diff --git a/tmcd/freebsd/dhclient-exit-hooks b/tmcd/freebsd/dhclient-exit-hooks
index 65ac19600427f369b352628b7ca3b1c387d1dccc..01d98f8518ae4e66d32d1a22279b6220078dec84 100644
--- a/tmcd/freebsd/dhclient-exit-hooks
+++ b/tmcd/freebsd/dhclient-exit-hooks
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 rm -f /etc/testbed/bossip
 if [ x"$reason" = xREBOOT ]; then
 	echo $new_dhcp_server_identifier > /etc/testbed/bossip
+	echo $new_host_name > /etc/testbed/realname
 fi
 
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