diff --git a/fedora-live-base.ks b/fedora-live-base.ks
index 59ce17d..243e83e 100644
--- a/fedora-live-base.ks
+++ b/fedora-live-base.ks
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ touch /.liveimg-configured
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679486
 # the hostname must be something else than 'localhost'
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1370222
-echo "localhost-live" > /etc/hostname
+hostnamectl set-hostname "localhost-live"
 
 EOF