diff --git a/src/main/java/com/tradier/raven/logging/HostnameEventBuilderHelper.java b/src/main/java/com/tradier/raven/logging/HostnameEventBuilderHelper.java
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+package com.tradier.raven.logging;
+
+import net.kencochrane.raven.event.EventBuilder;
+import net.kencochrane.raven.event.helper.EventBuilderHelper;
+
+/**
+ * Helper that sets the {@link net.kencochrane.raven.event.EventBuilder#setServerName(String)} from a
+ * Environment or System property {@value #SYSTEM_PROPERTY_OR_ENV_VAR_FOR_HOSTNAME}.  The System Property takes
+ * precedence.
+ *
+ * The System property or Environment variable is sourced in the Constructor (which is created when raven initialises
+ * itself).
+ */
+public class HostnameEventBuilderHelper implements EventBuilderHelper {
+
+    public static final String SYSTEM_PROPERTY_OR_ENV_VAR_FOR_HOSTNAME = "RavenLogbackEventHostname";
+
+    // null so that the default hostname via {@link EventBuilder} does the default action
+    // At the time of writing this: https://github.com/getsentry/raven-java/issues/139
+    public static final String UNAVAILABLE_HOSTNAME_VALUE = null;
+
+    public final String hostname;
+
+    public HostnameEventBuilderHelper() {
+        hostname = getSystemPropertyOrEnvVar(SYSTEM_PROPERTY_OR_ENV_VAR_FOR_HOSTNAME,UNAVAILABLE_HOSTNAME_VALUE);
+    }
+
+    public static String getSystemPropertyOrEnvVar(String property,String defaultValue) {
+        String hostName = System.getProperty(property,System.getenv(property));
+
+        if(hostName == null || hostName.trim().length()==0) {
+            return defaultValue;
+        } else {
+            return hostName;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void helpBuildingEvent(EventBuilder eventBuilder) {
+        eventBuilder.setServerName(hostname);
+    }
+
+
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/tradier/raven/logging/HostnameRavenFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/tradier/raven/logging/HostnameRavenFactory.java
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+++ b/src/main/java/com/tradier/raven/logging/HostnameRavenFactory.java
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+package com.tradier.raven.logging;
+
+
+import net.kencochrane.raven.DefaultRavenFactory;
+import net.kencochrane.raven.Raven;
+import net.kencochrane.raven.dsn.Dsn;
+import net.kencochrane.raven.event.helper.EventBuilderHelper;
+import net.kencochrane.raven.event.helper.HttpEventBuilderHelper;
+
+/**
+ * RavenFactory in order to add the EventBuilder : {@link com.tradier.raven.logging.HostnameEventBuilderHelper}
+ * This is so that the Hostname can be source from a environment variable or system property.
+ */
+public class HostnameRavenFactory extends DefaultRavenFactory {
+
+
+    @Override
+    public Raven createRavenInstance(Dsn dsn) {
+        Raven raven = super.createRavenInstance(dsn);
+        try {
+            Class.forName("javax.servlet.Servlet", false, this.getClass().getClassLoader());
+            raven.addBuilderHelper(new HttpEventBuilderHelper());
+        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+            //
+            // DO NOT logger anything here.  It can cause a recursive logging call to logback
+            // and deadlock. see: https://github.com/getsentry/raven-java/issues/139
+            //
+
+        }
+        raven.addBuilderHelper(createHostnameEventBuilderHelper());
+        return raven;
+    }
+
+
+    public EventBuilderHelper createHostnameEventBuilderHelper() {
+        return new HostnameEventBuilderHelper();
+    }
+    
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.kencochrane.raven.RavenFactory b/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.kencochrane.raven.RavenFactory
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index 0000000..e397947
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+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.kencochrane.raven.RavenFactory
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+com.tradier.raven.logging.HostnameRavenFactory
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/tradier/raven/logging/HostnameRavenFactoryTest.java b/src/test/java/com/tradier/raven/logging/HostnameRavenFactoryTest.java
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index 0000000..0876954
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+++ b/src/test/java/com/tradier/raven/logging/HostnameRavenFactoryTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+package com.tradier.raven.logging;
+
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.Level;
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext;
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.ILoggingEvent;
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.LoggingEvent;
+import net.kencochrane.raven.Raven;
+import net.kencochrane.raven.RavenFactory;
+import net.kencochrane.raven.event.EventBuilder;
