diff --git a/packages/vertica-nodejs/lib/client.js b/packages/vertica-nodejs/lib/client.js
index 31d4c14b..2c1c946c 100644
--- a/packages/vertica-nodejs/lib/client.js
+++ b/packages/vertica-nodejs/lib/client.js
@@ -76,12 +76,13 @@ class Client extends EventEmitter {
     this.tls_config = this.connectionParameters.tls_config
     this.tls_mode = this.connectionParameters.tls_mode || 'disable'
     this.tls_trusted_certs = this.connectionParameters.tls_trusted_certs
+    this._connectionTimeoutMillis = c.connectionTimeoutMillis || 0
+    this.workload = this.connectionParameters.workload
 
     delete this.connectionParameters.tls_config
     delete this.connectionParameters.tls_mode
     delete this.connectionParameters.tls_trusted_certs
 
-    this._connectionTimeoutMillis = c.connectionTimeoutMillis || 0
   }
 
   _errorAllQueries(err) {
@@ -496,6 +497,7 @@ class Client extends EventEmitter {
       user: params.user,
       database: params.database,
       protocol_version: params.protocol_version.toString(),
+      client_os_hostname: params.client_os_hostname
     }
 
     if (params.replication) {
@@ -510,10 +512,13 @@ class Client extends EventEmitter {
     if (params.options) {
       data.options = params.options
     }
-
     if (params.client_label) {
       data.client_label = params.client_label
     }
+    if (params.workload) {
+      data.workload = params.workload
+    }
+
 
     return data
   }
diff --git a/packages/vertica-nodejs/lib/connection-parameters.js b/packages/vertica-nodejs/lib/connection-parameters.js
index 2742c299..85901af2 100644
--- a/packages/vertica-nodejs/lib/connection-parameters.js
+++ b/packages/vertica-nodejs/lib/connection-parameters.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 var dns = require('dns')
+var os = require('os')
 
 var defaults = require('./defaults')
 
@@ -112,6 +113,8 @@ class ConnectionParameters {
 
     this.backup_server_node = parseBackupServerNodes(val('backup_server_node', config))
     this.client_label = val('client_label', config, false)
+    this.workload = val('workload', config, false)
+    this.client_os_hostname = os.hostname()
     //NOTE: The client has only been tested to support 3.5, which was chosen in order to include SHA512 support
     this.protocol_version = (3 << 16 | 5) // 3.5 -> (major << 16 | minor) -> (3 << 16 | 5) -> 196613
 
diff --git a/packages/vertica-nodejs/lib/defaults.js b/packages/vertica-nodejs/lib/defaults.js
index 98051006..bbb7c1e0 100644
--- a/packages/vertica-nodejs/lib/defaults.js
+++ b/packages/vertica-nodejs/lib/defaults.js
@@ -51,39 +51,27 @@ module.exports = {
   // max milliseconds a client can go unused before it is removed
   // from the pool and destroyed
   idleTimeoutMillis: 30000,
-
   client_encoding: '',
-
   tls_mode: 'disable',
-
   tls_key_file: undefined,
-
   tls_cert_file: undefined,
-
   options: undefined,
-
   parseInputDatesAsUTC: false,
-
   // max milliseconds any query using this connection will execute for before timing out in error.
   // false=unlimited
   statement_timeout: false,
-
   // Terminate any session with an open transaction that has been idle for longer than the specified duration in milliseconds
   // false=unlimited
   idle_in_transaction_session_timeout: false,
-
   // max milliseconds to wait for query to complete (client side)
   query_timeout: false,
-
   connect_timeout: 0,
-
   keepalives: 1,
-
   keepalives_idle: 0,
-
   // A string to identify the vertica-nodejs connection's session on the server
   client_label: '',
-
   // A comma separated string listing all backup nodes to connect to. Each node is a host-port pair separated by a colon.
   backup_server_node: '',
+  // workload associated with this session
+  workload: '',
 }
diff --git a/packages/vertica-nodejs/mochatest/integration/client/vertica-connection-params-tests.js b/packages/vertica-nodejs/mochatest/integration/client/vertica-connection-params-tests.js
index ee41b8e3..362e862a 100644
--- a/packages/vertica-nodejs/mochatest/integration/client/vertica-connection-params-tests.js
+++ b/packages/vertica-nodejs/mochatest/integration/client/vertica-connection-params-tests.js
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
 const vertica = require('../../../lib')
 const assert = require('assert')
 
-describe('vertica label connection parameter', function () {
+var os = require('os')
+
+describe('vertica client label connection parameter', function () {
   it('has a default value that is used when left unspecified', function(done) {
     //assert current default value
     assert.equal(vertica.defaults.client_label, '')
@@ -102,3 +104,30 @@ describe('vertica backup_server_node connection parameter', function() {
     done()
   })
 })
+
+describe('vertica client_os_hostname connection parameter', function() {
+  it('is automatically determined and sent in the startup packet', function() {
+    const client = new vertica.Client()
+    client.connect()
+    client.query("SELECT client_os_hostname FROM current_session", (err, res) => {
+      if (err) assert(false)
+      assert.equal(res.rows[0].client_os_hostname, os.hostname())
+      client.end()
+    })
+  })
+})
+
+describe('vertica workload connection parameter', function() {
+  it('can be set and is sent in the startup packet', function() {
+    const client = new vertica.Client({workload: 'testNodeWorkload'})
+    client.connect()
+    client.query(`SELECT contents FROM dc_client_server_messages 
+                  WHERE session_id = current_session()
+                  AND message_type = '^+'
+                  AND contents like '%workload%'`, (err, res) => {
+      if (err) assert(false)
+      assert.equal(res.rows[0].contents, 'workload: testNodeWorkload')
+      client.end()
+    })
+  })
+})