diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5e1758c..a1b4ec4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ openstack-metering Cookbook CHANGELOG
 This file is used to list changes made in each version of the openstack-metering cookbook.
 
 
+v7.0.2
+------
+### Improvement
+- Add optional host to the ceilometer.conf
+
 v7.0.1
 ------
 ### Bug
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index e7eef10..0285808 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ maintainer_email "cookbooks@lists.tfoundry.com"
 license          "Apache 2.0"
 description      "The OpenStack Metering service Ceilometer."
 long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
-version          "7.0.1"
+version          "7.0.2"
 
 recipe "openstack-metering::agent-central", "Installs agent central service."
 recipe "openstack-metering::agent-compute", "Installs agent compute service."
diff --git a/templates/default/ceilometer.conf.erb b/templates/default/ceilometer.conf.erb
index 8a8a2a1..d629b44 100644
--- a/templates/default/ceilometer.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/default/ceilometer.conf.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 [DEFAULT]
+<% if node["openstack"]["metering"]["host"] %>
+host = <%= node["openstack"]["metering"]["host"] %>
+<% end %>
 os_auth_url = <%= @auth_uri %>
 os_tenant_name = <%= @service_tenant_name %>
 os_password = <%= @service_pass %>