diff --git a/config/environments/development.js.example b/config/environments/development.js.example
index d458976b..480f15b8 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/development.js.example
@@ -202,7 +202,9 @@ var config = {
             //  - running an standalone server without any dependency on external services
             inlineExecution: false,
             // where the SQL API is running, it will use a custom Host header to specify the username.
-            endpoint: 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/v2/sql/job'
+            endpoint: 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/v2/sql/job',
+            // the template to use for adding the host header in the batch api requests
+            hostHeaderTemplate: '{{=it.username}}.localhost.lan'
         }
     }
     ,millstone: {
diff --git a/config/environments/production.js.example b/config/environments/production.js.example
index bfed10ff..2a457768 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/production.js.example
@@ -196,7 +196,9 @@ var config = {
             //  - running an standalone server without any dependency on external services
             inlineExecution: false,
             // where the SQL API is running, it will use a custom Host header to specify the username.
-            endpoint: 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/v2/sql/job'
+            endpoint: 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/v2/sql/job',
+            // the template to use for adding the host header in the batch api requests
+            hostHeaderTemplate: '{{=it.username}}.localhost.lan'
         }
     }
     ,millstone: {
diff --git a/config/environments/staging.js.example b/config/environments/staging.js.example
index 6886d028..72195fef 100644
--- a/config/environments/staging.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/staging.js.example
@@ -196,7 +196,9 @@ var config = {
             //  - running an standalone server without any dependency on external services
             inlineExecution: false,
             // where the SQL API is running, it will use a custom Host header to specify the username.
-            endpoint: 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/v2/sql/job'
+            endpoint: 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/v2/sql/job',
+            // the template to use for adding the host header in the batch api requests
+            hostHeaderTemplate: '{{=it.username}}.localhost.lan'
         }
     }
     ,millstone: {
diff --git a/config/environments/test.js.example b/config/environments/test.js.example
index 758bfcb4..00c19628 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/test.js.example
@@ -197,7 +197,9 @@ var config = {
             //  - running an standalone server without any dependency on external services
             inlineExecution: true,
             // where the SQL API is running, it will use a custom Host header to specify the username.
-            endpoint: 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/v2/sql/job'
+            endpoint: 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/v2/sql/job',
+            // the template to use for adding the host header in the batch api requests
+            hostHeaderTemplate: '{{=it.username}}.localhost.lan'
         }
     }
     ,millstone: {
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/backends/analysis.js b/lib/cartodb/backends/analysis.js
index dc06a8ac..5855da46 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/backends/analysis.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/backends/analysis.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ function AnalysisBackend(options) {
     var batchConfig = options.batch || {};
     batchConfig.endpoint = batchConfig.endpoint || 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/v1/sql/job';
     batchConfig.inlineExecution = batchConfig.inlineExecution || false;
+    batchConfig.hostHeaderTemplate = batchConfig.hostHeaderTemplate || '{{=it.username}}.localhost.lan';
     this.batchConfig = batchConfig;
 }
 
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ module.exports = AnalysisBackend;
 AnalysisBackend.prototype.create = function(analysisConfiguration, analysisDefinition, callback) {
     analysisConfiguration.batch.endpoint = this.batchConfig.endpoint;
     analysisConfiguration.batch.inlineExecution = this.batchConfig.inlineExecution;
+    analysisConfiguration.batch.hostHeaderTemplate = this.batchConfig.hostHeaderTemplate;
 
     camshaft.create(analysisConfiguration, analysisDefinition, callback);
 };
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/server_options.js b/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
index a75bba58..22039b8c 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ if (global.environment.statsd) {
 var analysisConfig = _.defaults(global.environment.analysis || {}, {
     batch: {
         inlineExecution: false,
-        endpoint: 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/v2/sql/job'
+        endpoint: 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/v2/sql/job',
+        hostHeaderTemplate: '{{=it.username}}.localhost.lan'
     }
 });
 
@@ -92,7 +93,8 @@ module.exports = {
     analysis: {
         batch: {
             inlineExecution: analysisConfig.batch.inlineExecution,
-            endpoint: analysisConfig.batch.endpoint
+            endpoint: analysisConfig.batch.endpoint,
+            hostHeaderTemplate: analysisConfig.batch.hostHeaderTemplate
         }
     },
     // Do not send unwatch on release. See http://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft-cartodb/issues/161