diff --git a/carbonj.service/src/main/java/com/demandware/core/config/cfgMetric.java b/carbonj.service/src/main/java/com/demandware/core/config/cfgMetric.java
index 75485601..083df5e3 100644
--- a/carbonj.service/src/main/java/com/demandware/core/config/cfgMetric.java
+++ b/carbonj.service/src/main/java/com/demandware/core/config/cfgMetric.java
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ NameUtils nameUtils()
 
     @Value( "${graphite.prefix:}" ) private String graphitePrefix;
 
+    @Value( "${graphite.prefix.includeHostname:false}" ) private boolean graphitePrefixIncludeHostname;
+
     @Value( "${dw.podId:-1}" ) private int podId;
 
     @Value( "${dw.groupId:}" ) private String groupId;
@@ -82,7 +84,8 @@ NameUtils nameUtils()
         {
             GraphiteReporter graphiteReporter =
                             Util.getGraphiteReporter( metricRegistry, graphiteHost, graphitePort, graphiteTransport,
-                                            Util.getGraphiteMetricPrefix( graphitePrefix, podId, groupId, svcVersion ) );
+                                            Util.getGraphiteMetricPrefix( graphitePrefix, graphitePrefixIncludeHostname,
+                                                    podId, groupId, svcVersion ) );
             if ( graphiteReporter != null )
             {
                 graphiteReporter.start( 60, TimeUnit.SECONDS );
diff --git a/carbonj.service/src/main/java/com/demandware/core/metric/Util.java b/carbonj.service/src/main/java/com/demandware/core/metric/Util.java
index 4c0df9cf..4ab8e1a3 100644
--- a/carbonj.service/src/main/java/com/demandware/core/metric/Util.java
+++ b/carbonj.service/src/main/java/com/demandware/core/metric/Util.java
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ public class Util
 
     private static GraphiteReporter graphiteReporter = null;
 
-    public static String getGraphiteMetricPrefix( String graphiteMetricsPrefix, int podId, String groupId,
-                                                  String version )
+    public static String getGraphiteMetricPrefix( String graphiteMetricsPrefix, boolean graphitePrefixIncludeHostname,
+                                                  int podId, String groupId, String version )
                     throws UnknownHostException
     {
         String fqdn = InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName();
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ else if ( StringUtils.isEmpty( graphiteMetricsPrefix ) )
         {
             graphiteMetricsPrefix = "um.dev.carbonj." + hostname;
         }
+        else if ( graphitePrefixIncludeHostname )
+        {
+            graphiteMetricsPrefix = graphiteMetricsPrefix + "." + hostname;
+        }
         return graphiteMetricsPrefix;
     }