diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml
index 2f4e72e4a5..1ed9a2a98c 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/provision_builder_tasks.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+---
+- name: setup the hostname so we can easily identify the box
+  hostname: "{{ lookup('env', 'RESALLOC_NAME') | default('unknown-builder') }}"
+  when: prepare_base_image is not defined
+
 - name: put infra repos into yum.repos.d
   copy: src=files/dnf/infra-tags.repo dest=/etc/yum.repos.d
   when: