diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 58ec72d5..acb88c3e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -70,3 +70,6 @@
 [submodule "vendor/github.com/coreos/go-iptables"]
 	path = vendor/github.com/coreos/go-iptables
 	url = https://github.com/coreos/go-iptables
+[submodule "vendor/github.com/j-keck/arping"]
+	path = vendor/github.com/j-keck/arping
+	url = https://github.com/j-keck/arping
diff --git a/plugin/net/cni.go b/plugin/net/cni.go
index 8d529b10..3682a721 100644
--- a/plugin/net/cni.go
+++ b/plugin/net/cni.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/appc/cni/pkg/ipam"
 	"github.com/appc/cni/pkg/skel"
 	"github.com/appc/cni/pkg/types"
+	"github.com/j-keck/arping"
 	"github.com/vishvananda/netlink"
 	"github.com/vishvananda/netns"
 	weaveapi "github.com/weaveworks/weave/api"
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ func setupGuestIP4(origName, name string, ipnet net.IPNet, gw net.IP, routes []t
 	if err = netlink.AddrAdd(guest, &netlink.Addr{IPNet: &ipnet}); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to add IP address to %q: %v", name, err)
 	}
+	arping.GratuitousArpOverIfaceByName(ipnet.IP, name)
 	for _, r := range routes {
 		if r.GW != nil {
 			err = addRoute(guest, netlink.SCOPE_UNIVERSE, &r.Dst, r.GW)
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/j-keck/arping b/vendor/github.com/j-keck/arping
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..af9a9003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/j-keck/arping
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit af9a9003cfd88231902ab8959023d743f4ea93d7