diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_remote_syslog.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_remote_syslog.py
index f789ffafed..0396b15560 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_remote_syslog.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_remote_syslog.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ notes:
 extends_documentation_fragment: f5
 requirements:
   - f5-sdk >= 2.2.0
+  - netaddr
 author:
   - Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)
 '''
@@ -81,6 +82,8 @@ local_ip:
   sample: 10.10.10.10
 '''
 
+import re
+
 try:
     import netaddr
     HAS_NETADDR = True
@@ -163,13 +166,40 @@ class Parameters(AnsibleF5Parameters):
     @property
     def remote_host(self):
         try:
-            ip = netaddr.IPAddress(self._values['remote_host'])
-            return str(ip)
+            # Check for valid IPv4 or IPv6 entries
+            netaddr.IPAddress(self._values['remote_host'])
+            return self._values['remote_host']
         except netaddr.core.AddrFormatError:
+            # else fallback to checking reasonably well formatted hostnames
+            if self.is_valid_hostname(self._values['remote_host']):
+                return str(self._values['remote_host'])
             raise F5ModuleError(
-                "The provided 'remote_host' is not a valid IP address"
+                "The provided 'remote_host' is not a valid IP or hostname"
             )
 
+    def is_valid_hostname(self, host):
+        """Reasonable attempt at validating a hostname
+
+        Compiled from various paragraphs outlined here
+        https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3696#section-2
+        https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1123
+
+        Notably,
+        * Host software MUST handle host names of up to 63 characters and
+          SHOULD handle host names of up to 255 characters.
+        * The "LDH rule", after the characters that it permits. (letters, digits, hyphen)
+        * If the hyphen is used, it is not permitted to appear at
+          either the beginning or end of a label
+
+        :param host:
+        :return:
+        """
+        if len(host) > 255:
+            return False
+        host = host.rstrip(".")
+        allowed = re.compile(r'(?!-)[A-Z0-9-]{1,63}(?<!-)$', re.IGNORECASE)
+        return all(allowed.match(x) for x in host.split("."))
+
     @property
     def remote_port(self):
         if self._values['remote_port'] is None:
diff --git a/test/units/modules/network/f5/test_bigip_remote_syslog.py b/test/units/modules/network/f5/test_bigip_remote_syslog.py
index 51c0c894e1..ed455ab060 100644
--- a/test/units/modules/network/f5/test_bigip_remote_syslog.py
+++ b/test/units/modules/network/f5/test_bigip_remote_syslog.py
@@ -15,11 +15,9 @@ if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
     raise SkipTest("F5 Ansible modules require Python >= 2.7")
 
 from ansible.compat.tests import unittest
-from ansible.compat.tests.mock import patch, Mock
-from ansible.module_utils import basic
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes
+from ansible.compat.tests.mock import Mock
+from ansible.compat.tests.mock import patch
 from ansible.module_utils.f5_utils import AnsibleF5Client
-from units.modules.utils import set_module_args
 
 try:
     from library.bigip_remote_syslog import Parameters
@@ -28,6 +26,7 @@ try:
     from library.bigip_remote_syslog import HAS_F5SDK
     from library.bigip_remote_syslog import HAS_NETADDR
     from ansible.module_utils.f5_utils import iControlUnexpectedHTTPError
+    from test.unit.modules.utils import set_module_args
 except ImportError:
     try:
         from ansible.modules.network.f5.bigip_remote_syslog import Parameters
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@ except ImportError:
         from ansible.modules.network.f5.bigip_remote_syslog import HAS_F5SDK
         from ansible.modules.network.f5.bigip_remote_syslog import HAS_NETADDR
         from ansible.module_utils.f5_utils import iControlUnexpectedHTTPError
+        from units.modules.utils import set_module_args
     except ImportError:
         raise SkipTest("F5 Ansible modules require the f5-sdk Python library")