diff --git a/jobs/bbs/spec b/jobs/bbs/spec
index 4705ada190..c062d7381b 100644
--- a/jobs/bbs/spec
+++ b/jobs/bbs/spec
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ properties:
   diego.bbs.dropsonde_port:
     description: "local metron agent's port"
     default: 3457
+  diego.bbs.advertisement_base_hostname:
+    description: "Suffix for the BBS advertised hostname"
+    default: "bbs.service.cf.internal"
   diego.bbs.auctioneer.api_url:
     description: "Address of the auctioneer API"
     default: "http://auctioneer.service.cf.internal:9016"
diff --git a/jobs/bbs/templates/bbs_ctl.erb b/jobs/bbs/templates/bbs_ctl.erb
index 3f990fc085..88ff93b7d8 100644
--- a/jobs/bbs/templates/bbs_ctl.erb
+++ b/jobs/bbs/templates/bbs_ctl.erb
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ case $1 in
 
     exec chpst -u vcap:vcap /var/vcap/packages/bbs/bin/bbs ${etcd_sec_flags} ${bbs_sec_flags} \
       -activeKeyLabel='<%= p("diego.bbs.active_key_label") %>' \
-      -advertiseURL=${ad_url_scheme}<%="://#{name.gsub('_', '-')}-#{spec.index}.bbs.service.cf.internal:#{p("diego.bbs.listen_addr").split(':')[1]}" %> \
+      -advertiseURL=${ad_url_scheme}<%="://#{name.gsub('_', '-')}-#{spec.index}.#{p("diego.bbs.advertisement_base_hostname")}:#{p("diego.bbs.listen_addr").split(':')[1]}" %> \
       -auctioneerAddress=<%= p("diego.bbs.auctioneer.api_url") %> \
       -consulCluster=http://127.0.0.1:8500 \
       -debugAddr=<%= p("diego.bbs.debug_addr") %> \