diff --git a/orte/tools/orte-restart/orte-restart.c b/orte/tools/orte-restart/orte-restart.c
index 70dc95ef82..82c29c27e9 100644
--- a/orte/tools/orte-restart/orte-restart.c
+++ b/orte/tools/orte-restart/orte-restart.c
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ static int spawn_children(orte_snapc_base_global_snapshot_t *snapshot, pid_t *ch
         goto cleanup;
     }
     if( NULL != orte_restart_globals.hostfile ) {
-        if( ORTE_SUCCESS != (ret = opal_argv_append(&argc, &argv, "--hostfile")) ) {
+        if( ORTE_SUCCESS != (ret = opal_argv_append(&argc, &argv, "--default-hostfile")) ) {
             exit_status = ret;
             goto cleanup;
         }