diff --git a/contrib/inventory/cloudforms.ini b/contrib/inventory/cloudforms.ini
index dc055c1fb74..30b9aa609e0 100644
--- a/contrib/inventory/cloudforms.ini
+++ b/contrib/inventory/cloudforms.ini
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ nest_tags = False
 # Note: This suffix *must* include the leading '.' as it is appended to the hostname as is
 # suffix = .example.org
 
+# If true, will try and use an IPv4 address for the ansible_ssh_host rather than just the first IP address in the list
+prefer_ipv4 = False
+
 [cache]
 
 # Maximum time to trust the cache in seconds
diff --git a/contrib/inventory/cloudforms.py b/contrib/inventory/cloudforms.py
index 82fbb6a50a5..247d297e3d7 100755
--- a/contrib/inventory/cloudforms.py
+++ b/contrib/inventory/cloudforms.py
@@ -182,6 +182,11 @@ class CloudFormsInventory(object):
         else:
             self.cloudforms_suffix = None
 
+        if config.has_option('cloudforms', 'prefer_ipv4'):
+            self.cloudforms_prefer_ipv4 = config.getboolean('cloudforms', 'prefer_ipv4')
+        else:
+            self.cloudforms_prefer_ipv4 = False
+
         # Ansible related
         try:
             group_patterns = config.get('ansible', 'group_patterns')
@@ -362,7 +367,15 @@ class CloudFormsInventory(object):
 
             # Set ansible_ssh_host to the first available ip address
             if 'ipaddresses' in host and host['ipaddresses'] and isinstance(host['ipaddresses'], list):
-                host['ansible_ssh_host'] = host['ipaddresses'][0]
+                # If no preference for IPv4, just use the first entry
+                if not self.cloudforms_prefer_ipv4:
+                    host['ansible_ssh_host'] = host['ipaddresses'][0]
+                else:
+                    # Before we search for an IPv4 address, set using the first entry in case we don't find any
+                    host['ansible_ssh_host'] = host['ipaddresses'][0]
+                    for currenthost in host['ipaddresses']:
+                        if '.' in currenthost:
+                            host['ansible_ssh_host'] = currenthost
 
             # Create additional groups
             for key in ('location', 'type', 'vendor'):