diff --git a/roles/slurm-from-source/templates/nhc.sysconfig.j2 b/roles/slurm-from-source/templates/nhc.sysconfig.j2
index 5e3d1eb04147899b9858fc62aa6eab147bafa3cd..c27ac0e1b5e99dfd4f2a3bb10032b99a5554d8ea 100644
--- a/roles/slurm-from-source/templates/nhc.sysconfig.j2
+++ b/roles/slurm-from-source/templates/nhc.sysconfig.j2
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LOGFILE=/var/log/nhc.log
 LOG_LEVEL={{ nhc_log_level }}
 CONFFILE="{{ nhc_dir }}/etc/nhc/{{ nhc_config_file }}"
 NHC_EMAIL_TO= {{ nhc_emails }}
-NHC_EMAIL_SUBJECT="Node failure"
+NHC_EMAIL_SUBJECT= {{ nhc_email_subject }}
 NHC_LOOP_TIME="300"