diff --git a/docker-java-api/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/CreateContainerCmd.java b/docker-java-api/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/CreateContainerCmd.java
index fba83f50c..461cd5679 100644
--- a/docker-java-api/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/CreateContainerCmd.java
+++ b/docker-java-api/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/CreateContainerCmd.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.Link;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.LogConfig;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.LxcConf;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.NetworkingConfig;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.PortBinding;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.Ports;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.RestartPolicy;
@@ -209,6 +210,13 @@ default CreateContainerCmd withLinks(List<Link> links) {
 
     CreateContainerCmd withIpv6Address(String ipv6Address);
 
+    NetworkingConfig getNetworkingConfig();
+
+    /**
+     * Set the networking configuration for the container.
+     */
+    CreateContainerCmd withNetworkingConfig(NetworkingConfig networkingConfig);
+
     @CheckForNull
     Map<String, String> getLabels();
 
diff --git a/docker-java-api/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/model/NetworkingConfig.java b/docker-java-api/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/model/NetworkingConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3af186f6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-java-api/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/model/NetworkingConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package com.github.dockerjava.api.model;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+
+import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Networking configuration for a container.
+ */
+public class NetworkingConfig {
+
+    public NetworkingConfig() {
+        this.endpointsConfig = new HashMap<>();
+    }
+    public NetworkingConfig(Map<String, ContainerNetwork> endpointsConfig) {
+        this.endpointsConfig = endpointsConfig;
+    }
+
+    @JsonProperty("EndpointsConfig")
+    private Map<String, ContainerNetwork> endpointsConfig;
+
+    @CheckForNull
+    public Map<String, ContainerNetwork> getEndpointsConfig() {
+        return endpointsConfig;
+    }
+
+    public NetworkingConfig withEndpointsConfig(Map<String, ContainerNetwork> endpointsConfig) {
+        this.endpointsConfig = endpointsConfig;
+        return this;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/CreateContainerCmdImpl.java b/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/CreateContainerCmdImpl.java
index 9b7f8a8fe..dade58292 100644
--- a/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/CreateContainerCmdImpl.java
+++ b/docker-java-core/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/CreateContainerCmdImpl.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.ExposedPorts;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.HealthCheck;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.HostConfig;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.NetworkingConfig;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.Volume;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.Volumes;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.EqualsBuilder;
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ public class CreateContainerCmdImpl extends AbstrDockerCmd<CreateContainerCmd, C
     private List<String> shell;
 
     @JsonProperty("NetworkingConfig")
-    private NetworkingConfig networkingConfig;
+    private NetworkingConfig networkingConfig = new NetworkingConfig();
 
     private String ipv4Address = null;
 
@@ -544,6 +545,18 @@ public CreateContainerCmd withIpv6Address(String ipv6Address) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public NetworkingConfig getNetworkingConfig() {
+        return networkingConfig;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CreateContainerCmd withNetworkingConfig(NetworkingConfig networkingConfig) {
+        Objects.requireNonNull(networkingConfig, "no networkingConfig was specified");
+        this.networkingConfig = networkingConfig;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     @CheckForNull
     public List<String> getOnBuild() {
         return onBuild;
@@ -601,8 +614,13 @@ public CreateContainerResponse exec() throws NotFoundException, ConflictExceptio
         }
 
         if (containerNetwork != null && hostConfig.getNetworkMode() != null) {
-            networkingConfig = new NetworkingConfig()
-                    .withEndpointsConfig(singletonMap(hostConfig.getNetworkMode(), containerNetwork));
+            // If the user explicitly sets networkingConfig or endpointConfig to null, its reasonable to not overwrite it
+            if (networkingConfig != null 
+                    && networkingConfig.getEndpointsConfig() != null 
+                    && !networkingConfig.getEndpointsConfig().containsKey(hostConfig.getNetworkMode())
+            ) {
+                networkingConfig.getEndpointsConfig().put(hostConfig.getNetworkMode(), containerNetwork);
+            }
         }
 
         return super.exec();
@@ -623,18 +641,4 @@ public boolean equals(Object o) {
     public int hashCode() {
         return HashCodeBuilder.reflectionHashCode(this);
     }
-
-    public static class NetworkingConfig {
-        @JsonProperty("EndpointsConfig")
-        public Map<String, ContainerNetwork> endpointsConfig;
-
-        public Map<String, ContainerNetwork> getEndpointsConfig() {
-            return endpointsConfig;
-        }
-
-        public NetworkingConfig withEndpointsConfig(Map<String, ContainerNetwork> endpointsConfig) {
-            this.endpointsConfig = endpointsConfig;
-            return this;
-        }
-    }
 }