diff --git a/lib/vagrant-libvirt/config.rb b/lib/vagrant-libvirt/config.rb
index 83e63ee..1337236 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-libvirt/config.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-libvirt/config.rb
@@ -1067,8 +1067,9 @@ module VagrantPlugins
 
           # only interested in public networks where portgroup is nil, as then source will be a host device
           if type == :public_network && opts[:portgroup] == nil
-            if !host_devices.include?(opts[:dev])
-              errors << "network configuration #{index} for machine #{machine.name} is a public_network referencing host device '#{opts[:dev]}' which does not exist, consider adding ':dev => ....' referencing one of #{host_devices.join(", ")}"
+            devices = host_devices(machine)
+            if !devices.include?(opts[:dev])
+              errors << "network configuration #{index} for machine #{machine.name} is a public_network referencing host device '#{opts[:dev]}' which does not exist, consider adding ':dev => ....' referencing one of #{devices.join(", ")}"
             end
           end
         end
@@ -1210,11 +1211,9 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         end
       end
 
-      def host_devices
+      def host_devices(machine)
         @host_devices ||= begin
-          require 'socket'
-
-          Socket.getifaddrs.map { |iface| iface.name }.uniq.select do |dev|
+          machine.provider.driver.connection.client.list_all_interfaces().map { |iface| iface.name }.uniq.select do |dev|
             dev != "lo" && !@host_device_exclude_prefixes.any? { |exclude| dev.start_with?(exclude) }
           end
         end
diff --git a/spec/unit/config_spec.rb b/spec/unit/config_spec.rb
index 6727782..d8d4816 100644
--- a/spec/unit/config_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/config_spec.rb
@@ -635,13 +635,15 @@ describe VagrantPlugins::ProviderLibvirt::Config do
     end
 
     context 'with public_network defined' do
+      let(:libvirt_client)  { instance_double(::Libvirt::Connect) }
       let(:host_devices) { [
-        instance_double(Socket::Ifaddr),
-        instance_double(Socket::Ifaddr),
+        instance_double(Libvirt::Interface),
+        instance_double(Libvirt::Interface),
       ] }
       before do
         machine.config.vm.network :public_network, dev: 'eth0', ip: "192.168.2.157"
-        expect(Socket).to receive(:getifaddrs).and_return(host_devices)
+        expect(machine).to receive_message_chain('provider.driver.connection.client').and_return(libvirt_client)
+        expect(libvirt_client).to receive(:list_all_interfaces).and_return(host_devices)
         expect(host_devices[0]).to receive(:name).and_return('eth0')
         expect(host_devices[1]).to receive(:name).and_return('virbr0')
       end