1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/drb/drb.rb b/lib/drb/drb.rb
index dac7a9b02c..25fbb3f788 100644
--- a/lib/drb/drb.rb
+++ b/lib/drb/drb.rb
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ module DRb
       begin
         Socket::gethostbyname(host)[0]
       rescue
-        host
+        'localhost'
       end
     end