diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a95fa857274..27aa66bb4f8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 ### Fixed
 
 ### Changed
+- Added support for Docker networks (#372)
 
 ## [1.3.1] - 2017-06-22
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/Container.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/Container.java
index 35abe058168..2f2d9fa0917 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/Container.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/Container.java
@@ -209,6 +209,24 @@ default void addFileSystemBind(final String hostPath, final String containerPath
      */
     SELF withNetworkMode(String networkMode);
 
+    /**
+     * Set the network for this container, similar to the <code>--network &lt;name&gt;</code>
+     * option on the docker CLI.
+     *
+     * @param network the instance of {@link Network}
+     * @return this
+     */
+    SELF withNetwork(Network network);
+
+    /**
+     * Set the network aliases for this container, similar to the <code>--network-alias &lt;my-service&gt;</code>
+     * option on the docker CLI.
+     *
+     * @param aliases the list of aliases
+     * @return this
+     */
+    SELF withNetworkAliases(String... aliases);
+
     /**
      * Map a resource (file or directory) on the classpath to a path inside the container.
      * This will only work if you are running your tests outside a Docker container.
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/GenericContainer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/GenericContainer.java
index 09494c78610..6b055860256 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/GenericContainer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/GenericContainer.java
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ public class GenericContainer<SELF extends GenericContainer<SELF>>
     @NonNull
     private String networkMode;
 
+    @NonNull
+    private Network network;
+
+    @NonNull
+    private List<String> networkAliases = new ArrayList<>();
+
     @NonNull
     private Future<String> image;
 
@@ -412,7 +418,10 @@ private void applyConfiguration(CreateContainerCmd createCommand) {
                 .toArray(String[]::new);
         createCommand.withExtraHosts(extraHostsArray);
 
-        if (networkMode != null) {
+        if (network != null) {
+            createCommand.withNetworkMode(network.getId());
+            createCommand.withAliases(this.networkAliases);
+        } else if (networkMode != null) {
             createCommand.withNetworkMode(networkMode);
         }
 
@@ -615,6 +624,18 @@ public SELF withNetworkMode(String networkMode) {
         return self();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public SELF withNetwork(Network network) {
+        this.network = network;
+        return self();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public SELF withNetworkAliases(String... aliases) {
+        Collections.addAll(this.networkAliases, aliases);
+        return self();
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/Network.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/Network.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4d1da15cb69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/Network.java
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package org.testcontainers.containers;
+
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.CreateNetworkCmd;
+import lombok.Builder;
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.Singular;
+import org.junit.rules.ExternalResource;
+import org.junit.rules.TestRule;
+import org.testcontainers.DockerClientFactory;
+import org.testcontainers.utility.ResourceReaper;
+
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+public interface Network extends AutoCloseable, TestRule {
+
+    String getId();
+
+    @Override
+    default void close() {
+        ResourceReaper.instance().removeNetworks(getId());
+    }
+
+    static Network newNetwork() {
+        return builder().build();
+    }
+
+    static NetworkImpl.NetworkImplBuilder builder() {
+        return NetworkImpl.builder();
+    }
+
+    @Builder
+    @Getter
+    class NetworkImpl extends ExternalResource implements Network {
+
+        private final String name = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+
+        private Boolean enableIpv6;
+
+        private String driver;
+
+        @Singular
+        private Set<Consumer<CreateNetworkCmd>> createNetworkCmdModifiers = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+
+        @Getter(lazy = true)
+        private final String id = create();
+
+        private String create() {
+            ResourceReaper.instance().registerNetworkForCleanup(name);
+
+            CreateNetworkCmd createNetworkCmd = DockerClientFactory.instance().client().createNetworkCmd();
+
+            createNetworkCmd.withName(name);
+            createNetworkCmd.withCheckDuplicate(true);
+
+            if (enableIpv6 != null) {
+                createNetworkCmd.withEnableIpv6(enableIpv6);
+            }
+
+            if (driver != null) {
+                createNetworkCmd.withDriver(driver);
+            }
+
+            for (Consumer<CreateNetworkCmd> consumer : createNetworkCmdModifiers) {
+                consumer.accept(createNetworkCmd);
+            }
+
+            return createNetworkCmd.exec().getId();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void after() {
+            close();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/ResourceReaper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/ResourceReaper.java
index e9f10b76b2c..a9ed8f1ba45 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/ResourceReaper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/ResourceReaper.java
@@ -5,15 +5,12 @@
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.exception.DockerException;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.exception.InternalServerErrorException;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.exception.NotFoundException;
-import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.Container;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.Network;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.testcontainers.DockerClientFactory;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
 /**
@@ -25,7 +22,7 @@ public final class ResourceReaper {
     private static ResourceReaper instance;
     private final DockerClient dockerClient;
     private Map<String, String> registeredContainers = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-    private List<String> registeredNetworks = new ArrayList<>();
+    private Set<String> registeredNetworks = Collections.newSetFromMap(new ConcurrentHashMap<>());
 
     private ResourceReaper() {
         dockerClient = DockerClientFactory.instance().client();
@@ -145,22 +142,34 @@ public void removeNetworks(String identifier) {
     }
 
     private void removeNetwork(String networkName) {
-        List<Network> networks;
         try {
-            networks = dockerClient.listNetworksCmd().withNameFilter(networkName).exec();
-        } catch (DockerException e) {
-            LOGGER.trace("Error encountered when looking up network for removal (name: {}) - it may not have been removed", networkName);
-            return;
-        }
+            try {
+                // First try to remove by name
+                dockerClient.removeNetworkCmd(networkName).exec();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                LOGGER.trace("Error encountered removing network by name ({}) - it may not have been removed", networkName);
+            }
 
