diff --git a/drivers/openstack/client.go b/drivers/openstack/client.go
index 5744488934..06b3b3c4a2 100644
--- a/drivers/openstack/client.go
+++ b/drivers/openstack/client.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ type IpAddress struct {
 }
 
 func (c *GenericClient) GetInstanceState(d *Driver) (string, error) {
-	server, err := c.getServerDetail(d)
+	server, err := c.GetServerDetail(d)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func (c *GenericClient) WaitForInstanceStatus(d *Driver, status string, timeout
 }
 
 func (c *GenericClient) GetInstanceIpAddresses(d *Driver) ([]IpAddress, error) {
-	server, err := c.getServerDetail(d)
+	server, err := c.GetServerDetail(d)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ func (c *GenericClient) DeleteKeyPair(d *Driver, name string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *GenericClient) getServerDetail(d *Driver) (*servers.Server, error) {
+func (c *GenericClient) GetServerDetail(d *Driver) (*servers.Server, error) {
 	server, err := servers.Get(c.Compute, d.MachineId).Extract()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/drivers/rackspace/client.go b/drivers/rackspace/client.go
index 740633ba5e..dec454b040 100644
--- a/drivers/rackspace/client.go
+++ b/drivers/rackspace/client.go
@@ -54,3 +54,18 @@ func (c *Client) StartInstance(d *openstack.Driver) error {
 func (c *Client) StopInstance(d *openstack.Driver) error {
 	return unsupportedOpErr("stop")
 }
+
+// GetInstanceIpAddresses can be short-circuited with the server's AccessIPv4Addr on Rackspace.
+func (c *Client) GetInstanceIpAddresses(d *openstack.Driver) ([]openstack.IpAddress, error) {
+	server, err := c.GetServerDetail(d)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return []openstack.IpAddress{
+		{
+			Network:     "public",
+			Address:     server.AccessIPv4,
+			AddressType: openstack.Fixed,
+		},
+	}, nil
+}