+import net.kencochrane.raven.logback.SentryAppender;
+import org.junit.*;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+public class HostnameRavenFactoryTest {
+
+    private String previousHostname;
+    private String currentHostname;
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void recordEvents() {
+        MemoryPersistentHostnameEventBuilderHelper.withEventCollecting();
+    }
+
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void stopRecordingEvents() {
+        MemoryPersistentHostnameEventBuilderHelper.withoutEventCollecting();
+    }
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        previousHostname = System.getProperty(HostnameEventBuilderHelper.SYSTEM_PROPERTY_OR_ENV_VAR_FOR_HOSTNAME);
+        currentHostname = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+        System.setProperty(HostnameEventBuilderHelper.SYSTEM_PROPERTY_OR_ENV_VAR_FOR_HOSTNAME,currentHostname);
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void tearDown() {
+        clearHostnameProperty();
+    }
+
+    private void clearHostnameProperty() {
+        if(previousHostname!=null) {
+            System.setProperty(HostnameEventBuilderHelper.SYSTEM_PROPERTY_OR_ENV_VAR_FOR_HOSTNAME, previousHostname);
+        } else {
+            System.clearProperty(HostnameEventBuilderHelper.SYSTEM_PROPERTY_OR_ENV_VAR_FOR_HOSTNAME);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check that the HostnameEventBuilderHelper is called
+     * and the Hostname on the EventBuilder is set by the helper to
+     * the value of the currentHostname set in the before
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void checkHostnameIsSetWithinTheEvent() {
+        final String dsn = "https://user:pass@app.getsentry.com/id";
+        try {
+            SentryAppender appender1 = new OurAppender(RavenFactory.ravenInstance(dsn));
+            LoggerContext context = (LoggerContext) LoggerFactory.getILoggerFactory();
+
+            ILoggingEvent event = new LoggingEvent("com.tradier.raven.logback.LogBackRavenFactoryTest", context.getLogger(this.getClass()), Level.ERROR, "hey", null, null);
+            appender1.start();
+            appender1.doAppend(event);
+        } finally {
+            assertTrue("Hostname should have been set on event to: " + currentHostname,findEvent(currentHostname));
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class OurAppender extends SentryAppender {
+
+
+
+        public OurAppender() {
+
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Creates an instance of SentryAppender.
+         *
+         * @param raven instance of Raven to use with this appender.
+         */
+        public OurAppender(Raven raven) {
+            super(raven);
+        }
+        /**
+         * {@inheritDoc}
+         * <p>
+         * The raven instance is started in this method instead of {@link #start()} in order to avoid substitute loggers
+         * being generated during the instantiation of {@link net.kencochrane.raven.Raven}.<br />
+         * More on <a href="http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#substituteLogger">www.slf4j.org/codes.html#substituteLogger</a>
+         * </p>
+         */
+        @Override
+        protected void append(ILoggingEvent iLoggingEvent) {
+            System.out.println(iLoggingEvent.getLoggerName().startsWith("net.kencochrane.raven"));
+
+            super.append(iLoggingEvent);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check that the HostnameEventBuilderHelper is called for each append call
+     * and that the Hostname on the EventBuilder is set by the helper to
+     * the value of the currentHostname set in the before
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void checkHostnameIsSetForEachAppend() {
+        final String dsn = "https://user:pass@app.getsentry.com/id";
+        int numberOfEventsToGenerate = 3;
+        try {
+            SentryAppender appender1 = new SentryAppender(RavenFactory.ravenInstance(dsn));
+            LoggerContext context = (LoggerContext) LoggerFactory.getILoggerFactory();
+            appender1.start();
+
+            for(int i=0;i<numberOfEventsToGenerate;i++) {
+                ILoggingEvent event = new LoggingEvent("com.tradier.raven.logback.LogBackRavenFactoryTest", context.getLogger("dynamic_logger"), Level.ERROR, "hey", null, null);
+                appender1.doAppend(event);
+            }
+        } finally {
+            assertTrue("Hostname should have been set on event to: " + currentHostname,findEvent(currentHostname));
+            assertEquals("Hostname should have been set on " + numberOfEventsToGenerate +" events.", numberOfEventsToGenerate,countMatchingEvent(currentHostname));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check that the HostnameEventBuilderHelper is called
+     * and the Hostname on the EventBuilder is set by the helper to
+     * the value of the currentHostname set in the before.
