1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/hostname.sh b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/hostname.sh
index 78fb91c409..95287cc139 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/hostname.sh
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/hostname.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ fi
 
 # Busybox hostname doesn't support -b so we need implement it on our own
 if [ -f /etc/hostname ];then
-        hostname -F /etc/hostname
+        hostname `cat /etc/hostname`
 elif [ -z "$HOSTNAME" -o "$HOSTNAME" = "(none)" -o ! -z "`echo $HOSTNAME | sed -n '/^[0-9]*\.[0-9].*/p'`" ] ; then
         hostname localhost
 fi