diff --git a/roles/rabbitmq_cluster/templates/rabbitmq-env.conf b/roles/rabbitmq_cluster/templates/rabbitmq-env.conf
index 64da1bc7f0..23f6904003 100644
--- a/roles/rabbitmq_cluster/templates/rabbitmq-env.conf
+++ b/roles/rabbitmq_cluster/templates/rabbitmq-env.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+NODENAME="rabbit"
+
 ERL_SSL_PATH="/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssl-7.3.3.2/ebin"
 
 SERVER_ADDITIONAL_ERL_ARGS="-pa $ERL_SSL_PATH \