diff --git a/ipn/prefs.go b/ipn/prefs.go
index 8edbc14ab..6fc4ce69a 100644
--- a/ipn/prefs.go
+++ b/ipn/prefs.go
@@ -256,6 +256,9 @@ func (p *Prefs) pretty(goos string) string {
 	if p.ControlURL != "" && p.ControlURL != "https://login.tailscale.com" {
 		fmt.Fprintf(&sb, "url=%q ", p.ControlURL)
 	}
+	if p.Hostname != "" {
+		fmt.Fprintf(&sb, "host=%q ", p.Hostname)
+	}
 	if p.Persist != nil {
 		sb.WriteString(p.Persist.Pretty())
 	} else {
diff --git a/ipn/prefs_test.go b/ipn/prefs_test.go
index 211a8a7e7..251bf9c13 100644
--- a/ipn/prefs_test.go
+++ b/ipn/prefs_test.go
@@ -393,6 +393,13 @@ func TestPrefsPretty(t *testing.T) {
 			"linux",
 			`Prefs{ra=false mesh=false dns=false want=false exit=myNodeABC routes=[] nf=off Persist=nil}`,
 		},
+		{
+			Prefs{
+				Hostname: "foo",
+			},
+			"linux",
+			`Prefs{ra=false mesh=false dns=false want=false routes=[] nf=off host="foo" Persist=nil}`,
+		},
 	}
 	for i, tt := range tests {
 		got := tt.p.pretty(tt.os)