diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/dev-db/etcd/files/etcd-bootstrap b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/dev-db/etcd/files/etcd-bootstrap
index 2b6e6c8622..2ac1fd41a9 100755
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/dev-db/etcd/files/etcd-bootstrap
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/dev-db/etcd/files/etcd-bootstrap
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 VIRT=$(coreos-detect-virt)
 STATE=/var/lib/etcd
-DEFAULT_ARGS="-d $STATE -f -cl 0.0.0.0"
+DEFAULT_ARGS="-d $STATE -f -cl 0.0.0.0 -n ${HOSTNAME}"
 
 if [ "${VIRT}" != "ec2" ]; then
 	echo "Detected environment \"${VIRT}\", just starting solo master..."