-        for (Network network : networks) {
+            List<Network> networks;
             try {
-                dockerClient.removeNetworkCmd(network.getId()).exec();
-                registeredNetworks.remove(network.getId());
-                LOGGER.debug("Removed network: {}", networkName);
-            } catch (DockerException e) {
-                LOGGER.trace("Error encountered removing network (name: {}) - it may not have been removed", network.getName());
+                // Then try to list all networks with the same name
+                networks = dockerClient.listNetworksCmd().withNameFilter(networkName).exec();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                LOGGER.trace("Error encountered when looking up network for removal (name: {}) - it may not have been removed", networkName);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            for (Network network : networks) {
+                try {
+                    dockerClient.removeNetworkCmd(network.getId()).exec();
+                    registeredNetworks.remove(network.getId());
+                    LOGGER.debug("Removed network: {}", networkName);
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    LOGGER.trace("Error encountered removing network (name: {}) - it may not have been removed", network.getName());
+                }
             }
+        } finally {
+            registeredNetworks.remove(networkName);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/NetworkTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/NetworkTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..70b55c09928
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/NetworkTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+package org.testcontainers.containers;
+
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.experimental.runners.Enclosed;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.testcontainers.DockerClientFactory;
+
+import static org.rnorth.visibleassertions.VisibleAssertions.*;
+import static org.testcontainers.containers.Network.newNetwork;
+
+@RunWith(Enclosed.class)
+public class NetworkTest {
+
+    public static class WithRules {
+
+        @Rule
+        public Network network = newNetwork();
+
+        @Rule
+        public GenericContainer foo = new GenericContainer()
+                .withNetwork(network)
+                .withNetworkAliases("foo")
+                .withCommand("/bin/sh", "-c", "while true ; do printf 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK\\n\\nyay' | nc -l -p 8080; done");
+
+        @Rule
+        public GenericContainer bar = new GenericContainer()
+                .withNetwork(network)
+                .withCommand("top");
+
+        @Test
+        public void testNetworkSupport() throws Exception {
+            String response = bar.execInContainer("wget", "-O", "-", "http://foo:8080").getStdout();
+            assertEquals("received response", "yay", response);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class WithoutRules {
+
+        @Test
+        public void testNetworkSupport() throws Exception {
+            try (
+                    Network network = newNetwork();
+
+                    GenericContainer foo = new GenericContainer()
+                            .withNetwork(network)
+                            .withNetworkAliases("foo")
+                            .withCommand("/bin/sh", "-c", "while true ; do printf 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK\\n\\nyay' | nc -l -p 8080; done");
+
+                    GenericContainer bar = new GenericContainer()
+                            .withNetwork(network)
+                            .withCommand("top")
+            ) {
+                foo.start();
+                bar.start();
+
+                String response = bar.execInContainer("wget", "-O", "-", "http://foo:8080").getStdout();
+                assertEquals("received response", "yay", response);
+            }
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        public void testBuilder() throws Exception {
+            try (
+                    Network network = Network.builder()
+                            .driver("macvlan")
+                            .build();
+            ) {
+                String id = network.getId();
+                assertEquals(
+                        "Flag is set",
+                        "macvlan",
+                        DockerClientFactory.instance().client().inspectNetworkCmd().withNetworkId(id).exec().getDriver()
+                );
+            }
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        public void testModifiers() throws Exception {
+            try (
+                    Network network = Network.builder()
+                            .createNetworkCmdModifier(cmd -> cmd.withDriver("macvlan"))
+                            .build();
+            ) {
+                String id = network.getId();
+                assertEquals(
+                        "Flag is set",
+                        "macvlan",
+                        DockerClientFactory.instance().client().inspectNetworkCmd().withNetworkId(id).exec().getDriver()
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/modules/selenium/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/junit/LinkedContainerTest.java b/modules/selenium/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/junit/LinkedContainerTest.java
index b135e92a754..862a985ad8f 100644
--- a/modules/selenium/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/junit/LinkedContainerTest.java
+++ b/modules/selenium/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/junit/LinkedContainerTest.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities;
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.BrowserWebDriverContainer;
+import org.testcontainers.containers.Network;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.NginxContainer;
 
 import java.io.*;
@@ -23,13 +24,18 @@ public class LinkedContainerTest {
     private static File contentFolder = new File(System.getProperty("user.home") + "/.tmp-test-container");
 
     @Rule
-    public NginxContainer nginx = new NginxContainer()
+    public Network network = Network.newNetwork();
+
+    @Rule
+    public NginxContainer nginx = new NginxContainer<>()
+            .withNetwork(network)
+            .withNetworkAliases("nginx")
             .withCustomContent(contentFolder.toString());
 
     @Rule
-    public BrowserWebDriverContainer chrome = new BrowserWebDriverContainer()
-            .withDesiredCapabilities(DesiredCapabilities.chrome())
-            .withLinkToContainer(nginx, "nginx");
+    public BrowserWebDriverContainer chrome = new BrowserWebDriverContainer<>()
+            .withNetwork(network)
+            .withDesiredCapabilities(DesiredCapabilities.chrome());
 
     @BeforeClass
     public static void setupContent() throws FileNotFoundException {