diff --git a/libpurple/plugins/ssl/ssl-gnutls.c b/libpurple/plugins/ssl/ssl-gnutls.c
index 75e862d..d58d6e0 100644
--- a/libpurple/plugins/ssl/ssl-gnutls.c
+++ b/libpurple/plugins/ssl/ssl-gnutls.c
@@ -403,6 +403,10 @@ ssl_gnutls_connect(PurpleSslConnection *gsc)
 
 	gnutls_transport_set_ptr(gnutls_data->session, GINT_TO_POINTER(gsc->fd));
 
+	if (gsc->host) {
+		gnutls_server_name_set (gnutls_data->session, GNUTLS_NAME_DNS, gsc->host, strlen(gsc->host));
+	}
+
 	gnutls_data->handshake_handler = purple_input_add(gsc->fd,
 		PURPLE_INPUT_READ, ssl_gnutls_handshake_cb, gsc);