diff --git a/nameserver/http.go b/nameserver/http.go
index ece2b6c2..ac421c0e 100644
--- a/nameserver/http.go
+++ b/nameserver/http.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func (n *Nameserver) HandleHTTP(router *mux.Router, dockerCli *docker.Client) {
 			vars      = mux.Vars(r)
 			container = vars["container"]
 			ipStr     = vars["ip"]
-			hostname  = dns.Fqdn(r.FormValue("fqdn"))
+			fqdn      = r.FormValue("fqdn")
 			ip, err   = address.ParseIP(ipStr)
 		)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -35,16 +35,11 @@ func (n *Nameserver) HandleHTTP(router *mux.Router, dockerCli *docker.Client) {
 			return
 		}
 
-		if !dns.IsSubDomain(n.domain, hostname) {
-			n.infof("Ignoring registration %s %s %s (not a subdomain of %s)", hostname, ipStr, container, n.domain)
-			return
-		}
-
-		n.AddEntry(hostname, container, n.ourName, ip)
+		n.AddEntryFQDN(fqdn, container, n.ourName, ip)
 
 		if r.FormValue("check-alive") == "true" && dockerCli != nil && dockerCli.IsContainerNotRunning(container) {
 			n.infof("container '%s' is not running: removing", container)
-			n.Delete(hostname, container, ipStr, ip)
+			n.Delete(dns.Fqdn(fqdn), container, ipStr, ip)
 		}
 
 		w.WriteHeader(204)
diff --git a/nameserver/nameserver.go b/nameserver/nameserver.go
index 6fcf1e84..75879276 100644
--- a/nameserver/nameserver.go
+++ b/nameserver/nameserver.go
@@ -91,6 +91,15 @@ func (n *Nameserver) AddEntry(hostname, containerid string, origin mesh.PeerName
 	n.broadcastEntries(entry)
 }
 
+func (n *Nameserver) AddEntryFQDN(fqdn, containerid string, origin mesh.PeerName, addr address.Address) {
+	hostname := dns.Fqdn(fqdn)
+	if !dns.IsSubDomain(n.domain, hostname) {
+		n.infof("Ignoring registration %s %s %s (not a subdomain of %s)", hostname, addr.String(), containerid, n.domain)
+		return
+	}
+	n.AddEntry(hostname, containerid, origin, addr)
+}
+
 func (n *Nameserver) Lookup(hostname string) []address.Address {
 	n.RLock()
 	defer n.RUnlock()