diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 17bdc7280..43300cee9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -397,10 +397,6 @@
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
 			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
@@ -426,10 +422,6 @@
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
 					</plugin>
-					<plugin>
-						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-						<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-					</plugin>
 				</plugins>
 			</build>
 		</profile>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/StartContainerCmd.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/StartContainerCmd.java
index 40fb23a9f..b48e30508 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/StartContainerCmd.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/StartContainerCmd.java
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ public interface StartContainerCmd extends DockerCmd<Void> {
 
 	public Device[] getDevices();
 
+	public String[] getExtraHosts();
+
 	public RestartPolicy getRestartPolicy();
 
 	public Capability[] getCapAdd();
@@ -107,6 +109,11 @@ public interface StartContainerCmd extends DockerCmd<Void> {
 	 */
 	public StartContainerCmd withDevices(Device... devices);
 
+	/**
+	 * Add hostnames to /etc/hosts in the container
+	 */
+	public StartContainerCmd withExtraHosts(String... extraHosts);
+
 	/**
 	 * Set custom {@link RestartPolicy} for the container. Defaults to
 	 * {@link RestartPolicy#noRestart()}
@@ -141,4 +148,4 @@ public interface StartContainerCmd extends DockerCmd<Void> {
 	public static interface Exec extends DockerCmdExec<StartContainerCmd, Void> {
 	}
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/model/HostConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/model/HostConfig.java
index 5532fba3a..c72d078b1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/model/HostConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/model/HostConfig.java
@@ -53,12 +53,16 @@ public class HostConfig {
 	@JsonProperty("Devices")
 	private Device[] devices;
 
+	@JsonProperty("ExtraHosts")
+	private String[] extraHosts;
+
 	public HostConfig() {
 	}
 
 	public HostConfig(String[] binds, Links links, LxcConf[] lxcConf, Ports portBindings, boolean publishAllPorts,
 			boolean privileged, String[] dns, String[] dnsSearch, VolumesFrom[] volumesFrom, String containerIDFile,
-			Capability[] capAdd, Capability[] capDrop, RestartPolicy restartPolicy, String networkMode, Device[] devices) {
+			Capability[] capAdd, Capability[] capDrop, RestartPolicy restartPolicy, String networkMode, Device[] devices,
+            String[] extraHosts) {
 		this.binds = binds;
 		this.links = links;
 		this.lxcConf = lxcConf;
@@ -74,6 +78,7 @@ public HostConfig(String[] binds, Links links, LxcConf[] lxcConf, Ports portBind
 		this.restartPolicy = restartPolicy;
 		this.networkMode = networkMode;
 		this.devices = devices;
+		this.extraHosts = extraHosts;
 	}
 
 	public String[] getBinds() {
@@ -124,6 +129,10 @@ public Device[] getDevices() {
 		return devices;
 	}
 
+	public String[] getExtraHosts() {
+		return extraHosts;
+	}
+
 	public RestartPolicy getRestartPolicy() {
 		return restartPolicy;
 	}
@@ -196,6 +205,10 @@ public void setDevices(Device[] devices) {
 		this.devices = devices;
 	}
 
+	public void setExtraHosts(String[] extraHosts) {
+		this.extraHosts = extraHosts;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
 		return ToStringBuilder.reflectionToString(this);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/StartContainerCmdImpl.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/StartContainerCmdImpl.java
index c3a5cadaa..dba35fb99 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/StartContainerCmdImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/StartContainerCmdImpl.java
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ public class StartContainerCmdImpl extends AbstrDockerCmd<StartContainerCmd, Voi
 	@JsonProperty("Devices")
 	private Device[] devices;
 	
+	@JsonProperty("ExtraHosts")
+	private String[] extraHosts;
+	
 	@JsonProperty("RestartPolicy")
 	private RestartPolicy restartPolicy;
 	
@@ -141,6 +144,11 @@ public Device[] getDevices() {
 		return devices;
 	}
     
+    @Override
+    public String[] getExtraHosts() {
+		return extraHosts;
+	}
+    
     @Override
     public RestartPolicy getRestartPolicy() {
     	return restartPolicy;
@@ -250,6 +258,14 @@ public StartContainerCmd withDevices(Device... devices) {
 		this.devices = devices;
 		return this;
 	}
+
+    @Override
+	public StartContainerCmd withExtraHosts(String... extraHosts) {
+		checkNotNull(extraHosts, "extraHosts was not specified");
+		this.extraHosts = extraHosts;
+		return this;
+	}
+    
     
     @Override
    	public StartContainerCmd withRestartPolicy(RestartPolicy restartPolicy) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/CreateContainerCmdImplTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/CreateContainerCmdImplTest.java
index ed81a5296..ba05b2687 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/CreateContainerCmdImplTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/CreateContainerCmdImplTest.java
@@ -311,4 +311,27 @@ public void createContainerWithEntrypoint() throws DockerException {
 
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void createContainerWithExtraHosts() throws DockerException {
+
+		String[] extraHosts = {"dockerhost:127.0.0.1", "otherhost:10.0.0.1"};
+
+		HostConfig hostConfig = new HostConfig();
+		hostConfig.setExtraHosts(extraHosts);
+
+		CreateContainerResponse container = dockerClient
+				.createContainerCmd("busybox").withName("container")
+				.withHostConfig(hostConfig).exec();
+
+		LOG.info("Created container {}", container.toString());
+
+		assertThat(container.getId(), not(isEmptyString()));
+
+		InspectContainerResponse inspectContainerResponse = dockerClient
+				.inspectContainerCmd(container.getId()).exec();
+
+		assertThat(Arrays.asList(inspectContainerResponse.getHostConfig().getExtraHosts()),
+				containsInAnyOrder("dockerhost:127.0.0.1", "otherhost:10.0.0.1"));
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/StartContainerCmdImplTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/StartContainerCmdImplTest.java
index 7579b5ec6..22307b07b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/StartContainerCmdImplTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/StartContainerCmdImplTest.java
@@ -437,6 +437,29 @@ public void startContainerWithDevices() throws DockerException {
 				"/dev/zero")));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void startContainerWithExtraHosts() throws DockerException {
+
+		CreateContainerResponse container = dockerClient
+				.createContainerCmd("busybox").withCmd("sleep", "9999").exec();
+
+		LOG.info("Created container {}", container.toString());
+
+		assertThat(container.getId(), not(isEmptyString()));
+
+		dockerClient.startContainerCmd(container.getId())
+				.withExtraHosts("dockerhost:127.0.0.1")
+				.exec();
+
+		InspectContainerResponse inspectContainerResponse = dockerClient
+				.inspectContainerCmd(container.getId()).exec();
+
+		assertThat(inspectContainerResponse.getState().isRunning(), is(true));
+
+		assertThat(Arrays.asList(inspectContainerResponse.getHostConfig()
+				.getExtraHosts()), contains("dockerhost:127.0.0.1"));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void startContainerWithRestartPolicy() throws DockerException {