diff --git a/runbot/runbot.py b/runbot/runbot.py
index 5533fa3f..a593337a 100644
--- a/runbot/runbot.py
+++ b/runbot/runbot.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def uniq_list(l):
     return OrderedDict.fromkeys(l).keys()
 
 def fqdn():
-    return socket.gethostname()
+    return socket.getfqdn()
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 # RunBot Models