diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 78190dea..257efc40 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Added https://github.com/Masterminds/sprig functions to templates #1030
 - Add multiple output formats (yaml & json) support. #447
 - More aliases for many wwctl commands
+- Add support to render template using `host` or `$(uname -n)` as the value of `overlay show --render`. #623
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/overlay/show/main.go b/internal/app/wwctl/overlay/show/main.go
index 6b9713ff..91daae4e 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/overlay/show/main.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/overlay/show/main.go
@@ -64,10 +64,19 @@ func CobraRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 		filteredNodes := node.FilterByName(nodes, []string{NodeName})
-		if len(filteredNodes) != 1 {
+		if hostName, err := os.Hostname(); err != nil {
+			wwlog.Error("Could not get host name: %s", err)
+		} else if len(filteredNodes) == 0 && (NodeName == "host" || NodeName == hostName) {
+			// rendering the host template
+			hostNodeInfo := new(node.NodeInfo)
+			hostNodeInfo.Id.Set(hostName)
+			hostNodeInfo.ClusterName.Set(hostName)
+			filteredNodes = append(filteredNodes, *hostNodeInfo)
+		} else if len(filteredNodes) != 1 {
 			wwlog.Error("%v does not identify a single node", NodeName)
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
+
 		tstruct := overlay.InitStruct(&filteredNodes[0])
 		tstruct.BuildSource = overlayFile
 		buffer, backupFile, writeFile, err := overlay.RenderTemplateFile(overlayFile, tstruct)
diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/overlay/show/main_test.go b/internal/app/wwctl/overlay/show/main_test.go
index 47e87a89..8b32eef0 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/overlay/show/main_test.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/overlay/show/main_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package show
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"os"
 	"path"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -85,3 +86,69 @@ nodes:
 		assert.Contains(t, buf.String(), "noMail")
 	})
 }
+
+func TestShowServerTemplate(t *testing.T) {
+	const template = `
+	Id: {{.Id}}
+	ClusterName: {{.ClusterName}}
+	BuildHost: {{.BuildHost}}
+	`
+
+	env := testenv.New(t)
+	env.WriteFile(t, "etc/warewulf/nodes.conf",
+		`WW_INTERNAL: 45
+nodeprofiles:
+  default:
+    tags:
+      email: admin@localhost
+  empty: {}
+nodes:
+  node1:
+    tags:
+      email: admin@node1
+  node2: {}
+  node3:
+    profiles:
+      - empty
+`)
+
+	env.WriteFile(t, path.Join(testenv.WWOverlaydir, "testoverlay/template.ww"), template)
+	defer env.RemoveAll(t)
+	warewulfd.SetNoDaemon()
+
+	host, err := os.Hostname()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	t.Run("overlay render host template using 'host' value", func(t *testing.T) {
+		baseCmd.SetArgs([]string{"-r", "host", "testoverlay", "template.ww"})
+		baseCmd := GetCommand()
+		buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+		baseCmd.SetOut(buf)
+		baseCmd.SetErr(buf)
+		wwlog.SetLogWriter(buf)
+		err := baseCmd.Execute()
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Contains(t, buf.String(), "Id: "+host)
+		assert.Contains(t, buf.String(), "ClusterName: "+host)
+		assert.Contains(t, buf.String(), "BuildHost: "+host)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("overlay render host template using host domain value", func(t *testing.T) {
+		host, err := os.Hostname()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		baseCmd.SetArgs([]string{"-r", host, "testoverlay", "template.ww"})
+		baseCmd := GetCommand()
+		buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+		baseCmd.SetOut(buf)
+		baseCmd.SetErr(buf)
+		wwlog.SetLogWriter(buf)
+		err = baseCmd.Execute()
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Contains(t, buf.String(), "Id: "+host)
+		assert.Contains(t, buf.String(), "ClusterName: "+host)
+		assert.Contains(t, buf.String(), "BuildHost: "+host)
+	})
+}