diff --git a/bindings/java/src/jni/generate.pl b/bindings/java/src/jni/generate.pl
index b7b610ac..e1552d68 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/jni/generate.pl
+++ b/bindings/java/src/jni/generate.pl
@@ -568,6 +568,11 @@ my %classes = (
          desc => '',
          plat => ''
       },
+      {
+         name => 'host_name', type => 'String',
+         desc => '',
+         plat => ''
+      },
       {
          name => 'domain_name', type => 'String',
          desc => '',
diff --git a/include/sigar.h b/include/sigar.h
index b2f598f6..a482fd72 100644
--- a/include/sigar.h
+++ b/include/sigar.h
@@ -388,9 +388,11 @@ sigar_file_system_usage_get(sigar_t *sigar,
 #endif
 
 #define SIGAR_MAXDOMAINNAMELEN 256
+#define SIGAR_MAXHOSTNAMELEN 256
 
 typedef struct {
     char default_gateway[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
+    char host_name[SIGAR_MAXHOSTNAMELEN];
     char domain_name[SIGAR_MAXDOMAINNAMELEN];
     char dhcp_server[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
     char primary_dns[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];