diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/statistics/KotlinBuildEsStatListener.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/statistics/KotlinBuildEsStatListener.kt
index a76b212c59e..76a0f0ee5f8 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/statistics/KotlinBuildEsStatListener.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/statistics/KotlinBuildEsStatListener.kt
@@ -32,7 +32,14 @@ class KotlinBuildEsStatListener(val projectName: String, val reportStatistics: L
     OperationCompletionListener, AutoCloseable, TaskExecutionListener {
 
     val label by lazy { CompilerSystemProperties.KOTLIN_STAT_LABEl_PROPERTY.value }
-    val hostName by lazy { InetAddress.getLocalHost().hostName }
+    val hostName: String? by lazy {
+        try {
+            InetAddress.getLocalHost().hostName
+        } catch (_: Exception) {
+            //do nothing
+            null
+        }
+    }
 
     override fun onFinish(event: FinishEvent?) {
         if (event is TaskFinishEvent) {
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/statistics/ReportStatistics.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/statistics/ReportStatistics.kt
index aec286bee6d..5925ae16be6 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/statistics/ReportStatistics.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/statistics/ReportStatistics.kt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ data class CompileStatData(
     val changes: List<String>,
     val buildUuid: String = "Unset",
     val kotlinVersion: String = "0.0.0",
-    val hostName: String = "Unset",
+    val hostName: String? = "Unset",
     val timeInMillis: Long,
     val nonIncrementalAttributes: Map<BuildAttribute, Int>,
     val timeData: Map<BuildTime, Long>,