diff --git a/recipes/ndb.rb b/recipes/ndb.rb
index 28b70796..347ae57e 100755
--- a/recipes/ndb.rb
+++ b/recipes/ndb.rb
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
 end
 
 
+mysql_ip = my_ip
+if node.mysql.localhost == "true"
+  mysql_ip = "localhost"
+end
+
 template "#{node.apache_hadoop.home}/etc/hadoop/ndb.props" do
   source "ndb.props.erb"
   owner node.apache_hadoop.hdfs.user
@@ -52,7 +57,7 @@
   mode "755"
   variables({
               :ndb_connectstring => node.ndb.connectstring,
-              :mysql_host => my_ip
+              :mysql_host => mysql_ip
             })
 end