diff --git a/src/Provider/Node/SystemNodeProvider.php b/src/Provider/Node/SystemNodeProvider.php
index 2ef3f2f..216d739 100644
--- a/src/Provider/Node/SystemNodeProvider.php
+++ b/src/Provider/Node/SystemNodeProvider.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class SystemNodeProvider implements NodeProviderInterface
     /**
      * Returns the system node ID
      *
-     * @return string System node ID as a hexadecimal string
+     * @return string|false System node ID as a hexadecimal string, or false if it is not found
      */
     public function getNode()
     {
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class SystemNodeProvider implements NodeProviderInterface
 
         // Search the ifconfig output for all MAC addresses and return
         // the first one found
+        $node = false;
         if (preg_match_all($pattern, $this->getIfconfig(), $matches, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER)) {
             $node = $matches[1][0];
             $node = str_replace([':', '-'], '', $node);
diff --git a/tests/src/Provider/Node/SystemNodeProviderTest.php b/tests/src/Provider/Node/SystemNodeProviderTest.php
index 13d521f..fa9e98e 100644
--- a/tests/src/Provider/Node/SystemNodeProviderTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Provider/Node/SystemNodeProviderTest.php
@@ -18,15 +18,9 @@ class SystemNodeProviderTest extends TestCase
             ->setMethods(['getIfconfig'])
             ->getMock();
 
-        // @codingStandardsIgnoreStart
-        $provider->method('getIfconfig')
-            ->willReturn(<<<TXT
-vboxnet0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
-    ether 0a:00:27:00:00:00
-    inet 192.168.60.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.60.255
-TXT
-        );
-        // @codingStandardsIgnoreEnd
+        $provider->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('getIfconfig')
+            ->willReturn(PHP_EOL . 'AA-BB-CC-DD-EE-FF' . PHP_EOL);
 
         $node = $provider->getNode();
 
@@ -84,6 +78,42 @@ TXT
         $this->assertEquals('AABBCCDDEEFF', $node);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @runInSeparateProcess
+     * @preserveGlobalState disabled
+     */
+    public function testGetNodeReturnsFalseWhenNodeIsNotFound()
+    {
+        $provider = $this->getMockBuilder('Ramsey\Uuid\Provider\Node\SystemNodeProvider')
+            ->setMethods(['getIfconfig'])
+            ->getMock();
+
+        $provider->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('getIfconfig')
+            ->willReturn('some string that does not match the mac address');
+
+        $node = $provider->getNode();
+        $this->assertFalse($node);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @runInSeparateProcess
+     * @preserveGlobalState disabled
+     */
+    public function testGetNodeWillNotExecuteSystemCallIfFailedFirstTime()
+    {
+        $provider = $this->getMockBuilder('Ramsey\Uuid\Provider\Node\SystemNodeProvider')
+            ->setMethods(['getIfconfig'])
+            ->getMock();
+
+        $provider->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('getIfconfig')
+            ->willReturn('some string that does not match the mac address');
+
+        $provider->getNode();
+        $provider->getNode();
+    }
+
     public function osCommandDataProvider()
     {
         return [