diff --git a/core/testcontainers/core/container.py b/core/testcontainers/core/container.py
index e130edc2..a3bb4bb7 100644
--- a/core/testcontainers/core/container.py
+++ b/core/testcontainers/core/container.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import contextlib
 import os
-from typing import Optional
+from platform import system
+from typing import Optional, Tuple
 
 from docker.models.containers import Container
 
@@ -97,6 +98,9 @@ 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"):