diff --git a/awx/main/tasks.py b/awx/main/tasks.py
index f9183d4a70..719e819bbe 100644
--- a/awx/main/tasks.py
+++ b/awx/main/tasks.py
@@ -1763,7 +1763,7 @@ class RunInventoryUpdate(BaseTask):
                 cp.set(section, 'ssl_verify', "false")
 
             cloudforms_opts = dict(inventory_update.source_vars_dict.items())
-            for opt in ['version', 'purge_actions', 'clean_group_keys', 'nest_tags']:
+            for opt in ['version', 'purge_actions', 'clean_group_keys', 'nest_tags', 'suffix']:
                 if opt in cloudforms_opts:
                     cp.set(section, opt, cloudforms_opts[opt])
 
diff --git a/awx/plugins/inventory/cloudforms.ini.example b/awx/plugins/inventory/cloudforms.ini.example
index 142514a65e..dc055c1fb7 100644
--- a/awx/plugins/inventory/cloudforms.ini.example
+++ b/awx/plugins/inventory/cloudforms.ini.example
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ clean_group_keys = True
 # Explode tags into nested groups / subgroups
 nest_tags = False
 
+# If set, ensure host name are suffixed with this value
+# Note: This suffix *must* include the leading '.' as it is appended to the hostname as is
+# suffix = .example.org
+
 [cache]
 
 # Maximum time to trust the cache in seconds
diff --git a/awx/plugins/inventory/cloudforms.py b/awx/plugins/inventory/cloudforms.py
index 69c149bfc5..25b8d23159 100755
--- a/awx/plugins/inventory/cloudforms.py
+++ b/awx/plugins/inventory/cloudforms.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from time import time
 import requests
 from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
 import warnings
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 
 try:
     import json
@@ -174,6 +175,13 @@ class CloudFormsInventory(object):
         else:
             self.cloudforms_nest_tags = False
 
+        if config.has_option('cloudforms', 'suffix'):
+            self.cloudforms_suffix = config.get('cloudforms', 'suffix')
+            if self.cloudforms_suffix[0] != '.':
+                raise AnsibleError('Leading fullstop is required for Cloudforms suffix')
+        else:
+            self.cloudforms_suffix = None
+
         # Ansible related
         try:
             group_patterns = config.get('ansible', 'group_patterns')
@@ -280,6 +288,9 @@ class CloudFormsInventory(object):
             print("Updating cache...")
 
         for host in self._get_hosts():
+            if self.cloudforms_suffix is not None and not host['name'].endswith(self.cloudforms_suffix):
+                host['name'] = host['name'] + self.cloudforms_suffix
+
             # Ignore VMs that are not powered on
             if host['power_state'] != 'on':
                 if self.args.debug: