diff --git a/airflow/bin/cli.py b/airflow/bin/cli.py
index 662452eb9cc39..0f0598d3827dc 100755
--- a/airflow/bin/cli.py
+++ b/airflow/bin/cli.py
@@ -894,6 +894,9 @@ def worker(args):
         'concurrency': args.concurrency,
     }
 
+    if args.hostname:
+        options['hostname'] = args.hostname
+
     if args.daemon:
         pid, stdout, stderr, log_file = setup_locations("worker", args.pid, args.stdout, args.stderr, args.log_file)
         handle = setup_logging(log_file)
@@ -1405,6 +1408,9 @@ class CLIFactory(object):
             type=int,
             help="The number of worker processes",
             default=conf.get('celery', 'celeryd_concurrency')),
+        'worker_hostname': Arg(
+            ('-hn', '--hostname'),
+            help="Set custom worker hostname"),
         # flower
         'broker_api': Arg(("-a", "--broker_api"), help="Broker api"),
         'flower_hostname': Arg(
@@ -1564,8 +1570,8 @@ class CLIFactory(object):
         }, {
             'func': worker,
             'help': "Start a Celery worker node",
-            'args': ('do_pickle', 'queues', 'concurrency',
-                     'pid', 'daemon', 'stdout', 'stderr', 'log_file'),
+            'args': ('do_pickle', 'queues', 'concurrency', 'pid', 'daemon',
+                     'stdout', 'stderr', 'log_file', 'worker_hostname'),
         }, {
             'func': flower,
             'help': "Start a Celery Flower",
diff --git a/airflow/version.py b/airflow/version.py
index 0d3ae29c993b6..9fd2406d2570d 100644
--- a/airflow/version.py
+++ b/airflow/version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-version = '1.8.0-up1.1.0'
+version = '1.8.0-up1.2.0'
diff --git a/patches/DATA-2817.patch b/patches/DATA-2817.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8c2e195c5d8d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/DATA-2817.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+diff --git a/airflow/bin/cli.py b/airflow/bin/cli.py
+index 662452e..0f0598d 100755
+--- a/airflow/bin/cli.py
++++ b/airflow/bin/cli.py
+@@ -894,6 +894,9 @@ def worker(args):
+         'concurrency': args.concurrency,
+     }
+ 
++    if args.hostname:
++        options['hostname'] = args.hostname
++
+     if args.daemon:
+         pid, stdout, stderr, log_file = setup_locations("worker", args.pid, args.stdout, args.stderr, args.log_file)
+         handle = setup_logging(log_file)
+@@ -1405,6 +1408,9 @@ class CLIFactory(object):
+             type=int,
+             help="The number of worker processes",
+             default=conf.get('celery', 'celeryd_concurrency')),
++        'worker_hostname': Arg(
++            ('-hn', '--hostname'),
++            help="Set custom worker hostname"),
+         # flower
+         'broker_api': Arg(("-a", "--broker_api"), help="Broker api"),
+         'flower_hostname': Arg(
+@@ -1564,8 +1570,8 @@ class CLIFactory(object):
+         }, {
+             'func': worker,
+             'help': "Start a Celery worker node",
+-            'args': ('do_pickle', 'queues', 'concurrency',
+-                     'pid', 'daemon', 'stdout', 'stderr', 'log_file'),
++            'args': ('do_pickle', 'queues', 'concurrency', 'pid', 'daemon',
++                     'stdout', 'stderr', 'log_file', 'worker_hostname'),
+         }, {
+             'func': flower,
+             'help': "Start a Celery Flower",
diff --git a/upsight/CHANGELOG.md b/upsight/CHANGELOG.md
index ffc07694e6470..12e3a84b3f5fe 100644
--- a/upsight/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/upsight/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Next release (in development)
 
+## 1.8.0-up1.2.0
+
+* Added support for `--hostname` when running worker ([DATA-2817](https://kontagent.jira.com/browse/DATA-2817))
+
 ## 1.8.0-up1.1.0
 
 * Pulled in airflow-1.8.0 (no changes from rc5)