diff --git a/manifests/site.pp b/manifests/site.pp
index b15f77a2b3..4f6cb82b5f 100644
--- a/manifests/site.pp
+++ b/manifests/site.pp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ node 'review.openstack.org' {
     github_oauth_token                  => hiera('gerrit_github_token'),
     github_project_username             => hiera('github_project_username'),
     github_project_password             => hiera('github_project_password'),
-    mysql_host                          => 'localhost',
+    mysql_host                          => hiera('gerrit_mysql_host'),
     mysql_password                      => hiera('gerrit_mysql_password'),
     email_private_key                   => hiera('gerrit_email_private_key'),
     gerritbot_password                  => hiera('gerrit_gerritbot_password'),
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/gerrit.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/gerrit.pp
index 058d5862c1..460c1e69b6 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/gerrit.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/gerrit.pp
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ class openstack_project::gerrit (
     contactstore_appsec                 => $contactstore_appsec,
     contactstore_pubkey                 => $contactstore_pubkey,
     contactstore_url                    => $contactstore_url,
+    mysql_host                          => $mysql_host,
     mysql_password                      => $mysql_password,
     email_private_key                   => $email_private_key,
     replicate_local                     => $replicate_local,