diff --git a/cmd/zz_gen_cmd_dnshelp.go b/cmd/zz_gen_cmd_dnshelp.go
index 29db62ca2d..056eb636e0 100644
--- a/cmd/zz_gen_cmd_dnshelp.go
+++ b/cmd/zz_gen_cmd_dnshelp.go
@@ -1480,6 +1480,7 @@ func displayDNSHelp(name string) error {
 		ew.writeln(`	- "PDNS_HTTP_TIMEOUT":	API request timeout`)
 		ew.writeln(`	- "PDNS_POLLING_INTERVAL":	Time between DNS propagation check`)
 		ew.writeln(`	- "PDNS_PROPAGATION_TIMEOUT":	Maximum waiting time for DNS propagation`)
+		ew.writeln(`	- "PDNS_SERVER_NAME":	Name of the server in the URL, 'localhost' by default`)
 		ew.writeln(`	- "PDNS_TTL":	The TTL of the TXT record used for the DNS challenge`)
 
 		ew.writeln()
diff --git a/docs/content/dns/zz_gen_pdns.md b/docs/content/dns/zz_gen_pdns.md
index debe2a50c8..5c511a8b2c 100644
--- a/docs/content/dns/zz_gen_pdns.md
+++ b/docs/content/dns/zz_gen_pdns.md
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ More information [here](/lego/dns/#configuration-and-credentials).
 | `PDNS_HTTP_TIMEOUT` | API request timeout |
 | `PDNS_POLLING_INTERVAL` | Time between DNS propagation check |
 | `PDNS_PROPAGATION_TIMEOUT` | Maximum waiting time for DNS propagation |
+| `PDNS_SERVER_NAME` | Name of the server in the URL, 'localhost' by default |
 | `PDNS_TTL` | The TTL of the TXT record used for the DNS challenge |
 
 The environment variable names can be suffixed by `_FILE` to reference a file instead of a value.
diff --git a/providers/dns/pdns/client.go b/providers/dns/pdns/client.go
index 1467da6354..5c1187fa49 100644
--- a/providers/dns/pdns/client.go
+++ b/providers/dns/pdns/client.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ type rrSet struct {
 	Type       string   `json:"type"`
 	Kind       string   `json:"kind"`
 	ChangeType string   `json:"changetype"`
-	Records    []Record `json:"records"`
+	Records    []Record `json:"records,omitempty"`
 	TTL        int      `json:"ttl,omitempty"`
 }
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (d *DNSProvider) getHostedZone(fqdn string) (*hostedZone, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	p := path.Join("/servers/localhost/zones/", dns.Fqdn(authZone))
+	p := path.Join("/servers", d.config.ServerName, "/zones/", dns.Fqdn(authZone))
 
 	result, err := d.sendRequest(http.MethodGet, p, nil)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func (d *DNSProvider) sendRequest(method, uri string, body io.Reader) (json.RawM
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusUnprocessableEntity && (resp.StatusCode < 200 || resp.StatusCode >= 300) {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected HTTP status code %d when fetching '%s'", resp.StatusCode, req.URL)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected HTTP status code %d when %sing '%s'", resp.StatusCode, req.Method, req.URL)
 	}
 
 	var msg json.RawMessage
@@ -198,5 +198,9 @@ func (d *DNSProvider) makeRequest(method, uri string, body io.Reader) (*http.Req
 
 	req.Header.Set("X-API-Key", d.config.APIKey)
 
+	if method != http.MethodGet && method != http.MethodDelete {
+		req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	}
+
 	return req, nil
 }
diff --git a/providers/dns/pdns/pdns.go b/providers/dns/pdns/pdns.go
index a95149d2b3..0410a22e5c 100644
--- a/providers/dns/pdns/pdns.go
+++ b/providers/dns/pdns/pdns.go
@@ -26,12 +26,14 @@ const (
 	EnvPropagationTimeout = envNamespace + "PROPAGATION_TIMEOUT"
 	EnvPollingInterval    = envNamespace + "POLLING_INTERVAL"
 	EnvHTTPTimeout        = envNamespace + "HTTP_TIMEOUT"
+	EnvServerName         = envNamespace + "SERVER_NAME"
 )
 
 // Config is used to configure the creation of the DNSProvider.
 type Config struct {
 	APIKey             string
 	Host               *url.URL
+	ServerName         string
 	PropagationTimeout time.Duration
 	PollingInterval    time.Duration
 	TTL                int
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ func NewDefaultConfig() *Config {
 		TTL:                env.GetOrDefaultInt(EnvTTL, dns01.DefaultTTL),
 		PropagationTimeout: env.GetOrDefaultSecond(EnvPropagationTimeout, 120*time.Second),
 		PollingInterval:    env.GetOrDefaultSecond(EnvPollingInterval, 2*time.Second),
+		ServerName:         env.GetOrDefaultString(EnvServerName, "localhost"),
 		HTTPClient: &http.Client{
 			Timeout: env.GetOrDefaultSecond(EnvHTTPTimeout, 30*time.Second),
 		},
diff --git a/providers/dns/pdns/pdns.toml b/providers/dns/pdns/pdns.toml
index a9072b99a5..400c3cb7b9 100644
--- a/providers/dns/pdns/pdns.toml
+++ b/providers/dns/pdns/pdns.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ PowerDNS Notes:
     PDNS_PROPAGATION_TIMEOUT = "Maximum waiting time for DNS propagation"
     PDNS_TTL = "The TTL of the TXT record used for the DNS challenge"
     PDNS_HTTP_TIMEOUT = "API request timeout"
+    PDNS_SERVER_NAME = "Name of the server in the URL, 'localhost' by default"
 
 [Links]
   API = "https://doc.powerdns.com/md/httpapi/README/"