diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Template.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Template.pm
index 1204ffe26..8bb16ddd7 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Template.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Template.pm
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ sub subvars {
   $inc =~ s/#INCLUDE_NOP:([^#^\n]+)#/includefile($1,1,0)/eg;
   $inc =~ s/#INCLUDE_PKGLIST:([^#^\n]+)#/includefile($1,0,1)/eg;
   $inc =~ s/#INCLUDE:([^#^\n]+)#/includefile($1, 0, 0)/eg;
+  $inc =~ s/#HOSTNAME#/$node/eg;
 
 
   if ($tmplerr) {