diff --git a/tunnelstore/client.go b/tunnelstore/client.go
index c5230cc8..764cfd3b 100644
--- a/tunnelstore/client.go
+++ b/tunnelstore/client.go
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ type DNSRoute struct {
 type DNSRouteResult struct {
 	route *DNSRoute
 	CName Change `json:"cname"`
+	Name  string `json:"name"`
 }
 
 func NewDNSRoute(userHostname string, overwriteExisting bool) Route {
@@ -135,7 +136,16 @@ func (res *DNSRouteResult) SuccessSummary() string {
 	case ChangeUnchanged:
 		msgFmt = "%s is already configured to route to your tunnel"
 	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf(msgFmt, res.route.userHostname)
+	return fmt.Sprintf(msgFmt, res.hostname())
+}
+
+// hostname yields the resulting name for the DNS route; if that is not available from Cloudflare API, then the
+// requested name is returned instead (should not be the common path, it is just a fall-back).
+func (res *DNSRouteResult) hostname() string {
+	if res.Name != "" {
+		return res.Name
+	}
+	return res.route.userHostname
 }
 
 type LBRoute struct {