diff --git a/lib/nvmf/ctrlr.c b/lib/nvmf/ctrlr.c
index 279c7c4f9..a4b22ad71 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/ctrlr.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/ctrlr.c
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ spdk_nvmf_ctrlr_create(struct spdk_nvmf_subsystem *subsystem,
 			1;
 
 	spdk_uuid_copy(&ctrlr->hostid, (struct spdk_uuid *)connect_data->hostid);
+	memcpy(ctrlr->hostnqn, connect_data->hostnqn, sizeof(ctrlr->hostnqn));
 
 	ctrlr->vcprop.cap.raw = 0;
 	ctrlr->vcprop.cap.bits.cqr = 1; /* NVMe-oF specification required */
diff --git a/lib/nvmf/nvmf_internal.h b/lib/nvmf/nvmf_internal.h
index f3a602438..8ede69e61 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/nvmf_internal.h
+++ b/lib/nvmf/nvmf_internal.h
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ struct spdk_nvmf_reservation_log {
  */
 struct spdk_nvmf_ctrlr {
 	uint16_t			cntlid;
+	char				hostnqn[SPDK_NVMF_NQN_MAX_LEN + 1];
 	struct spdk_nvmf_subsystem	*subsys;
 
 	struct {