diff --git a/cloud/docker b/cloud/docker
index 8234daca476..fb453b70a66 100644
--- a/cloud/docker
+++ b/cloud/docker
@@ -183,6 +183,13 @@ options:
     default: false
     aliases: []
     version_added: "1.6"
+  net:
+    description:
+      - Set Network mode for the container (bridge, none, container:<name|id>, host). Requires docker >= 0.11.
+    required: false
+    default: false
+    aliases: []
+    version_added: "1.8"
 author: Cove Schneider, Joshua Conner, Pavel Antonov
 requirements: [ "docker-py >= 0.3.0", "docker >= 0.10.0" ]
 '''
@@ -293,6 +300,14 @@ Create containers with options specified as strings and lists as comma-separated
   sudo: yes
   tasks:
   docker: image=namespace/image_name links=postgresql:db,redis:redis
+
+Create a container with no networking:
+
+- hosts: web
+  sudo: yes
+  tasks:
+  docker: image=namespace/image_name net=none
+
 '''
 
 HAS_DOCKER_PY = True
@@ -597,6 +612,7 @@ class DockerManager:
             'publish_all_ports': self.module.params.get('publish_all_ports'),
             'privileged':   self.module.params.get('privileged'),
             'links': self.links,
+            'network_mode': self.module.params.get('net'),
         }
         if docker.utils.compare_version('1.10', self.client.version()['ApiVersion']) >= 0 and hasattr(docker, '__version__') and docker.__version__ > '0.3.0':
             params['dns'] = self.module.params.get('dns')
@@ -682,7 +698,8 @@ def main():
             stdin_open      = dict(default=False, type='bool'),
             tty             = dict(default=False, type='bool'),
             lxc_conf        = dict(default=None, type='list'),
-            name            = dict(default=None)
+            name            = dict(default=None),
+            net             = dict(default=None)
         )
     )