diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/09_network b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/09_network
index 17c3e06c9f..819d9aba59 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/09_network
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/09_network
@@ -1,12 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2010 OpenELEC.tv
+#      http://www.openelec.tv
 #
-# start syslog daemon
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+#
+# start networking
 #
 # runlevels: openelec, textmode
 
+. /etc/profile
+
 # bring lo up, whether we have network card or not
   progress "starting Loopback Network interface"
     ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up
 
 # setup hostname
   progress "Setup hostname"
-    echo $HOSTNAME > /proc/sys/kernel/hostname
+   echo "$HOSTNAME" > /proc/sys/kernel/hostname
+
+# create /etc/hosts file, useful for gethostbyname(localhost)
+  progress "creating /etc/hosts"
+   echo -e "127.0.0.1\tlocalhost $HOSTNAME" > /etc/hosts