diff --git a/doc/guide.tex b/doc/guide.tex
index 4f69afa3b..567cbaeb5 100644
--- a/doc/guide.tex
+++ b/doc/guide.tex
@@ -3515,6 +3515,12 @@ to listen for. Default is an IP address of the service's DNS name, or,
 if fails, \verb|{127,0,0,1}|.
 \titem{\{port, Number\}}\ind{options!port}This option defines port to listen for
 incoming connections. Default is~7777.
+\titem{\{hostname, HostName\}}\ind{options!hostname}Defines a hostname advertised
+by the service when establishing a session with clients. This is useful when
+you run the service behind a NAT. The default is the value of \term{ip} option.
+Examples: \term{"proxy.mydomain.org"}, \term{"200.150.100.50"}. Note that 
+not all clients understand domain names in stream negotiation,
+so you should think twice before setting domain name in this option.
 \titem{\{auth\_type, anonymous|plain\}}\ind{options!auth\_type}SOCKS5 authentication type.
 Possible values are \term{anonymous} and \term{plain}. Default is
 \term{anonymous}.
diff --git a/src/mod_proxy65/mod_proxy65_service.erl b/src/mod_proxy65/mod_proxy65_service.erl
index 545c7c0e4..b2869e3af 100644
--- a/src/mod_proxy65/mod_proxy65_service.erl
+++ b/src/mod_proxy65/mod_proxy65_service.erl
@@ -222,8 +222,16 @@ parse_options(ServerHost, Opts) ->
 	     none -> get_my_ip();
 	     Addr -> Addr
 	 end,
-    StrIP = inet_parse:ntoa(IP),
-    StreamAddr = [{"jid", MyHost}, {"host", StrIP}, {"port", integer_to_list(Port)}],
+    HostName = case gen_mod:get_opt(hostname, Opts, none) of
+		   none ->
+		       inet_parse:ntoa(IP);
+		   HostAddr when is_tuple(HostAddr) ->
+		       inet_parse:ntoa(HostAddr);
+		   HostNameStr ->
+		       HostNameStr
+	     end,
+    StreamAddr = [{"jid", MyHost}, {"host", HostName},
+		  {"port", integer_to_list(Port)}],
     #state{myhost      = MyHost,
 	   serverhost  = ServerHost,
 	   name        = Name,