diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 9c48627b..237db7ab 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -217,6 +217,12 @@
 #   in the ceilometer config.
 #   Defaults to false.
 #
+# [*host*]
+#   (Optional) Name of this node. This is typically a hostname, FQDN, or
+#   IP address.
+#   Defaults to $::os_service_default.
+#
+#
 # === DEPRECATED PARAMETERS:
 #  [*metering_secret*]
 #   (optional)  Secret key for signing messages.
@@ -310,6 +316,7 @@ class ceilometer(
   $snmpd_readonly_username            = $::os_service_default,
   $snmpd_readonly_user_password       = $::os_service_default,
   $purge_config                       = false,
+  $host                               = $::os_service_default,
   # DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
   $alarm_history_time_to_live         = undef,
   $metering_secret                    = undef,
@@ -435,6 +442,7 @@ please use memcache_servers instead.")
   # Once we got here, we can act as an honey badger on the rpc used.
   ceilometer_config {
     'DEFAULT/http_timeout'                : value => $http_timeout;
+    'DEFAULT/host'                        : value => $host;
     'publisher/telemetry_secret'          : value => $telemetry_secret_real, secret => true;
     'database/event_time_to_live'         : value => $event_time_to_live;
     'database/metering_time_to_live'      : value => $metering_time_to_live;
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/set-ceilometer-host-1e3d3f9de3642cd0.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/set-ceilometer-host-1e3d3f9de3642cd0.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..494dbc57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/set-ceilometer-host-1e3d3f9de3642cd0.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Add support to override host param in ceilometer config. Without this
+    sometimes fqdn wont match and some nova metrics will be skipped.
diff --git a/spec/classes/ceilometer_init_spec.rb b/spec/classes/ceilometer_init_spec.rb
index b7415608..410b5841 100644
--- a/spec/classes/ceilometer_init_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/ceilometer_init_spec.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ describe 'ceilometer' do
       :log_dir               => '/var/log/ceilometer',
       :use_stderr            => 'True',
       :purge_config          => false,
+      :host                  => 'foo.domain'
     }
   end
 
@@ -37,6 +38,10 @@ describe 'ceilometer' do
       is_expected.to contain_ceilometer_config('DEFAULT/http_timeout').with_value(params[:http_timeout])
     end
 
+    it 'configures host name' do
+      is_expected.to contain_ceilometer_config('DEFAULT/host').with_value(params[:host])
+    end
+
     context 'with rabbit_host parameter' do
       before { params.merge!( rabbit_params ) }
       it_configures 'a ceilometer base installation'