diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/conf/filter/00-record_transformer.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/conf/filter/00-record_transformer.conf.j2
index 00c417392d..12b9b566c9 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/common/templates/conf/filter/00-record_transformer.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/conf/filter/00-record_transformer.conf.j2
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
@type record_transformer
+ Hostname ${hostname}
programname ${tag_parts[1]}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/conf/input/01-syslog.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/conf/input/01-syslog.conf.j2
index 762d48f977..847c0c451d 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/common/templates/conf/input/01-syslog.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/conf/input/01-syslog.conf.j2
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
bind {{ api_interface_address }}
tag syslog
priority_key log_level
+ source_hostname_key Hostname
format /^(?.*)$/