diff --git a/roles/rabbitmq_cluster/templates/rabbitmq-env.conf b/roles/rabbitmq_cluster/templates/rabbitmq-env.conf
index 23f6904003..f031bf4db0 100644
--- a/roles/rabbitmq_cluster/templates/rabbitmq-env.conf
+++ b/roles/rabbitmq_cluster/templates/rabbitmq-env.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 NODENAME="rabbit"
+USE_LONGNAME="true"
 
 ERL_SSL_PATH="/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssl-7.3.3.2/ebin"