diff --git a/lib/OpenQA/Worker.pm b/lib/OpenQA/Worker.pm
index 0ecaf8340ce..72aae11143e 100644
--- a/lib/OpenQA/Worker.pm
+++ b/lib/OpenQA/Worker.pm
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ sub new {
         app                          => $app,
         settings                     => $settings,
         clients_by_webui_host        => undef,
-        worker_hostname              => $hostname,
+        worker_hostname              => ($settings->global_settings->{WORKER_HOSTNAME} // $hostname),
         isotovideo_interface_version => $isotovideo_interface_version,
     );
     $self->{_cli_options}            = $cli_options;
diff --git a/lib/OpenQA/Worker/Job.pm b/lib/OpenQA/Worker/Job.pm
index d8972d93e2a..d2578738a61 100644
--- a/lib/OpenQA/Worker/Job.pm
+++ b/lib/OpenQA/Worker/Job.pm
@@ -723,15 +723,14 @@ sub _upload_results {
 sub _upload_results_step_0_prepare {
     my ($self, $callback) = @_;
 
-    my $worker_id       = $self->client->worker_id;
-    my $job_url         = $self->isotovideo_client->url;
-    my $global_settings = $self->worker->settings->global_settings;
-    my $pooldir         = $self->worker->pool_directory;
-    my $status_file     = "$pooldir/" . AUTOINST_STATUSFILE;
-    my %status          = (
+    my $worker_id   = $self->client->worker_id;
+    my $job_url     = $self->isotovideo_client->url;
+    my $pooldir     = $self->worker->pool_directory;
+    my $status_file = "$pooldir/" . AUTOINST_STATUSFILE;
+    my %status      = (
         worker_id             => $worker_id,
         cmd_srv_url           => $job_url,
-        worker_hostname       => $global_settings->{WORKER_HOSTNAME},
+        worker_hostname       => $self->worker->worker_hostname,
         test_execution_paused => 0,
     );
 
diff --git a/t/24-worker-jobs.t b/t/24-worker-jobs.t
index 84dddac882e..3e9e784d46c 100644
--- a/t/24-worker-jobs.t
+++ b/t/24-worker-jobs.t
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ sub wait_until_uploading_logs_and_assets_concluded {
     has instance_number => 1;
     has settings        => sub { OpenQA::Worker::Settings->new(1, {}) };
     has pool_directory  => undef;
+    has worker_hostname => undef;
 }
 {
     package Test::FakeClient;
diff --git a/t/24-worker-overall.t b/t/24-worker-overall.t
index eeaeec337e8..0eef22d2a57 100644
--- a/t/24-worker-overall.t
+++ b/t/24-worker-overall.t
@@ -104,9 +104,13 @@ my @webui_hosts = sort keys %{$worker->clients_by_webui_host};
 is_deeply(\@webui_hosts, [qw(http://localhost:9527 https://remotehost)], 'client for each web UI host')
   or diag explain \@webui_hosts;
 
-
-combined_like { $worker->log_setup_info }
-qr/.*http:\/\/localhost:9527,https:\/\/remotehost.*qemu_i386,qemu_x86_64.*/s, 'setup info';
+combined_like { $worker->log_setup_info } qr/
+  worker\ hostname:.+myworker
+  .*
+  web\ UI\ hosts:.+http:\/\/localhost:9527,https:\/\/remotehost
+  .*
+  class:.+qemu_i386,qemu_x86_64
+  /sx, 'setup info';
 
 push(@{$worker->settings->parse_errors}, 'foo', 'bar');
 combined_like { $worker->log_setup_info }
diff --git a/t/data/24-worker-overall/workers.ini b/t/data/24-worker-overall/workers.ini
index a6b4cecdfa3..0acf6baa78f 100644
--- a/t/data/24-worker-overall/workers.ini
+++ b/t/data/24-worker-overall/workers.ini
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [global]
 HOST = http://localhost:9527 https://remotehost
-WORKER_HOSTNAME = 127.0.0.1
+WORKER_HOSTNAME = myworker
 LOG_LEVEL = debug
 
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