diff --git a/testing/src/main/scala/sbt/JUnitXmlTestsListener.scala b/testing/src/main/scala/sbt/JUnitXmlTestsListener.scala
index 815a1110d..ec9303283 100644
--- a/testing/src/main/scala/sbt/JUnitXmlTestsListener.scala
+++ b/testing/src/main/scala/sbt/JUnitXmlTestsListener.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package sbt
 
-import java.io.{ StringWriter, PrintWriter, File }
-import java.net.InetAddress
+import java.io.{IOException, StringWriter, PrintWriter, File}
+import java.net.{InetAddress}
 
 import scala.collection.mutable.ListBuffer
 import scala.util.DynamicVariable
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ import testing.{ Event => TEvent, Status => TStatus, OptionalThrowable, TestSele
  */
 class JUnitXmlTestsListener(val outputDir: String) extends TestsListener {
   /**Current hostname so we know which machine executed the tests*/
-  val hostname = InetAddress.getLocalHost.getHostName
+  val hostname =
+    try InetAddress.getLocalHost.getHostName
+    catch {
+      case x: IOException => "localhost"
+    }
   /**The dir in which we put all result files. Is equal to the given dir + "/test-reports"*/
   val targetDir = new File(outputDir + "/test-reports/")