diff --git a/contrib/inventory_builder/inventory.py b/contrib/inventory_builder/inventory.py
index abd9cd021..df1307f78 100644
--- a/contrib/inventory_builder/inventory.py
+++ b/contrib/inventory_builder/inventory.py
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ class KubesprayInventory(object):
         self.ensure_required_groups(ROLES)
 
         if changed_hosts:
+            changed_hosts = self.range2ips(changed_hosts)
             self.hosts = self.build_hostnames(changed_hosts)
             self.purge_invalid_hosts(self.hosts.keys(), PROTECTED_NAMES)
             self.set_all(self.hosts)
@@ -179,6 +180,26 @@ class KubesprayInventory(object):
 
         return all_hosts
 
+    def range2ips(self, hosts):
+        from ipaddress import ip_address
+        reworked_hosts = []
+
+        def ips(start_address, end_address):
+            start = int(ip_address(start_address).packed.hex(), 16)
+            end = int(ip_address(end_address).packed.hex(), 16)
+            return [ip_address(ip).exploded for ip in range(start, end+1)]
+
+        for host in hosts:
+            if '-' in host:
+                start, end = host.strip().split('-')
+                try:
+                    reworked_hosts.extend(ips(start, end))
+                except ValueError:
+                    raise Exception("Range of ip_addresses isn't valid")
+            else:
+                reworked_hosts.append(host)
+        return reworked_hosts
+
     def exists_hostname(self, existing_hosts, hostname):
         return hostname in existing_hosts.keys()
 
diff --git a/contrib/inventory_builder/tests/test_inventory.py b/contrib/inventory_builder/tests/test_inventory.py
index 43f6b2bb6..cb108c821 100644
--- a/contrib/inventory_builder/tests/test_inventory.py
+++ b/contrib/inventory_builder/tests/test_inventory.py
@@ -238,3 +238,14 @@ class TestInventory(unittest.TestCase):
         self.inv.set_kube_node(hosts.keys())
         for h in range(5):
             self.assertFalse(hosts.keys()[h] in self.inv.config['kube-node'])
+
+    def test_range2ips_range(self):
+        changed_hosts = ['10.90.0.2', '10.90.0.4-10.90.0.6', '10.90.0.8']
+        expected = ['10.90.0.2', '10.90.0.4', '10.90.0.5', '10.90.0.6', '10.90.0.8']
+        result = self.inv.range2ips(changed_hosts)
+        self.assertEqual(expected, result)
+
+    def test_range2ips_incorrect_range(self):
+        host_range = ['10.90.0.4-a.9b.c.e']
+        self.assertRaisesRegexp(Exception, "Range of ip_addresses isn't valid",
+                                self.inv.range2ips, host_range)