diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/hosts.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/hosts.pm
index 451a6aa45..72767738a 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/hosts.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/hosts.pm
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ sub addnode
 
 					# at this point "othernames", if any is just a space
 					#	delimited list - so just add the node name to the list
-					#$othernames .= " $node";
+					$othernames .= " $node";
 					$hosts[$idx] = build_line($callback, $ip, $hnode, $domain, $othernames);
 				} else {
 					# otherwise just try to completely update the existing