diff --git a/fstest/testserver/init.d/TestHdfs b/fstest/testserver/init.d/TestHdfs
index 9860a7de7..f15bc565b 100755
--- a/fstest/testserver/init.d/TestHdfs
+++ b/fstest/testserver/init.d/TestHdfs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ start() {
     echo type=hdfs
     echo namenode=127.0.0.1:8020
     echo username=root
+    echo _connect=${namenode}
 }
 stop() {
     if status ; then