diff --git a/systemd-journal-gelf b/systemd-journal-gelf
index 1238dea..3f8ccbb 100644
--- a/systemd-journal-gelf
+++ b/systemd-journal-gelf
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use Compress::Zlib;
 use Getopt::Long;
 use YAML::Tiny;
 use MIME::Base64;
-
+use Net::Domain qw(hostfqdn);
 
 #### Global vars ####
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ while ( my $entry = <JOURNAL> ){
   my $gelf = {
     version        => 1.1,
     short_message  => $msg->{MESSAGE},
-    host           => $msg->{_HOSTNAME},
+    host           => hostfqdn(),
     timestamp      => int ( $msg->{__REALTIME_TIMESTAMP} / ( 1000 * 1000 ) ),
     level          => $msg->{PRIORITY}
   };