diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkManager.java b/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkManager.java
index 40efb393370..4edf669b3db 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkManager.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkManager.java
@@ -205,4 +205,6 @@ public interface NetworkManager extends NetworkService {
     public String acquireGuestIpAddress(Network network, String requestedIp);
 
     String getGlobalGuestDomainSuffix();
+    
+    String getStartIpAddress(long networkId);
 }
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkManagerImpl.java
index dd043da33ea..ab9d4de9ba0 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkManagerImpl.java
@@ -3065,4 +3065,26 @@ public class NetworkManagerImpl implements NetworkManager, NetworkService, Manag
     public String getGlobalGuestDomainSuffix() {
         return _networkDomain;
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public String getStartIpAddress(long networkId) {
+        List<VlanVO> vlans = _vlanDao.listVlansByNetworkId(networkId);
+        if (vlans.isEmpty()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        
+        String startIP = vlans.get(0).getIpRange().split("-")[0];
+        
+        for (VlanVO vlan : vlans) {
+            String startIP1 = vlan.getIpRange().split("-")[0];
+            long startIPLong = NetUtils.ip2Long(startIP);
+            long startIPLong1 = NetUtils.ip2Long(startIP1);
+            
+            if (startIPLong1 < startIPLong) {
+                startIP = startIP1; 
+            }
+        }
+        
+        return startIP;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/network/router/VirtualNetworkApplianceManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/network/router/VirtualNetworkApplianceManagerImpl.java
index f0c73bb14c6..c984937ba73 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/network/router/VirtualNetworkApplianceManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/network/router/VirtualNetworkApplianceManagerImpl.java
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ import com.cloud.dc.DataCenterVO;
 import com.cloud.dc.HostPodVO;
 import com.cloud.dc.dao.AccountVlanMapDao;
 import com.cloud.dc.dao.DataCenterDao;
-import com.cloud.dc.dao.DcDetailsDaoImpl;
 import com.cloud.dc.dao.HostPodDao;
 import com.cloud.dc.dao.VlanDao;
 import com.cloud.deploy.DataCenterDeployment;
@@ -136,8 +135,8 @@ import com.cloud.service.ServiceOfferingVO;
 import com.cloud.service.dao.ServiceOfferingDao;
 import com.cloud.storage.StorageManager;
 import com.cloud.storage.VMTemplateVO;
-import com.cloud.storage.VolumeVO;
 import com.cloud.storage.Volume.Type;
+import com.cloud.storage.VolumeVO;
 import com.cloud.storage.dao.GuestOSDao;
 import com.cloud.storage.dao.VMTemplateDao;
 import com.cloud.storage.dao.VMTemplateHostDao;
@@ -1039,7 +1038,18 @@ public class VirtualNetworkApplianceManagerImpl implements VirtualNetworkApplian
         NetworkVO controlConfig = _networkMgr.setupNetwork(_systemAcct, controlOffering, plan, null, null, false, false).get(0);
 
         List<Pair<NetworkVO, NicProfile>> networks = new ArrayList<Pair<NetworkVO, NicProfile>>(3);
-        NicProfile gatewayNic = new NicProfile();
+        
+        String defaultNetworkStartIp = null;
+        if (guestNetwork.getCidr() != null) {
+            String startIp = _networkMgr.getStartIpAddress(guestNetwork.getId());
+            if (_ipAddressDao.findByIpAndSourceNetworkId(guestNetwork.getId(), startIp).getAllocatedTime() == null) {
+                defaultNetworkStartIp = startIp;
+            } else if (s_logger.isDebugEnabled()){
+                s_logger.debug("First ip " + startIp + " in network id=" + guestNetwork.getId() + " is already allocated, can't use it for domain router; will get random ip address from the range");
+            }
+        }
+
+        NicProfile gatewayNic = new NicProfile(defaultNetworkStartIp);
         gatewayNic.setDefaultNic(true);
         networks.add(new Pair<NetworkVO, NicProfile>((NetworkVO) guestNetwork, gatewayNic));
         networks.add(new Pair<NetworkVO, NicProfile>(controlConfig, null));