diff --git a/lib/geocoder/lookups/nominatim.rb b/lib/geocoder/lookups/nominatim.rb
index b5275080491910fcd8ef992de6a58007a0014929..8fb7a6de32630c0bf668961e4ded5fce9d5e619e 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/lookups/nominatim.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/lookups/nominatim.rb
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ module Geocoder::Lookup
 
     def query_url(query)
       method = query.reverse_geocode? ? "reverse" : "search"
-      "#{protocol}://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/#{method}?" + url_query_string(query)
+      host = configuration[:host] || "nominatim.openstreetmap.org"
+      "#{protocol}://#{host}/#{method}?" + url_query_string(query)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/services_test.rb b/test/services_test.rb
index 9a4d899d87174c2b82bcef2d8174e6b35b3abdc4..20a4f403f8e7ac4c1d2cf968b357855d420465b4 100644
--- a/test/services_test.rb
+++ b/test/services_test.rb
@@ -178,6 +178,13 @@ class ServicesTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       result.address
   end
 
+  def test_nominatim_host_config
+    Geocoder.configure(:lookup => :nominatim, :nominatim => {:host => "local.com"})
+    lookup = Geocoder::Lookup::Nominatim.new
+    query = Geocoder::Query.new("Bluffton, SC")
+    assert_match %r(http://local\.com), lookup.send(:query_url, query)
+  end
+
   # --- MapQuest ---
 
   def test_api_route