diff --git a/xpra/net/mdns/zeroconf_publisher.py b/xpra/net/mdns/zeroconf_publisher.py
index 9825bc818d..0719494533 100755
--- a/xpra/net/mdns/zeroconf_publisher.py
+++ b/xpra/net/mdns/zeroconf_publisher.py
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ def __init__(self, address, host, port, service_name, service_type=XPRA_MDNS_TYP
                 self.kwargs = {
                     "type_"         : st,       #_xpra._tcp.local.
                     "name"          : regname,
+                    "server"        : regname,
                     "port"          : port,
                     "properties"    : td,
                     "addresses"     : [self.address],