+     *
+     * This tests that the default raven builder logic is in place.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void checkHostnameIsNotSetWithinTheEvent() {
+        clearHostnameProperty();
+        final String dsn = "https://user:pass@app.getsentry.com/id";
+        try {
+            SentryAppender appender1 = new SentryAppender(RavenFactory.ravenInstance(dsn));
+            LoggerContext context = (LoggerContext) LoggerFactory.getILoggerFactory();
+
+            ILoggingEvent event = new LoggingEvent("com.tradier.raven.logback.LogBackRavenFactoryTest", context.getLogger("dynamic_logger"), Level.ERROR, "hey", null, null);
+            appender1.start();
+            appender1.doAppend(event);
+        } finally {
+            assertFalse("Hostname should not have been set on event to: " + currentHostname, findEvent(currentHostname));
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Returns true if a matching event was found
+     * @param hostname
+     * @return true is a matching event was found, false if not
+     */
+    private boolean findEvent(String hostname) {
+        List<EventBuilder> events = MemoryPersistentHostnameEventBuilderHelper.getEventsHelped();
+
+        for(EventBuilder builder : events) {
+            if(builder instanceof MemoryPersistentHostnameEventBuilderHelper.WrappedEventBuilder) {
+                String setEventHostname = ((MemoryPersistentHostnameEventBuilderHelper.WrappedEventBuilder)builder).hostname;
+                if(setEventHostname!=null && setEventHostname.equals(hostname)){
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the number of matching events that were found, that had the given hostname set
+     * @param hostname
+     * @return The number of EventBuilder objects that had the given hostname
+     */
+    private int countMatchingEvent(String hostname) {
+        List<EventBuilder> events = MemoryPersistentHostnameEventBuilderHelper.getEventsHelped();
+
+        int count = 0;
+        for(EventBuilder builder : events) {
+            if(builder instanceof MemoryPersistentHostnameEventBuilderHelper.WrappedEventBuilder) {
+                String setEventHostname = ((MemoryPersistentHostnameEventBuilderHelper.WrappedEventBuilder)builder).hostname;
+                if(setEventHostname!=null && setEventHostname.equals(hostname)){
+                    count++;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return count;
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/src/test/java/com/tradier/raven/logging/MemoryPersistentHostnameEventBuilderHelper.java b/src/test/java/com/tradier/raven/logging/MemoryPersistentHostnameEventBuilderHelper.java
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+++ b/src/test/java/com/tradier/raven/logging/MemoryPersistentHostnameEventBuilderHelper.java
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+package com.tradier.raven.logging;
+
+import net.kencochrane.raven.event.EventBuilder;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+public class MemoryPersistentHostnameEventBuilderHelper extends HostnameEventBuilderHelper {
+
+    private final static List<EventBuilder> eventsHelped = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<EventBuilder>();
+    private final static AtomicBoolean collectEvents = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+
+    @Override
+    public void helpBuildingEvent(EventBuilder eventBuilder) {
+        EventBuilder eventBuilder1 = new WrappedEventBuilder(eventBuilder);
+        super.helpBuildingEvent(eventBuilder1);
+        if(collectEvents.get()) {
+            eventsHelped.add(eventBuilder1);
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    public static List<EventBuilder> getEventsHelped() {
+        return eventsHelped;
+    }
+
+    public static void withEventCollecting() {
+        collectEvents.set(true);
+    }
+
+    public static void withoutEventCollecting() {
+        eventsHelped.clear();
+        collectEvents.set(false);
+    }
+
+
+    public static class WrappedEventBuilder extends EventBuilder {
+        public volatile String hostname;
+        public final EventBuilder wrapped;
+
+        public WrappedEventBuilder(EventBuilder delegate) {
+            this.wrapped = delegate;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public EventBuilder setServerName(String name) {
+            wrapped.setServerName(name);
+            hostname = name;
+            return wrapped;
+
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/tradier/raven/logging/MemoryPersistentHostnameRavenFactory.java b/src/test/java/com/tradier/raven/logging/MemoryPersistentHostnameRavenFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acb5cbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/tradier/raven/logging/MemoryPersistentHostnameRavenFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package com.tradier.raven.logging;
+
+
+import net.kencochrane.raven.event.helper.EventBuilderHelper;
+
+/**
+ * RavenFactory in order to add the EventBuilder : {@link HostnameEventBuilderHelper}
+ * This is so that the Hostname can be source from a environment variable or system property.
+ */
+public class MemoryPersistentHostnameRavenFactory extends HostnameRavenFactory {
+
+
+    public EventBuilderHelper createHostnameEventBuilderHelper() {
+        return new MemoryPersistentHostnameEventBuilderHelper();
+    }
+    
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/META-INF/services/io.dropwizard.logging.AppenderFactory b/src/test/resources/META-INF/services/io.dropwizard.logging.AppenderFactory
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..239830d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/META-INF/services/io.dropwizard.logging.AppenderFactory
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+com.tradier.raven.logging.RavenAppenderFactory
diff --git a/src/test/resources/META-INF/services/net.kencochrane.raven.RavenFactory b/src/test/resources/META-INF/services/net.kencochrane.raven.RavenFactory
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d43d6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/META-INF/services/net.kencochrane.raven.RavenFactory
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+com.tradier.raven.logging.MemoryPersistentHostnameRavenFactory