diff --git a/lib/rpc_backend b/lib/rpc_backend
index 899748c53d..ff22bbf8fa 100644
--- a/lib/rpc_backend
+++ b/lib/rpc_backend
@@ -158,9 +158,6 @@ function install_rpc_backend {
         fi
         _configure_qpid
     elif is_service_enabled zeromq; then
-        # NOTE(ewindisch): Redis is not strictly necessary
-        # but there is a matchmaker driver that works
-        # really well & out of the box for multi-node.
         if is_fedora; then
             install_package zeromq python-zmq
             if [ "$ZEROMQ_MATCHMAKER" == "redis" ]; then
@@ -243,11 +240,15 @@ function iniset_rpc_backend {
     local section=$3
     if is_service_enabled zeromq; then
         iniset $file $section rpc_backend "zmq"
-        iniset $file $section rpc_zmq_matchmaker \
-            oslo_messaging._drivers.matchmaker_redis.MatchMakerRedis
-        # Set MATCHMAKER_REDIS_HOST if running multi-node.
-        MATCHMAKER_REDIS_HOST=${MATCHMAKER_REDIS_HOST:-127.0.0.1}
-        iniset $file matchmaker_redis host $MATCHMAKER_REDIS_HOST
+        iniset $file $section rpc_zmq_host `hostname`
+        if [ "$ZEROMQ_MATCHMAKER" == "redis" ]; then
+            iniset $file $section rpc_zmq_matchmaker \
+                oslo.messaging._drivers.matchmaker_redis.MatchMakerRedis
+            MATCHMAKER_REDIS_HOST=${MATCHMAKER_REDIS_HOST:-127.0.0.1}
+            iniset $file matchmaker_redis host $MATCHMAKER_REDIS_HOST
+        else
+            die $LINENO "Other matchmaker drivers not supported"
+        fi
     elif is_service_enabled qpid || [ -n "$QPID_HOST" ]; then
         # For Qpid use the 'amqp' oslo.messaging transport when AMQP 1.0 is used
         if [ "$RPC_MESSAGING_PROTOCOL" == "AMQP1" ]; then