diff --git a/package/skeleton-init-common/skeleton-init-common.mk b/package/skeleton-init-common/skeleton-init-common.mk
index 7d2c68ada3..e429b13d78 100644
--- a/package/skeleton-init-common/skeleton-init-common.mk
+++ b/package/skeleton-init-common/skeleton-init-common.mk
@@ -42,10 +42,15 @@ SKELETON_INIT_COMMON_PASSWD_METHOD = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_PASSWD_M
 SKELETON_INIT_COMMON_BIN_SH = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_SYSTEM_BIN_SH))
 
 ifneq ($(SKELETON_INIT_COMMON_HOSTNAME),)
+SKELETON_INIT_COMMON_HOSTS_LINE = $(SKELETON_INIT_COMMON_HOSTNAME)
+SKELETON_INIT_COMMON_SHORT_HOSTNAME = $(firstword $(subst ., ,$(SKELETON_INIT_COMMON_HOSTNAME)))
+ifneq ($(SKELETON_INIT_COMMON_HOSTNAME),$(SKELETON_INIT_COMMON_SHORT_HOSTNAME))
+SKELETON_INIT_COMMON_HOSTS_LINE += $(SKELETON_INIT_COMMON_SHORT_HOSTNAME)
+endif
 define SKELETON_INIT_COMMON_SET_HOSTNAME
 	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/etc
 	echo "$(SKELETON_INIT_COMMON_HOSTNAME)" > $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/hostname
-	$(SED) '$$a \127.0.1.1\t$(SKELETON_INIT_COMMON_HOSTNAME)' \
+	$(SED) '$$a \127.0.1.1\t$(SKELETON_INIT_COMMON_HOSTS_LINE)' \
 		-e '/^127.0.1.1/d' $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/hosts
 endef
 SKELETON_INIT_COMMON_TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS += SKELETON_INIT_COMMON_SET_HOSTNAME