diff --git a/packages/network/connman/system.d/connman.service b/packages/network/connman/system.d/connman.service
index b7fb00fef5..cdb5d8535d 100644
--- a/packages/network/connman/system.d/connman.service
+++ b/packages/network/connman/system.d/connman.service
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ BusName=net.connman
 Restart=on-failure
 EnvironmentFile=-/run/openelec/debug/connman.conf
 ExecStartPre=-/bin/sh -c "cat /storage/.cache/hostname > /proc/sys/kernel/hostname"
+ExecStartPre=-/bin/sh -c "cat /storage/.config/hosts.conf > /etc/hosts"
 ExecStartPre=/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 up
 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c ". /usr/lib/connman/connman-setup; exec /usr/sbin/connmand -nr $CONNMAN_MAIN $CONNMAN_DEBUG"
 # send SIGKILL on stop to keep ip configuration
diff --git a/packages/network/connman/tmpfiles.d/z_03_connman.conf b/packages/network/connman/tmpfiles.d/z_03_connman.conf
index cdc18d8b8e..c264c8ddcd 100644
--- a/packages/network/connman/tmpfiles.d/z_03_connman.conf
+++ b/packages/network/connman/tmpfiles.d/z_03_connman.conf
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@
 #  along with OpenELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ################################################################################
 
+d    /var/cache                  0755 root root - -
 d    /run/connman                0755 root root - -
 d    /storage/.cache/connman     0755 root root - -