diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Connection/Solr.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Connection/Solr.php
index 8d7c0163023e1bf923c188069ec5d0d5c91db33f..71a3d7da5c6c3d903cbba7e683b1ff6078743bf9 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Connection/Solr.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Connection/Solr.php
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class Solr implements ServiceLocatorAwareInterface,
         // We don't actually need to save the HTTP service; let's just use it to
         // create a client.
         $this->client = $service->createClient(
-            null, \Zend\Http\Request::METHOD_GET, $this->getHttpTimeout()
+            $this->host, \Zend\Http\Request::METHOD_GET, $this->getHttpTimeout()
         );
     }