diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/docker/docker.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/docker/docker.py
index d56a0383d4..417b44c7de 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/docker/docker.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/docker/docker.py
@@ -250,6 +250,9 @@ options:
         retries.
     default: 0
     version_added: "1.9"
+  extra_hosts:
+    description:
+    - Dict of custom host-to-IP mappings to be defined in the container
   insecure_registry:
     description:
       - Use insecure private registry by HTTP instead of HTTPS. Needed for
@@ -496,6 +499,7 @@ class DockerManager(object):
             'dns': ((0, 3, 0), '1.10'),
             'volumes_from': ((0, 3, 0), '1.10'),
             'restart_policy': ((0, 5, 0), '1.14'),
+            'extra_hosts': ((0, 7, 0), '1.3.1'),
             'pid': ((1, 0, 0), '1.17'),
             # Clientside only
             'insecure_registry': ((0, 5, 0), '0.0')
@@ -1249,7 +1253,7 @@ class DockerManager(object):
 
         optionals = {}
         for optional_param in ('dns', 'volumes_from', 'restart_policy',
-                'restart_policy_retry', 'pid'):
+                'restart_policy_retry', 'pid', 'extra_hosts'):
             optionals[optional_param] = self.module.params.get(optional_param)
 
         if optionals['dns'] is not None:
@@ -1270,6 +1274,10 @@ class DockerManager(object):
             self.ensure_capability('pid')
             params['pid_mode'] = optionals['pid']
 
+        if optionals['extra_hosts'] is not None:
+            self.ensure_capability('extra_hosts')
+            params['extra_hosts'] = optionals['extra_hosts']
+
         for i in containers:
             self.client.start(i['Id'], **params)
             self.increment_counter('started')
@@ -1454,6 +1462,7 @@ def main():
             state           = dict(default='started', choices=['present', 'started', 'reloaded', 'restarted', 'stopped', 'killed', 'absent', 'running']),
             restart_policy  = dict(default=None, choices=['always', 'on-failure', 'no']),
             restart_policy_retry = dict(default=0, type='int'),
+            extra_hosts     = dict(type='dict'),
             debug           = dict(default=False, type='bool'),
             privileged      = dict(default=False, type='bool'),
             stdin_open      = dict(default=False, type='bool'),