diff --git a/so-setup-network.sh b/so-setup-network.sh
index 6949694c8..e7748ba69 100644
--- a/so-setup-network.sh
+++ b/so-setup-network.sh
@@ -941,6 +941,7 @@ set_hostname() {
   hostnamectl set-hostname $HOSTNAME
   echo "127.0.0.1   $HOSTNAME $HOSTNAME.localdomain localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain" > /etc/hosts
   echo "::1   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6" >> /etc/hosts
+  echo "$HOSTNAME" > /etc/hostname
 
 }