diff --git a/80-rhel/runtime-install.tmpl b/80-rhel/runtime-install.tmpl
index ec7b6dd..3908320 100644
--- a/80-rhel/runtime-install.tmpl
+++ b/80-rhel/runtime-install.tmpl
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ installpkg device-mapper-persistent-data
 installpkg xfsdump
 
 ## extra storage packages
-installpkg udisks2 udisks2-iscsi
+# hostname is needed for iscsi to work, see RHBZ#1599183
+installpkg udisks2 udisks2-iscsi hostname
 
 ## extra libblockdev plugins
 installpkg libblockdev-lvm-dbus