diff --git a/templates/coreutils.tmpl b/templates/coreutils.tmpl
index fad9ea41292..eb22d3545d1 100644
--- a/templates/coreutils.tmpl
+++ b/templates/coreutils.tmpl
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ pkgname=coreutils
 version=6.12
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
-configure_args="--bindir=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version/bin --disable-acl"
+configure_args="--bindir=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version/bin
+ --disable-acl --enable-install-program=hostname"
 short_desc="The GNU core utilities"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 checksum=49d2f703e2310e6328cb6f9d9bae3612c42b3ee5175f449692c5b95e453cf18a