diff --git a/test/core/end2end/tests/binary_metadata.c b/test/core/end2end/tests/binary_metadata.c
index 6b105def33c..c5c862bbf24 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/tests/binary_metadata.c
+++ b/test/core/end2end/tests/binary_metadata.c
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 #include <grpc/support/useful.h>
 #include "test/core/end2end/cq_verifier.h"
 
+static char *authority;
+
 static void *tag(intptr_t t) { return (void *)t; }
 
 static grpc_end2end_test_fixture begin_test(grpc_end2end_test_config config,
@@ -147,7 +149,7 @@ static void test_request_response_with_metadata_and_payload(
   int was_cancelled = 2;
 
   c = grpc_channel_create_call(f.client, NULL, GRPC_PROPAGATE_DEFAULTS, f.cq,
-                               "/foo", "foo.test.google.fr", deadline, NULL);
+                               "/foo", authority, deadline, NULL);
   GPR_ASSERT(c);
 
   grpc_metadata_array_init(&initial_metadata_recv);
@@ -248,7 +250,9 @@ static void test_request_response_with_metadata_and_payload(
   GPR_ASSERT(status == GRPC_STATUS_OK);
   GPR_ASSERT(0 == strcmp(details, "xyz"));
   GPR_ASSERT(0 == strcmp(call_details.method, "/foo"));
-  GPR_ASSERT(0 == strcmp(call_details.host, "foo.test.google.fr"));
+  if (authority) {
+    GPR_ASSERT(0 == strcmp(call_details.host, authority));
+  }
   GPR_ASSERT(was_cancelled == 0);
   GPR_ASSERT(byte_buffer_eq_string(request_payload_recv, "hello world"));
   GPR_ASSERT(byte_buffer_eq_string(response_payload_recv, "hello you"));
@@ -286,6 +290,7 @@ static void test_request_response_with_metadata_and_payload(
 }
 
 void binary_metadata(grpc_end2end_test_config config) {
+  authority = validate_host_override_string("foo.test.google.fr", config);
   test_request_response_with_metadata_and_payload(config);
 }