diff --git a/makedist.inc.sh b/makedist.inc.sh
index 2478de7..b11a001 100644
--- a/makedist.inc.sh
+++ b/makedist.inc.sh
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ fi
 [[ "$TARGET_HOSTNAME" ]] || TARGET_HOSTNAME="$MAKEDIST_TARGET"
 [[ "$TARGET_DOMAIN" ]] || TARGET_DOMAIN="localdomain"
 
+echo "$TARGET_HOSTNAME" > $MOUNTDIR/etc/hostname
 sed -i "s|HOSTNAME=.*|HOSTNAME=$TARGET_HOSTNAME|" $MOUNTDIR/etc/sysconfig/network
 sed -i "s|\(127\.0\.0\.1\W*\)\(.*\)|\1 $TARGET_HOSTNAME.$TARGET_DOMAIN $TARGET_HOSTNAME \2|" \
    $MOUNTDIR/etc/hosts