diff --git a/fedora-live-base.ks b/fedora-live-base.ks
index 3c5f279..31568e6 100644
--- a/fedora-live-base.ks
+++ b/fedora-live-base.ks
@@ -214,7 +214,9 @@ touch /.liveimg-configured
 
 # add static hostname to work around xauth bug
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679486
-echo "localhost" > /etc/hostname
+# the hostname must be something else than 'localhost'
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1370222
+echo "localhost-live" > /etc/hostname
 
 EOF