diff --git a/src/test/ssl/t/001_ssltests.pl b/src/test/ssl/t/001_ssltests.pl
index 44daefb0021..9299f680d69 100644
--- a/src/test/ssl/t/001_ssltests.pl
+++ b/src/test/ssl/t/001_ssltests.pl
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ $node->connect_fails(
 note "running server tests";
 
 $common_connstr =
-  "sslrootcert=ssl/root+server_ca.crt sslmode=require dbname=certdb hostaddr=$SERVERHOSTADDR";
+  "sslrootcert=ssl/root+server_ca.crt sslmode=require dbname=certdb hostaddr=$SERVERHOSTADDR host=localhost";
 
 # no client cert
 $node->connect_fails(
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ $node->connect_fails(
 # works, iff username matches Common Name
 # fails, iff username doesn't match Common Name.
 $common_connstr =
-  "sslrootcert=ssl/root+server_ca.crt sslmode=require dbname=verifydb hostaddr=$SERVERHOSTADDR";
+  "sslrootcert=ssl/root+server_ca.crt sslmode=require dbname=verifydb hostaddr=$SERVERHOSTADDR host=localhost";
 
 $node->connect_ok(
 	"$common_connstr user=ssltestuser sslcert=ssl/client.crt sslkey=ssl/client_tmp.key",
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ $node->connect_ok(
 # intermediate client_ca.crt is provided by client, and isn't in server's ssl_ca_file
 switch_server_cert($node, 'server-cn-only', 'root_ca');
 $common_connstr =
-  "user=ssltestuser dbname=certdb sslkey=ssl/client_tmp.key sslrootcert=ssl/root+server_ca.crt hostaddr=$SERVERHOSTADDR";
+  "user=ssltestuser dbname=certdb sslkey=ssl/client_tmp.key sslrootcert=ssl/root+server_ca.crt hostaddr=$SERVERHOSTADDR host=localhost";
 
 $node->connect_ok(
 	"$common_connstr sslmode=require sslcert=ssl/client+client_ca.crt",
diff --git a/src/test/ssl/t/002_scram.pl b/src/test/ssl/t/002_scram.pl
index 9143fa515f2..a508bbde853 100644
--- a/src/test/ssl/t/002_scram.pl
+++ b/src/test/ssl/t/002_scram.pl
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ configure_test_server_for_ssl($node, $SERVERHOSTADDR, $SERVERHOSTCIDR,
 switch_server_cert($node, 'server-cn-only');
 $ENV{PGPASSWORD} = "pass";
 $common_connstr =
-  "dbname=trustdb sslmode=require sslcert=invalid sslrootcert=invalid hostaddr=$SERVERHOSTADDR";
+  "dbname=trustdb sslmode=require sslcert=invalid sslrootcert=invalid hostaddr=$SERVERHOSTADDR host=localhost";
 
 # Default settings
 $node->connect_ok(
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ my $client_tmp_key = "ssl/client_scram_tmp.key";
 copy("ssl/client.key", $client_tmp_key);
 chmod 0600, $client_tmp_key;
 $node->connect_fails(
-	"sslcert=ssl/client.crt sslkey=$client_tmp_key sslrootcert=invalid hostaddr=$SERVERHOSTADDR dbname=certdb user=ssltestuser channel_binding=require",
+	"sslcert=ssl/client.crt sslkey=$client_tmp_key sslrootcert=invalid hostaddr=$SERVERHOSTADDR host=localhost dbname=certdb user=ssltestuser channel_binding=require",
 	"Cert authentication and channel_binding=require",
 	expected_stderr =>
 	  qr/channel binding required, but server authenticated client without channel binding/
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ $node->connect_fails(
 
 # Certificate verification at the connection level should still work fine.
 $node->connect_ok(
-	"sslcert=ssl/client.crt sslkey=$client_tmp_key sslrootcert=invalid hostaddr=$SERVERHOSTADDR dbname=verifydb user=ssltestuser",
+	"sslcert=ssl/client.crt sslkey=$client_tmp_key sslrootcert=invalid hostaddr=$SERVERHOSTADDR host=localhost dbname=verifydb user=ssltestuser",
 	"SCRAM with clientcert=verify-full",
 	log_like => [
 		qr/connection authenticated: identity="ssltestuser" method=scram-sha-256/