diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/qutescheme.py b/qutebrowser/browser/qutescheme.py
index d71b6c135..bca93e3c8 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/qutescheme.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/qutescheme.py
@@ -311,7 +311,8 @@ def qute_history(url):
             start_time = time.mktime(next_date.timetuple()) - 1
             history = [
                 (i["url"], i["title"],
-                 datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(i["time"]/1000))
+                 datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(i["time"]/1000),
+                 QUrl(i["url"]).host())
                 for i in history_data(start_time) if "next" not in i
             ]
 
diff --git a/qutebrowser/html/history.html b/qutebrowser/html/history.html
index 35ac419be..2c6c0a2f1 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/html/history.html
+++ b/qutebrowser/html/history.html
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ table {
     height: 40px;
     text-align: center;
 }
-
 {% endblock %}
 {% block content %}
 <h1>Browsing history</h1>
diff --git a/qutebrowser/html/history_nojs.html b/qutebrowser/html/history_nojs.html
index 3fed67797..bcc5663c1 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/html/history_nojs.html
+++ b/qutebrowser/html/history_nojs.html
@@ -42,9 +42,12 @@ table {
 <table>
     <caption class="date">{{curr_date.strftime("%a, %d %B %Y")}}</caption>
     <tbody>
-    {% for url, title, time in history %}
+    {% for url, title, time, host in history %}
         <tr>
-            <td class="title"><a href="{{url}}">{{title}}</a></td>
+            <td class="title">
+                <a href="{{url}}">{{title}}</a>
+                <span class="hostname">{{host}}</span>
+            </td>
             <td class="time">{{time.strftime("%X")}}</td>
         </tr>
     {% endfor %}
diff --git a/qutebrowser/html/styled.html b/qutebrowser/html/styled.html
index e2a608538..f4d256422 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/html/styled.html
+++ b/qutebrowser/html/styled.html
@@ -38,4 +38,11 @@ td {
     padding: 2px 5px;
     text-align: left;
 }
+
+.hostname {
+    color: #858585;
+    font-size: 0.9em;
+    margin-left: 10px;
+    text-decoration: none;
+}
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/qutebrowser/javascript/history.js b/qutebrowser/javascript/history.js
index a2448a14f..f46ceb49d 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/javascript/history.js
+++ b/qutebrowser/javascript/history.js
@@ -111,7 +111,11 @@ window.loadHistory = (function() {
         var link = document.createElement("a");
         link.href = itemUrl;
         link.innerHTML = itemTitle;
+        var host = document.createElement("span");
+        host.className = "hostname";
+        host.innerHTML = link.hostname;
         title.appendChild(link);
+        title.appendChild(host);
 
         var time = document.createElement("td");
         time.className = "time";