diff --git a/templates/conf/prometheus-mysqld-exporter.j2 b/templates/conf/prometheus-mysqld-exporter.j2
index f04d436..7579c5e 100644
--- a/templates/conf/prometheus-mysqld-exporter.j2
+++ b/templates/conf/prometheus-mysqld-exporter.j2
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # {{ ansible_managed }}
 [client]
+{% if prometheus_mysqld_exporter_host is defined %}
+host={{ prometheus_mysqld_exporter_host }}
+{% endif%}
 user={{ prometheus_mysqld_exporter_user }}
 password={{ prometheus_mysqld_exporter_password }}