diff --git a/manifests/site.pp b/manifests/site.pp
index 303af58d6c..396e26e308 100644
--- a/manifests/site.pp
+++ b/manifests/site.pp
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ node 'paste.openstack.org' {
   }
   class { 'openstack_project::paste':
     db_password         => hiera('paste_db_password'),
+    db_host             => hiera('paste_db_host'),
     mysql_root_password => hiera('paste_mysql_root_password'),
   }
 }
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/paste.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/paste.pp
index a74871e57f..68bfd592d3 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/paste.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/paste.pp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #
 class openstack_project::paste (
   $db_password,
+  $db_host,
   $mysql_root_password,
   $vhost_name         = $::fqdn,
 ) {
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ class openstack_project::paste (
   lodgeit::site { 'openstack':
     port        => '5000',
     db_password => $db_password,
-    db_host     => 'localhost',
+    db_host     => $db_host,
     db_user     => 'openstack',
     vhost_name  => $vhost_name,
     image       => 'header-bg2.png',