diff --git a/link.module b/link.module
index b0c53c3..5cea78a 100644
--- a/link.module
+++ b/link.module
@@ -700,6 +700,9 @@ function link_theme() {
     'link_formatter_link_plain' => array(
       'variables' => array('element' => NULL, 'field' => NULL),
     ),
+    'link_formatter_link_host' => array(
+      'variables' => array('element' => NULL),
+    ),
     'link_formatter_link_absolute' => array(
       'variables' => array('element' => NULL, 'field' => NULL),
     ),
@@ -885,6 +888,11 @@ function link_field_formatter_info() {
       'field types' => array('link_field'),
       'multiple values' => FIELD_BEHAVIOR_DEFAULT,
     ),
+    'link_host' => array(
+      'label' => t('Host, as plain text'),
+      'field types' => array('link_field'),
+      'multiple values' => FIELD_BEHAVIOR_DEFAULT,
+    ),
     'link_url' => array(
       'label' => t('URL, as link'),
       'field types' => array('link_field'),
@@ -1016,6 +1024,14 @@ function theme_link_formatter_link_plain($vars) {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Theme function for 'host' text field formatter.
+ */
+function theme_link_formatter_link_host($vars) {
+  $host = @parse_url($vars['element']['url']);
+  return isset($host['host']) ? check_plain($host['host']) : '';
+}
+
+/**
  * Formats a link as an absolute URL.
  */
 function theme_link_formatter_link_absolute($vars) {
diff --git a/tests/link.attribute.test b/tests/link.attribute.test
index 603847e..36e6be5 100644
--- a/tests/link.attribute.test
+++ b/tests/link.attribute.test
@@ -254,6 +254,41 @@ class LinkAttributeCrudTest extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     }
   }
 
+  function testFormatterHost() {
+    $content_type_friendly = $this->randomName(20);
+    $content_type_machine = strtolower($this->randomName(10));
+
+    $this->drupalCreateContentType(array(
+      'type' => $content_type_machine,
+      'name' => $content_type_friendly,
+    ));
+
+
+    // Now add a singleton field.
+    $single_field_name_friendly = $this->randomName(20);
+    $single_field_name_machine = strtolower($this->randomName(10));
+    //$single_field_name = 'field_'. $single_field_name_machine;
+    $this->createSimpleLinkField($single_field_name_machine, $single_field_name_friendly, $content_type_machine);
+
+    // Okay, now we want to make sure this display is changed:
+    $this->drupalGet('admin/structure/types/manage/'. $content_type_machine .'/display');
+    $edit = array(
+      'fields[field_'. $single_field_name_machine .'][label]' => 'above',
+      'fields[field_'. $single_field_name_machine .'][type]' => 'link_host',
+    );
+    $this->drupalPost(NULL, $edit, t('Save'));
+
+    $this->createNodeTypeUser($content_type_machine);
+
+    $link_text = 'Display';
+    $link_url = 'http://www.example.com/';
+    $this->createNodeForTesting($content_type_machine, $content_type_friendly, $single_field_name_machine, $link_text, $link_url);
+
+    $this->assertText('www.example.com');
+    $this->assertNoText($link_text);
+    $this->assertNoLinkByHref($link_url);
+  }
+
   function testFormatterURL() {
     $content_type_friendly = $this->randomName(20);
     $content_type_machine = strtolower($this->randomName(10));