diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/network.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/network.go
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+/*
+Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package oci
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os/exec"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+// RoutableHostIPFromInside returns the ip/dns of the host that container lives on
+// is routable from inside the container
+func RoutableHostIPFromInside(ociBin string, containerName string) (string, error) {
+	if ociBin != Docker {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("RoutableHostIPFromInside is currently only implemented for docker https://github.com/containers/libpod/issues/5205")
+	}
+	if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
+		return dockerGatewayBridgeIP()
+	}
+	// for winows and mac, the gateway ip is not routable so we use dns trick.
+	return "host.docker.internal", nil
+}
+
+// dockerGatewayBridgeIP gets the default gateway ip for the docker bridge on the user's host machine
+func dockerGatewayBridgeIP() (string, error) {
+	cmd := exec.Command(Docker, "network", "ls", "--filter", "name=bridge", "--format", "{{.ID}}")
+
+	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "get network bridge. output: %s", string(out))
+	}
+
+	bridgeID := strings.TrimSpace(string(out))
+	cmd = exec.Command(Docker, "inspect",
+		"--format", "{{(index .IPAM.Config 0).Gateway}}", bridgeID)
+	out, err = cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "inspect IP gatway for bridge network: %q. output: %s", string(out), bridgeID)
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(string(out)), nil
+
+}