diff --git a/plugins/carbon/carbon.c b/plugins/carbon/carbon.c
index 391d56ea..727f726b 100644
--- a/plugins/carbon/carbon.c
+++ b/plugins/carbon/carbon.c
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ struct uwsgi_carbon {
 	int max_retries;
 	int retry_delay;
 	char *root_node;
+	char *hostname_dot_replacement;
+	char *hostname;
 	struct uwsgi_stats_pusher *pusher;
 } u_carbon;
 
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ static struct uwsgi_option carbon_options[] = {
 	{"carbon-max-retry", required_argument, 0, "set maximum number of retries in case of connection errors (default 1)", uwsgi_opt_set_int, &u_carbon.max_retries, 0},
 	{"carbon-retry-delay", required_argument, 0, "set connection retry delay in seconds (default 7)", uwsgi_opt_set_int, &u_carbon.retry_delay, 0},
 	{"carbon-root", required_argument, 0, "set carbon metrics root node (default 'uwsgi')", uwsgi_opt_set_str, &u_carbon.root_node, 0},
+	{"carbon-hostname-dots", required_argument, 0, "set char to use as a replacement for dots in hostname (dots are not replaced by default)", uwsgi_opt_set_str, &u_carbon.hostname_dot_replacement, 0},
 	{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 
 };
@@ -85,6 +88,13 @@ static void carbon_post_init() {
 		}
 	}
 
+	u_carbon.hostname = uwsgi_str(uwsgi.hostname);
+	if (u_carbon.hostname_dot_replacement) {
+		for(i=0;i<(int)strlen(u_carbon.hostname);i++) {
+			if (u_carbon.hostname[i] == '.') u_carbon.hostname[i] = u_carbon.hostname_dot_replacement[0];
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (!u_carbon.last_busyness_values) {
 		u_carbon.last_busyness_values = uwsgi_calloc(sizeof(unsigned long long) * uwsgi.numproc);
 		
@@ -186,7 +196,7 @@ static void carbon_push_stats(int retry_cycle, time_t now) {
 		unsigned long long worker_busyness = 0;
 		unsigned long long total_harakiri = 0;
 
-		wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.requests %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, uwsgi.hostname, u_carbon.id, (unsigned long long) uwsgi.workers[0].requests, (unsigned long long) now);
+		wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.requests %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, u_carbon.hostname, u_carbon.id, (unsigned long long) uwsgi.workers[0].requests, (unsigned long long) now);
 		if (!wok) goto clear;
 
 		for(i=1;i<=uwsgi.numproc;i++) {
@@ -225,43 +235,43 @@ static void carbon_push_stats(int retry_cycle, time_t now) {
 			//skip per worker metrics when disabled
 			if (u_carbon.no_workers) continue;
 
-			wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.worker%d.requests %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, uwsgi.hostname, u_carbon.id, i, (unsigned long long) uwsgi.workers[i].requests, (unsigned long long) now);
+			wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.worker%d.requests %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, u_carbon.hostname, u_carbon.id, i, (unsigned long long) uwsgi.workers[i].requests, (unsigned long long) now);
 			if (!wok) goto clear;
 
 			if (uwsgi.shared->options[UWSGI_OPTION_MEMORY_DEBUG] == 1 || uwsgi.force_get_memusage) {
-				wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.worker%d.rss_size %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, uwsgi.hostname, u_carbon.id, i, (unsigned long long) uwsgi.workers[i].rss_size, (unsigned long long) now);
+				wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.worker%d.rss_size %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, u_carbon.hostname, u_carbon.id, i, (unsigned long long) uwsgi.workers[i].rss_size, (unsigned long long) now);
 				if (!wok) goto clear;
 
-				wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.worker%d.vsz_size %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, uwsgi.hostname, u_carbon.id, i, (unsigned long long) uwsgi.workers[i].vsz_size, (unsigned long long) now);
+				wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.worker%d.vsz_size %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, u_carbon.hostname, u_carbon.id, i, (unsigned long long) uwsgi.workers[i].vsz_size, (unsigned long long) now);
 				if (!wok) goto clear;
 			}
 
-			wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.worker%d.avg_rt %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, uwsgi.hostname, u_carbon.id, i, (unsigned long long) avg_rt, (unsigned long long) now);
+			wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.worker%d.avg_rt %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, u_carbon.hostname, u_carbon.id, i, (unsigned long long) avg_rt, (unsigned long long) now);
 			if (!wok) goto clear;
 
