diff --git a/lib/mongo/socket/ssl.rb b/lib/mongo/socket/ssl.rb
index 271c7c2294..988e03c607 100644
--- a/lib/mongo/socket/ssl.rb
+++ b/lib/mongo/socket/ssl.rb
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ def connect!
         Timeout.timeout(timeout, Error::SocketTimeoutError) do
           handle_errors { @tcp_socket.connect(::Socket.pack_sockaddr_in(port, host)) }
           @socket = OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket.new(@tcp_socket, context)
+          @socket.hostname = @host_name unless BSON::Environment.jruby?
           @socket.sync_close = true
           handle_errors { @socket.connect }
           verify_certificate!(@socket)