diff --git a/states/zabbix/defaults.yaml b/states/zabbix/defaults.yaml
index 09180bc..5478761 100644
--- a/states/zabbix/defaults.yaml
+++ b/states/zabbix/defaults.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ zabbix:
       ForceActiveChecksOnStart: 1
       PersistentBufferFile: /var/lib/zabbix/buffer.sqlite3
       Hostname: localhost
+      HostInterfaceItem: system.hostname
       Include:
         - "/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.d/*.conf"
         - "/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.d/plugins.d/*.conf"