             b.config.SSHPrivateIp,
 		})
 	} else {
 		steps = append(steps, &stepConfigAlicloudPublicIP{
-			RegionId: b.config.AlicloudRegion,
+			RegionId:     b.config.AlicloudRegion,
+			SSHPrivateIp: b.config.SSHPrivateIp,
 		})
 	}
 	steps = append(steps,
diff --git a/builder/alicloud/ecs/run_config_test.go b/builder/alicloud/ecs/run_config_test.go
index 67e1369f0..19dbb5e73 100644
--- a/builder/alicloud/ecs/run_config_test.go
+++ b/builder/alicloud/ecs/run_config_test.go
@@ -123,3 +123,27 @@ func TestRunConfigPrepare_TemporaryKeyPairName(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("keypair name does not match")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestRunConfigPrepare_SSHPrivateIp(t *testing.T) {
+	c := testConfig()
+	if err := c.Prepare(nil); len(err) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+	if c.SSHPrivateIp != false {
+		t.Fatalf("invalid value, expected: %t, actul: %t", false, c.SSHPrivateIp)
+	}
+	c.SSHPrivateIp = true
+	if err := c.Prepare(nil); len(err) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+	if c.SSHPrivateIp != true {
+		t.Fatalf("invalid value, expected: %t, actul: %t", true, c.SSHPrivateIp)
+	}
+	c.SSHPrivateIp = false
+	if err := c.Prepare(nil); len(err) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+	if c.SSHPrivateIp != false {
+		t.Fatalf("invalid value, expected: %t, actul: %t", false, c.SSHPrivateIp)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/builder/alicloud/ecs/step_config_eip.go b/builder/alicloud/ecs/step_config_eip.go
index f747068f2..922161c28 100644
--- a/builder/alicloud/ecs/step_config_eip.go
+++ b/builder/alicloud/ecs/step_config_eip.go
@@ -16,12 +16,24 @@ type stepConfigAlicloudEIP struct {
 	InternetChargeType       string
 	InternetMaxBandwidthOut  int
 	allocatedId              string
+	SSHPrivateIp             bool
 }
 
 func (s *stepConfigAlicloudEIP) Run(_ context.Context, state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 	client := state.Get("client").(*ecs.Client)
 	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
 	instance := state.Get("instance").(*ecs.InstanceAttributesType)
+
+	if s.SSHPrivateIp {
+		ipaddress := instance.VpcAttributes.PrivateIpAddress.IpAddress
+		if len(ipaddress) == 0 {
+			ui.Say("Failed to get private ip of instance")
+			return multistep.ActionHalt
+		}
+		state.Put("ipaddress", ipaddress[0])
+		return multistep.ActionContinue
+	}
+
 	ui.Say("Allocating eip")
 	ipaddress, allocateId, err := client.AllocateEipAddress(&ecs.AllocateEipAddressArgs{
 		RegionId: common.Region(s.RegionId), InternetChargeType: common.InternetChargeType(s.InternetChargeType),
diff --git a/builder/alicloud/ecs/step_config_public_ip.go b/builder/alicloud/ecs/step_config_public_ip.go
index 594f85603..3dc21a620 100644
--- a/builder/alicloud/ecs/step_config_public_ip.go
+++ b/builder/alicloud/ecs/step_config_public_ip.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 type stepConfigAlicloudPublicIP struct {
 	publicIPAddress string
 	RegionId        string
+	SSHPrivateIp    bool
 }
 
 func (s *stepConfigAlicloudPublicIP) Run(_ context.Context, state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
@@ -19,6 +20,16 @@ func (s *stepConfigAlicloudPublicIP) Run(_ context.Context, state multistep.Stat
 	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
 	instance := state.Get("instance").(*ecs.InstanceAttributesType)
 
+	if s.SSHPrivateIp {
+		ipaddress := instance.InnerIpAddress.IpAddress
+		if len(ipaddress) == 0 {
+			ui.Say("Failed to get private ip of instance")
+			return multistep.ActionHalt
+		}
+		state.Put("ipaddress", ipaddress[0])
+		return multistep.ActionContinue
+	}
+
 	ipaddress, err := client.AllocatePublicIpAddress(instance.InstanceId)
 	if err != nil {
 		state.Put("error", err)