diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-2040 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-2040
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b80db6319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-2040
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Bugfix: Add host name filter shorthand flag for `stats` command
+
+The default value for `--host` flag was set to 'H' (the shorthand version of
+the flag), this caused the lookup for the latest snapshot to fail.
+
+Add shorthand flag `-H` for `--host` (with empty default so if these flags
+are not specified the latest snapshot will not filter by host name).
+
+Also add shorthand `-H` for `backup` command.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/2040
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
index 71f241401..1e47cd50c 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func init() {
 	f.StringVar(&backupOptions.StdinFilename, "stdin-filename", "stdin", "file name to use when reading from stdin")
 	f.StringArrayVar(&backupOptions.Tags, "tag", nil, "add a `tag` for the new snapshot (can be specified multiple times)")
 
-	f.StringVar(&backupOptions.Host, "host", "H", "set the `hostname` for the snapshot manually. To prevent an expensive rescan use the \"parent\" flag")
+	f.StringVarP(&backupOptions.Host, "host", "H", "", "set the `hostname` for the snapshot manually. To prevent an expensive rescan use the \"parent\" flag")
 	f.StringVar(&backupOptions.Host, "hostname", "", "set the `hostname` for the snapshot manually")
 	f.MarkDeprecated("hostname", "use --host")
 
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_stats.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_stats.go
index 4e96f9c9e..590ef5f14 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_stats.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_stats.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func init() {
 	cmdRoot.AddCommand(cmdStats)
 	f := cmdStats.Flags()
 	f.StringVar(&countMode, "mode", countModeRestoreSize, "counting mode: restore-size (default), files-by-contents, blobs-per-file, or raw-data")
-	f.StringVar(&snapshotByHost, "host", "H", "filter latest snapshot by this hostname")
+	f.StringVarP(&snapshotByHost, "host", "H", "", "filter latest snapshot by this hostname")
 }
 
 func runStats(gopts GlobalOptions, args []string) error {