diff --git a/proxmox-sys/Cargo.toml b/proxmox-sys/Cargo.toml
index d79d11da..d422a7c3 100644
--- a/proxmox-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/proxmox-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ authors = [
 [dependencies]
 failure = "0.1"
 libc = "0.2"
-nix = "0.13"
+nix = "0.14"
 proxmox-tools = { path = "../proxmox-tools" }
 lazy_static = "1.1"
 regex = "1.0"
diff --git a/proxmox-tools/src/lib.rs b/proxmox-tools/src/lib.rs
index f2a4cd1d..8ee04515 100644
--- a/proxmox-tools/src/lib.rs
+++ b/proxmox-tools/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 //! This is a general utility crate used by all our rust projects.
 
 use failure::*;
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 
 pub mod common_regex;
 pub mod io;
@@ -146,3 +147,21 @@ pub fn hex_to_digest(hex: &str) -> Result<[u8; 32], Error> {
 
     Ok(digest)
 }
+
+/// Returns the hosts node name (UTS node name)
+pub fn nodename() -> &'static str {
+
+    lazy_static!{
+        static ref NODENAME: String = {
+
+            nix::sys::utsname::uname()
+                .nodename()
+                .split('.')
+                .next()
+                .unwrap()
+                .to_owned()
+        };
+    }
+
+    &NODENAME
+}