diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/scaleway.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/scaleway.py
index c2be621b2e7..37cb3940284 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/scaleway.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/scaleway.py
@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
                 - name: SCW_TOKEN
                 - name: SCW_API_KEY
                 - name: SCW_OAUTH_TOKEN
+        hostnames:
+            description: List of preference about what to use as an hostname.
+            type: list
+            default:
+                - public_ipv4
+            choices:
+                - public_ipv4
+                - private_ipv4
+                - public_ipv6
+                - hostname
+                - id
 '''
 
 EXAMPLES = '''
@@ -47,10 +58,11 @@ regions:
   - par1
 tags:
   - foobar
+hostnames:
+  - public_ipv4
 '''
 
 import json
-import os
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin
@@ -82,26 +94,68 @@ def _build_server_url(api_endpoint):
     return "/".join([api_endpoint, "servers"])
 
 
+def extract_public_ipv4(server_info):
+    try:
+        return server_info["public_ip"]["address"]
+    except (KeyError, TypeError):
+        return None
+
+
+def extract_private_ipv4(server_info):
+    return server_info["private_ip"]
+
+
+def extract_hostname(server_info):
+    return server_info["hostname"]
+
+
+def extract_server_id(server_info):
+    return server_info["id"]
+
+
+def extract_public_ipv6(server_info):
+    try:
+        return server_info["ipv6"]["address"]
+    except (KeyError, TypeError):
+        return None
+
+
+extractors = {
+    "public_ipv4": extract_public_ipv4,
+    "private_ipv4": extract_private_ipv4,
+    "public_ipv6": extract_public_ipv6,
+    "hostname": extract_hostname,
+    "id": extract_server_id
+}
+
+
 class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
     NAME = 'scaleway'
 
     def verify_file(self, path):
         return "scaleway" in path
 
-    def _fill_host_variables(self, server_id, server_info):
+    def _fill_host_variables(self, host, server_info):
         targeted_attributes = (
             "arch",
             "commercial_type",
+            "id",
             "organization",
             "state",
             "hostname",
             "state"
         )
         for attribute in targeted_attributes:
-            self.inventory.set_variable(server_id, attribute, server_info[attribute])
+            self.inventory.set_variable(host, attribute, server_info[attribute])
+
+        self.inventory.set_variable(host, "tags", server_info["tags"])
+
+        if extract_public_ipv6(server_info=server_info):
+            self.inventory.set_variable(host, "public_ipv6", extract_public_ipv6(server_info=server_info))
 
-        self.inventory.set_variable(server_id, "tags", server_info["tags"])
-        self.inventory.set_variable(server_id, "ipv4", server_info["public_ip"]["address"])
+        if extract_public_ipv4(server_info=server_info):
+            self.inventory.set_variable(host, "public_ipv4", extract_public_ipv4(server_info=server_info))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(host, "ansible_host", extract_public_ipv4(server_info=server_info))
 
     def _get_zones(self, config_zones):
         return set(SCALEWAY_LOCATION.keys()).intersection(config_zones)
@@ -121,22 +175,36 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
         else:
             return matching_tags.union((server_zone,))
 
-    def do_zone_inventory(self, zone, token, tags):
+    def _filter_host(self, host_infos, hostname_preferences):
+
+        for pref in hostname_preferences:
+            if extractors[pref](host_infos):
+                return extractors[pref](host_infos)
+
+        return None
+
+    def do_zone_inventory(self, zone, token, tags, hostname_preferences):
         self.inventory.add_group(zone)
         zone_info = SCALEWAY_LOCATION[zone]
 
         url = _build_server_url(zone_info["api_endpoint"])
-        all_servers = _fetch_information(url=url, token=token)
+        raw_zone_hosts_infos = _fetch_information(url=url, token=token)
+
+        for host_infos in raw_zone_hosts_infos:
+
+            hostname = self._filter_host(host_infos=host_infos,
+                                         hostname_preferences=hostname_preferences)
 
-        for server_info in all_servers:
+            # No suitable hostname were found in the attributes and the host won't be in the inventory
+            if not hostname:
+                continue
 
-            groups = self.match_groups(server_info, tags)
-            server_id = server_info["id"]
+            groups = self.match_groups(host_infos, tags)
 
             for group in groups:
                 self.inventory.add_group(group=group)
-                self.inventory.add_host(group=group, host=server_id)
-                self._fill_host_variables(server_id=server_id, server_info=server_info)
+                self.inventory.add_host(group=group, host=hostname)
+                self._fill_host_variables(host=hostname, server_info=host_infos)
 
     def parse(self, inventory, loader, path, cache=True):
         super(InventoryModule, self).parse(inventory, loader, path)
@@ -145,6 +213,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
         config_zones = self.get_option("regions")
         tags = self.get_option("tags")
         token = self.get_option("oauth_token")
+        hostname_preference = self.get_option("hostnames")
 
         for zone in self._get_zones(config_zones):
-            self.do_zone_inventory(zone=zone, token=token, tags=tags)
+            self.do_zone_inventory(zone=zone, token=token, tags=tags, hostname_preferences=hostname_preference)