diff --git a/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml
index 6fcfdddd1f..674e43ece9 100644
--- a/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
   - config
 
 - name: OpenQA config
-  copy: src=openqa.ini dest=/etc/openqa/openqa.ini owner=geekotest group=root mode=0640
+  template: src=openqa.ini.j2 dest=/etc/openqa/openqa.ini owner=geekotest group=root mode=0640
   tags:
   - config
 
diff --git a/roles/openqa/server/files/openqa.ini b/roles/openqa/server/templates/openqa.ini.j2
similarity index 75%
rename from roles/openqa/server/files/openqa.ini
rename to roles/openqa/server/templates/openqa.ini.j2
index 58b14fe906..9ef7c5abb4 100644
--- a/roles/openqa/server/files/openqa.ini
+++ b/roles/openqa/server/templates/openqa.ini.j2
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [global]
 branding = plain
+base_url = https://{{ external_hostname }}
 
 [auth]
 method=OpenID