diff --git a/novaclient/tests/v1_1/test_hosts.py b/novaclient/tests/v1_1/test_hosts.py
index d8291c6ae..8fcdf5a76 100644
--- a/novaclient/tests/v1_1/test_hosts.py
+++ b/novaclient/tests/v1_1/test_hosts.py
@@ -78,3 +78,7 @@ class HostsTest(utils.FixturedTestCase):
         host.shutdown()
         self.assert_called(
             'GET', '/os-hosts/sample_host/shutdown')
+
+    def test_hosts_repr(self):
+        hs = self.cs.hosts.get('host')
+        self.assertEqual('<Host: dummy>', repr(hs[0]))
diff --git a/novaclient/v1_1/hosts.py b/novaclient/v1_1/hosts.py
index 0b641d44c..af1756ad2 100644
--- a/novaclient/v1_1/hosts.py
+++ b/novaclient/v1_1/hosts.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from novaclient import base
 
 class Host(base.Resource):
     def __repr__(self):
-        return "<Host: %s>" % self.host_name
+        return "<Host: %s>" % self.host
 
     def _add_details(self, info):
         dico = 'resource' in info and info['resource'] or info