diff --git a/src/libsysprof-profile/sysprof-recording.c b/src/libsysprof-profile/sysprof-recording.c
index cc69c662..24c9c7b5 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof-profile/sysprof-recording.c
+++ b/src/libsysprof-profile/sysprof-recording.c
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ sysprof_recording_fiber (gpointer user_data)
   struct sysinfo si;
   gint64 begin_time;
   gint64 end_time;
+  char hostname[64] = {0};
 
   g_assert (SYSPROF_IS_RECORDING (self));
 
@@ -198,6 +199,9 @@ sysprof_recording_fiber (gpointer user_data)
       add_metadata (self, "uname.machine", uts.machine);
     }
 
+  if (gethostname (hostname, sizeof hostname-1) == 0)
+    add_metadata (self, "hostname", hostname);
+
   /* More system information via sysinfo */
   if (sysinfo (&si) == 0)
     {