diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 45a69d6760..dbf26b8e0c 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ var (
 	RPCVirtualHostsFlag = cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:  "rpcvhosts",
 		Usage: "Comma separated list of virtual hostnames from which to accept requests (server enforced). Accepts '*' wildcard.",
-		Value: "localhost",
+		Value: strings.Join(node.DefaultConfig.HTTPVirtualHosts, ","),
 	}
 	RPCApiFlag = cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:  "rpcapi",
diff --git a/node/defaults.go b/node/defaults.go
index 5674ce4878..8875605807 100644
--- a/node/defaults.go
+++ b/node/defaults.go
@@ -35,17 +35,17 @@ const (
 
 // DefaultConfig contains reasonable default settings.
 var DefaultConfig = Config{
-	DataDir:     DefaultDataDir(),
-	HTTPPort:    DefaultHTTPPort,
-	HTTPModules: []string{"net", "web3"},
-	WSPort:      DefaultWSPort,
-	WSModules:   []string{"net", "web3"},
+	DataDir:          DefaultDataDir(),
+	HTTPPort:         DefaultHTTPPort,
+	HTTPModules:      []string{"net", "web3"},
+	HTTPVirtualHosts: []string{"localhost"},
+	WSPort:           DefaultWSPort,
+	WSModules:        []string{"net", "web3"},
 	P2P: p2p.Config{
 		ListenAddr: ":30303",
 		MaxPeers:   25,
 		NAT:        nat.Any(),
 	},
-	HTTPVirtualHosts: []string{"localhost"},
 }
 
 // DefaultDataDir is the default data directory to use for the databases and other