diff --git a/finit-alt.c b/finit-alt.c
index 10d17374..21207387 100644
--- a/finit-alt.c
+++ b/finit-alt.c
@@ -204,6 +204,12 @@ int main()
 				system(cmd);
 				continue;
 			}
+			if (MATCH_CMD(line, "host ", x)) {
+				*cmd = 0;
+				build_cmd(cmd, x, CMD_SIZE);
+				sethostname(cmd, strlen(cmd)); 
+				continue;
+			}
 		}
 		fclose(f);
 	}
diff --git a/finit.conf b/finit.conf
index 0be6b03b..44c94b28 100644
--- a/finit.conf
+++ b/finit.conf
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ user fred
 module intel-agp
 module p4-clockmod
 check /dev/sda3
+host eviltwin