diff --git a/bin/metadata2gha b/bin/metadata2gha
index eb51f97..d212346 100755
--- a/bin/metadata2gha
+++ b/bin/metadata2gha
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ options = {
   domain: nil,
   minimum_major_puppet_version: nil,
   beaker_fact: nil,
+  hosts: nil,
 }
 
 OptionParser.new do |opts|
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ OptionParser.new do |opts|
       options[:beaker_facter] = [fact, label, values.split(',')]
     end
   end
+  opts.on('--hosts VALUE,VALUE', Array, 'A list of hostnames to create -- generates multiple SUTs. Separate values using commas') do |opt|
+    options[:hosts] = opt unless opt.empty?
+  end
 end.parse!
 
 filename = ARGV[0]
diff --git a/lib/puppet_metadata/beaker.rb b/lib/puppet_metadata/beaker.rb
index 8f55cfb..0c5cdf1 100644
--- a/lib/puppet_metadata/beaker.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet_metadata/beaker.rb
@@ -55,20 +55,33 @@ def adjusted_os(os)
       #   Enforce a domain to be appended to the hostname, making it an FQDN
       # @param [Optional[String]] puppet_version
       #   The desired puppet version. Will be appended to the hostname
+      # @param [Optional[String]] hostname
+      #   Override the automatically generated hostname.  The domain may still
+      #   be set via the `domain` param.
       #
       # @return [nil] If no setfile is available
       # @return [Array<(String, String)>] The beaker setfile description with a readable name
-      def os_release_to_setfile(os, release, use_fqdn: false, pidfile_workaround: false, domain: nil, puppet_version: nil)
+      def os_release_to_setfile(os, release, use_fqdn: false, pidfile_workaround: false, domain: nil, puppet_version: nil, hostname: nil)
         return unless os_supported?(os)
 
         aos = adjusted_os(os)
-
         name = "#{aos}#{release.tr('.', '')}-64"
-        hostname = (puppet_version.nil? && puppet_version != 'none') ? name : "#{name}-#{puppet_version}"
+        shostname = if hostname
+                      hostname
+                    elsif !puppet_version.nil?
+                      "#{name}-#{puppet_version}"
+                    else
+                      name
+                    end
+
         domain ||= 'example.com' if use_fqdn
 
         options = {}
-        options[:hostname] = "#{hostname}.#{domain}" if domain
+        if domain
+          options[:hostname] = "#{shostname}.#{domain}"
+        elsif hostname
+          options[:hostname] = hostname
+        end
 
         # Docker messes up cgroups and some systemd versions can't deal with
         # that when PIDFile is used.
diff --git a/lib/puppet_metadata/github_actions.rb b/lib/puppet_metadata/github_actions.rb
index 7a05c46..cde37ac 100644
--- a/lib/puppet_metadata/github_actions.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet_metadata/github_actions.rb
@@ -137,14 +137,33 @@ def puppet_version_below_minimum?(version)
     end
 
     def os_release_to_beaker_setfile(os, release, puppet_collection)
-      PuppetMetadata::Beaker.os_release_to_setfile(
-        os,
-        release,
-        use_fqdn: options[:beaker_use_fqdn],
-        pidfile_workaround: options[:beaker_pidfile_workaround],
-        domain: options[:domain],
-        puppet_version: puppet_collection,
-      )
+      if options[:hosts]
+        setfiles = options[:hosts].filter_map do |host|
+          PuppetMetadata::Beaker.os_release_to_setfile(
+            os,
+            release,
+            use_fqdn: options[:beaker_use_fqdn],
+            pidfile_workaround: options[:beaker_pidfile_workaround],
+            domain: options[:domain],
+            puppet_version: puppet_collection,
+            hostname: host,
+          )
+        end
+
+        return if setfiles.empty?
+
+        # merge the setfile strings
+        [setfiles.collect { |setfile| setfile[0] }.join('-'), setfiles[0][1]]
+      else
+        PuppetMetadata::Beaker.os_release_to_setfile(
+          os,
+          release,
+          use_fqdn: options[:beaker_use_fqdn],
+          pidfile_workaround: options[:beaker_pidfile_workaround],
+          domain: options[:domain],
+          puppet_version: puppet_collection,
+        )
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/beaker_spec.rb b/spec/beaker_spec.rb
index 78368dd..0db34db 100644
--- a/spec/beaker_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/beaker_spec.rb
@@ -57,5 +57,18 @@
         it { expect(described_class.os_release_to_setfile('CentOS', '8', pidfile_workaround: ['CentOS'])).to be_nil }
       end
     end
+
+    describe 'hostname' do
+      describe 'without domain' do
+        it { expect(described_class.os_release_to_setfile('AlmaLinux', '9', hostname: 'foo')).to eq(['almalinux9-64{hostname=foo}', 'AlmaLinux 9']) }
+      end
+
+      describe 'with domain' do
+        it {
+          expect(described_class.os_release_to_setfile('AlmaLinux', '9', domain: 'example.com',
+                                                                         hostname: 'foo')).to eq(['almalinux9-64{hostname=foo.example.com}', 'AlmaLinux 9'])
+        }
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/github_actions_spec.rb b/spec/github_actions_spec.rb
index 2fe126e..e0d02b9 100644
--- a/spec/github_actions_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/github_actions_spec.rb
@@ -163,6 +163,16 @@
           )
         end
       end
+
+      context 'with hosts option' do
+        let(:options) { super().merge(hosts: %w[foo bar baz]) }
+
+        it 'is expected to contain supported os / puppet version / role combinations' do
+          expect(subject).to include(
+            { name: 'Puppet 8 - CentOS 9', env: { 'BEAKER_PUPPET_COLLECTION' => 'puppet8', 'BEAKER_SETFILE' => 'centos9-64{hostname=foo}-centos9-64{hostname=bar}-centos9-64{hostname=baz}' } },
+          )
+        end
+      end
     end
 
     describe 'github_action_test_matrix' do
@@ -289,6 +299,16 @@
           )
         end
       end
+
+      context 'with hosts option' do
+        let(:options) { super().merge(hosts: %w[foo bar baz]) }
+
+        it 'is expected to contain supported os / puppet version combinations with hostname option' do
+          expect(subject).to include(
+            { name: 'Puppet 8 - CentOS 9', setfile: { name: 'CentOS 9', value: 'centos9-64{hostname=foo}-centos9-64{hostname=bar}-centos9-64{hostname=baz}' }, puppet: { name: 'Puppet 8', value: 8, collection: 'puppet8' } },
+          )
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
   # rubocop:enable Layout/LineLength,RSpec/ExampleLength