diff --git a/libcloud/compute/drivers/softlayer.py b/libcloud/compute/drivers/softlayer.py
index ced4a34b81..10f30d438b 100644
--- a/libcloud/compute/drivers/softlayer.py
+++ b/libcloud/compute/drivers/softlayer.py
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ def _to_node(self, host):
 
         return Node(
             id=host['id'],
-            name=host['hostname'],
+            name=host['fullyQualifiedDomainName'],
             state=state,
             public_ips=public_ips,
             private_ips=private_ips,
diff --git a/libcloud/test/compute/test_softlayer.py b/libcloud/test/compute/test_softlayer.py
index 4d1d9f845e..74f4a3278b 100644
--- a/libcloud/test/compute/test_softlayer.py
+++ b/libcloud/test/compute/test_softlayer.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def setUp(self):
     def test_list_nodes(self):
         nodes = self.driver.list_nodes()
         node = nodes[0]
-        self.assertEqual(node.name, 'libcloud-testing1')
+        self.assertEqual(node.name, 'libcloud-testing1.example.com')
         self.assertEqual(node.state, NodeState.RUNNING)
         self.assertEqual(node.extra['password'], 'L3TJVubf')
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def test_create_node(self):
                                        location=self.driver.list_locations()[0],
                                        size=self.driver.list_sizes()[0],
                                        image=self.driver.list_images()[0])
-        self.assertEqual(node.name, 'libcloud-testing')
+        self.assertEqual(node.name, 'libcloud-testing.example.com')
         self.assertEqual(node.state, NODE_STATE_MAP['RUNNING'])
 
     def test_create_fail(self):