-			wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.worker%d.tx %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, uwsgi.hostname, u_carbon.id, i, (unsigned long long) uwsgi.workers[i].tx, (unsigned long long) now);
+			wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.worker%d.tx %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, u_carbon.hostname, u_carbon.id, i, (unsigned long long) uwsgi.workers[i].tx, (unsigned long long) now);
 			if (!wok) goto clear;
 
-			wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.worker%d.busyness %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, uwsgi.hostname, u_carbon.id, i, (unsigned long long) worker_busyness, (unsigned long long) now);
+			wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.worker%d.busyness %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, u_carbon.hostname, u_carbon.id, i, (unsigned long long) worker_busyness, (unsigned long long) now);
 			if (!wok) goto clear;
 
-			wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.worker%d.harakiri %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, uwsgi.hostname, u_carbon.id, i, (unsigned long long) uwsgi.workers[i].harakiri_count, (unsigned long long) now);
+			wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.worker%d.harakiri %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, u_carbon.hostname, u_carbon.id, i, (unsigned long long) uwsgi.workers[i].harakiri_count, (unsigned long long) now);
 			if (!wok) goto clear;
 
 		}
 
 		if (uwsgi.shared->options[UWSGI_OPTION_MEMORY_DEBUG] == 1 || uwsgi.force_get_memusage) {
-			wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.rss_size %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, uwsgi.hostname, u_carbon.id, (unsigned long long) total_rss, (unsigned long long) now);
+			wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.rss_size %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, u_carbon.hostname, u_carbon.id, (unsigned long long) total_rss, (unsigned long long) now);
 			if (!wok) goto clear;
 
-			wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.vsz_size %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, uwsgi.hostname, u_carbon.id, (unsigned long long) total_vsz, (unsigned long long) now);
+			wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.vsz_size %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, u_carbon.hostname, u_carbon.id, (unsigned long long) total_vsz, (unsigned long long) now);
 			if (!wok) goto clear;
 		}
 
-		wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.avg_rt %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, uwsgi.hostname, u_carbon.id, (unsigned long long) (active_workers ? total_avg_rt / active_workers : 0), (unsigned long long) now);
+		wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.avg_rt %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, u_carbon.hostname, u_carbon.id, (unsigned long long) (active_workers ? total_avg_rt / active_workers : 0), (unsigned long long) now);
 		if (!wok) goto clear;
 
-		wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.tx %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, uwsgi.hostname, u_carbon.id, (unsigned long long) total_tx, (unsigned long long) now);
+		wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.tx %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, u_carbon.hostname, u_carbon.id, (unsigned long long) total_tx, (unsigned long long) now);
 		if (!wok) goto clear;
 
 		if (active_workers > 0) {
@@ -270,18 +280,18 @@ static void carbon_push_stats(int retry_cycle, time_t now) {
 		} else {
 			total_avg_busyness = 0;
 		}
-		wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.busyness %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, uwsgi.hostname, u_carbon.id, (unsigned long long) total_avg_busyness, (unsigned long long) now);
+		wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.busyness %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, u_carbon.hostname, u_carbon.id, (unsigned long long) total_avg_busyness, (unsigned long long) now);
 		if (!wok) goto clear;
 
-		wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.active_workers %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, uwsgi.hostname, u_carbon.id, (unsigned long long) active_workers, (unsigned long long) now);
+		wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.active_workers %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, u_carbon.hostname, u_carbon.id, (unsigned long long) active_workers, (unsigned long long) now);
 		if (!wok) goto clear;
 
 		if (uwsgi.cheaper) {
-			wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.cheaped_workers %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, uwsgi.hostname, u_carbon.id, (unsigned long long) uwsgi.numproc - active_workers, (unsigned long long) now);
+			wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.cheaped_workers %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, u_carbon.hostname, u_carbon.id, (unsigned long long) uwsgi.numproc - active_workers, (unsigned long long) now);
 			if (!wok) goto clear;
 		}
 
-		wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.harakiri %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, uwsgi.hostname, u_carbon.id, (unsigned long long) total_harakiri, (unsigned long long) now);
+		wok = carbon_write(fd, "%s%s.%s.harakiri %llu %llu\n", u_carbon.root_node, u_carbon.hostname, u_carbon.id, (unsigned long long) total_harakiri, (unsigned long long) now);
 		if (!wok) goto clear;
 
 		usl->healthy = 1;