diff --git a/novaclient/tests/unit/fixture_data/hosts.py b/novaclient/tests/unit/fixture_data/hosts.py
index 28ff17ef1..160eb3989 100644
--- a/novaclient/tests/unit/fixture_data/hosts.py
+++ b/novaclient/tests/unit/fixture_data/hosts.py
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ class BaseFixture(base.Fixture):
             return {
                 'hosts': [
                     {
-                        'host': 'host1',
+                        'host_name': 'host1',
                         'service': service or 'nova-compute',
                         'zone': zone
                     },
                     {
-                        'host': 'host1',
+                        'host_name': 'host1',
                         'service': service or 'nova-cert',
                         'zone': zone
                     }
diff --git a/novaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_hosts.py b/novaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_hosts.py
index d99627b09..8f77e01b4 100644
--- a/novaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_hosts.py
+++ b/novaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_hosts.py
@@ -85,3 +85,8 @@ class HostsTest(utils.FixturedTestCase):
     def test_hosts_repr(self):
         hs = self.cs.hosts.get('host')
         self.assertEqual('<Host: dummy>', repr(hs[0]))
+
+    def test_hosts_list_repr(self):
+        hs = self.cs.hosts.list()
+        for h in hs:
+            self.assertEqual('<Host: %s>' % h.host_name, repr(h))
diff --git a/novaclient/v2/hosts.py b/novaclient/v2/hosts.py
index af1756ad2..0f979973b 100644
--- a/novaclient/v2/hosts.py
+++ b/novaclient/v2/hosts.py
@@ -40,6 +40,18 @@ class Host(base.Resource):
     def reboot(self):
         return self.manager.host_action(self.host, 'reboot')
 
+    @property
+    def host_name(self):
+        return self.host
+
+    @host_name.setter
+    def host_name(self, value):
+        # A host from hosts.list() has the attribute "host_name" instead of
+        # "host." This sets "host" if that's the case. Even though it doesn't
+        # exactly mirror the response format, it enables users to work with
+        # host objects from list and non-list operations interchangeably.
+        self.host = value
+
 
 class HostManager(base.ManagerWithFind):
     resource_class = Host