diff --git a/core/testcontainers/core/container.py b/core/testcontainers/core/container.py
index 4caed7e3..0d30a57f 100644
--- a/core/testcontainers/core/container.py
+++ b/core/testcontainers/core/container.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+from platform import system
 from typing import Optional, Tuple
 
 from docker.models.containers import Container
@@ -92,6 +93,9 @@ def get_container_host_ip(self) -> str:
         host = self.get_docker_client().host()
         if not host:
             return "localhost"
+        # see https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/issues/415
+        if host == "localnpipe" and "Windows" == system():
+            return "localhost"
 
         # check testcontainers itself runs inside docker container
         if inside_container() and not os.getenv("DOCKER_HOST"):