diff --git a/src/client/CMakeLists.txt b/src/client/CMakeLists.txt
index 29e65e7b..76368ae1 100644
--- a/src/client/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ add_executable(test_cluster_client
 	EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
 	../test/test_cluster_client.cpp
 	pg_states.cpp osd_ops.cpp cluster_client.cpp cluster_client_list.cpp cluster_client_wb.cpp msgr_op.cpp ../test/mock/messenger.cpp msgr_stop.cpp
-	etcd_state_client.cpp ../util/timerfd_manager.cpp ../util/str_util.cpp ../util/json_util.cpp ../../json11/json11.cpp
+	etcd_state_client.cpp ../util/timerfd_manager.cpp ../util/addr_util.cpp ../util/str_util.cpp ../util/json_util.cpp ../../json11/json11.cpp
 )
 target_compile_definitions(test_cluster_client PUBLIC -D__MOCK__)
 target_include_directories(test_cluster_client BEFORE PUBLIC ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/test/mock)
diff --git a/src/osd/osd_cluster.cpp b/src/osd/osd_cluster.cpp
index f5583758..39b4f593 100644
--- a/src/osd/osd_cluster.cpp
+++ b/src/osd/osd_cluster.cpp
@@ -158,18 +158,13 @@ bool osd_t::check_peer_config(osd_client_t *cl, json11::Json conf)
 
 json11::Json osd_t::get_osd_state()
 {
-    std::vector<char> hostname;
-    hostname.resize(1024);
-    while (gethostname(hostname.data(), hostname.size()) < 0 && errno == ENAMETOOLONG)
-        hostname.resize(hostname.size()+1024);
-    hostname.resize(strnlen(hostname.data(), hostname.size()));
     json11::Json::object st;
     st["state"] = "up";
     if (bind_addresses.size() != 1 || bind_addresses[0] != "0.0.0.0")
         st["addresses"] = bind_addresses;
     else
         st["addresses"] = getifaddr_list();
-    st["host"] = std::string(hostname.data(), hostname.size());
+    st["host"] = gethostname_str();
     st["version"] = VITASTOR_VERSION;
     st["port"] = listening_port;
 #ifdef WITH_RDMACM
diff --git a/src/util/addr_util.cpp b/src/util/addr_util.cpp
index 9111b752..a829a2da 100644
--- a/src/util/addr_util.cpp
+++ b/src/util/addr_util.cpp
@@ -245,3 +245,13 @@ int create_and_bind_socket(std::string bind_address, int bind_port, int listen_b
 
     return listen_fd;
 }
+
+std::string gethostname_str()
+{
+    std::string hostname;
+    hostname.resize(1024);
+    while (gethostname((char*)hostname.data(), hostname.size()) < 0 && errno == ENAMETOOLONG)
+        hostname.resize(hostname.size()+1024);
+    hostname.resize(strnlen(hostname.data(), hostname.size()));
+    return hostname;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/addr_util.h b/src/util/addr_util.h
index 8d6fac4c..e8a044d3 100644
--- a/src/util/addr_util.h
+++ b/src/util/addr_util.h
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ bool cidr6_match(const in6_addr &address, const in6_addr &network, uint8_t bits)
 bool cidr_sockaddr_match(const sockaddr_storage &addr, const addr_mask_t &mask);
 std::vector<std::string> getifaddr_list(const std::vector<addr_mask_t> & masks = std::vector<addr_mask_t>(), bool include_v6 = false);
 int create_and_bind_socket(std::string bind_address, int bind_port, int listen_backlog, int *listening_port);
+std::string gethostname_str();