diff --git a/lib/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler.rb b/lib/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler.rb
index c1a480e..04340e5 100644
--- a/lib/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler.rb
+++ b/lib/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler.rb
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ module Beaker
       YAML.load_file(dot_fog)
     end
 
+    def connection_preference
+      ['vmhostname', 'ip', 'hostname']
+    end
+
     def check_url url
       begin
         URI.parse(url)
@@ -352,4 +356,4 @@ module Beaker
       disk_added?(parsed[hostname], disk_size, index)
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end