diff --git a/kafka-impl/src/main/java/io/streamnative/pulsar/handlers/kop/KafkaServiceConfiguration.java b/kafka-impl/src/main/java/io/streamnative/pulsar/handlers/kop/KafkaServiceConfiguration.java
index d9df95154c..5920e55c02 100644
--- a/kafka-impl/src/main/java/io/streamnative/pulsar/handlers/kop/KafkaServiceConfiguration.java
+++ b/kafka-impl/src/main/java/io/streamnative/pulsar/handlers/kop/KafkaServiceConfiguration.java
@@ -13,16 +13,22 @@
  */
 package io.streamnative.pulsar.handlers.kop;
 
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState;
+
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import io.streamnative.pulsar.handlers.kop.coordinator.group.OffsetConfig;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.NonNull;
 import lombok.Setter;
@@ -57,6 +63,10 @@ public class KafkaServiceConfiguration extends ServiceConfiguration {
 
     @Category
     private static final String CATEGORY_KOP_TRANSACTION = "Kafka on Pulsar transaction";
+
+    private static final String END_POINT_SEPARATOR = ",";
+    private static final String REGEX = "^(.*)://\\[?([0-9a-zA-Z\\-%._:]*)\\]?:(-?[0-9]+)";
+    private static final Pattern PATTERN = Pattern.compile(REGEX);
     //
     // --- Kafka on Pulsar Broker configuration ---
     //
@@ -349,15 +359,45 @@ public class KafkaServiceConfiguration extends ServiceConfiguration {
     )
     private Set<String> kopAllowedNamespaces;
 
+    private String checkAdvertisedListeners(String advertisedListeners) {
+        StringBuilder listenersReBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+        for (String listener : advertisedListeners.split(END_POINT_SEPARATOR)) {
+            final String errorMessage = "listener '" + listener + "' is invalid";
+            final Matcher matcher = PATTERN.matcher(listener);
+            checkState(matcher.find(), errorMessage);
+            checkState(matcher.groupCount() == 3, errorMessage);
+            String hostname = matcher.group(2);
+            if (hostname.isEmpty()) {
+                try {
+                    hostname = InetAddress.getLocalHost().getCanonicalHostName();
+                    listenersReBuilder.append(matcher.group(1))
+                            .append("://")
+                            .append(hostname)
+                            .append(":")
+                            .append(matcher.group(3));
+                } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
+                    throw new IllegalStateException("hostname is empty and localhost is unknown: " + e.getMessage());
+                }
+            } else {
+                listenersReBuilder.append(listener);
+            }
+            listenersReBuilder.append(END_POINT_SEPARATOR);
+        }
+        return listenersReBuilder.deleteCharAt(listenersReBuilder.lastIndexOf(END_POINT_SEPARATOR)).toString();
+    }
+
     public @NonNull String getKafkaAdvertisedListeners() {
+        String advertisedListeners = getListeners();
+
         if (kafkaAdvertisedListeners != null) {
-            return kafkaAdvertisedListeners;
-        } else {
-            if (getListeners() == null) {
-                throw new IllegalStateException("listeners or kafkaListeners is required");
-            }
-            return getListeners();
+            advertisedListeners = kafkaAdvertisedListeners;
         }
+
+        if (advertisedListeners == null) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("listeners or kafkaListeners is required");
+        }
+
+        return checkAdvertisedListeners(advertisedListeners);
     }
 
     public String getListeners() {
diff --git a/kafka-impl/src/test/java/io/streamnative/pulsar/handlers/kop/KafkaServiceConfigurationTest.java b/kafka-impl/src/test/java/io/streamnative/pulsar/handlers/kop/KafkaServiceConfigurationTest.java
index 14b2131634..b9692844c1 100644
--- a/kafka-impl/src/test/java/io/streamnative/pulsar/handlers/kop/KafkaServiceConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/kafka-impl/src/test/java/io/streamnative/pulsar/handlers/kop/KafkaServiceConfigurationTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Properties;
@@ -68,6 +70,16 @@ public void testKafkaListeners() {
         assertEquals(configuration.getListeners(), "PLAINTEXT://localhost:9093");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testKafkaListenersWithoutHostname() throws UnknownHostException {
+        KafkaServiceConfiguration configuration = new KafkaServiceConfiguration();
+        configuration.setListeners("PLAINTEXT://:9092");
+        assertEquals(configuration.getListeners(), "PLAINTEXT://:9092");
+        String hostName = InetAddress.getLocalHost().getCanonicalHostName();
+        String expectListeners = "PLAINTEXT://" + hostName + ":9092";
+        assertEquals(configuration.getKafkaAdvertisedListeners(), expectListeners);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testGroupIdZooKeeperPath() {
         String zkPathForKop = "/consumer_group_test";