diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 37a638853..89ef72690 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ This project follows [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org) guidelines.
 ## v0.7.17 (Derelict Dermodactylus)
 ### Fixed
 * Fixes database passwords not being generated with the proper requirements for some MySQL setups.
+* Hostnames that are not FQDNs/IP addresses can now be used for connecting to a MySQL host.
 
 ## v0.7.16 (Derelict Dermodactylus)
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/app/Models/DatabaseHost.php b/app/Models/DatabaseHost.php
index c564f725b..f48977b1b 100644
--- a/app/Models/DatabaseHost.php
+++ b/app/Models/DatabaseHost.php
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class DatabaseHost extends Model implements CleansAttributes, ValidableContract
      */
     protected static $dataIntegrityRules = [
         'name' => 'string|max:255',
-        'host' => 'ip|unique:database_hosts,host',
+        'host' => 'unique:database_hosts,host',
         'port' => 'numeric|between:1,65535',
         'username' => 'string|max:32',
         'password' => 'nullable|string',