diff --git a/kexec-tools.spec b/kexec-tools.spec
index e835ca2..032bd36 100644
--- a/kexec-tools.spec
+++ b/kexec-tools.spec
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ Requires: dracut-squash >= 050
 Requires: ethtool
 Recommends: zstd
 Recommends: grubby
+Recommends: hostname
 BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires: zlib-devel elfutils-devel glib2-devel bzip2-devel ncurses-devel bison flex lzo-devel snappy-devel libzstd-devel
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig intltool gettext