diff --git a/pipewire-pulseaudio/src/context.c b/pipewire-pulseaudio/src/context.c
index 2b208f4c3..db1d6a932 100644
--- a/pipewire-pulseaudio/src/context.c
+++ b/pipewire-pulseaudio/src/context.c
@@ -1519,6 +1519,9 @@ int pa_context_connect(pa_context *c, const char *server, pa_context_flags_t fla
 
 	pa_context_set_state(c, PA_CONTEXT_CONNECTING);
 
+	if (server)
+		pw_properties_set(c->props, PW_KEY_REMOTE_NAME, server);
+
 	c->core = pw_context_connect(c->context, pw_properties_copy(c->props), 0);
 	if (c->core == NULL) {
                 pa_context_fail(c, PA_ERR_CONNECTIONREFUSED);