diff --git a/lib/ramble/ramble/workflow_manager.py b/lib/ramble/ramble/workflow_manager.py
index 50b882a6f..a8f4ad3f3 100644
--- a/lib/ramble/ramble/workflow_manager.py
+++ b/lib/ramble/ramble/workflow_manager.py
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ class WorkflowManagerBase(metaclass=WorkflowManagerMeta):
         description="Hostfile command to apply within execution templates for the workflow",
     )
 
+    workflow_manager_variable(
+        "hostfile",
+        default="{experiment_run_dir}/hostfile",
+        description="Default hostfile path"
+    )
+
     def __init__(self, file_path):
         super().__init__()
 
diff --git a/var/ramble/repos/builtin/workflow_managers/slurm/workflow_manager.py b/var/ramble/repos/builtin/workflow_managers/slurm/workflow_manager.py
index eabea63f6..e21e5537c 100644
--- a/var/ramble/repos/builtin/workflow_managers/slurm/workflow_manager.py
+++ b/var/ramble/repos/builtin/workflow_managers/slurm/workflow_manager.py
@@ -271,4 +271,4 @@ def get_partitions(self):
         }
 
     def get_hostfile_cmd(self):
-        return "scontrol show hostnames > {experiment_run_dir}/hostfile"
+        return "scontrol show hostnames > {hostfile}"