diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-touch/hooks/03-etc-writable.chroot b/live-build/ubuntu-touch/hooks/03-etc-writable.chroot
index 7c854a81..f0a14f3f 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-touch/hooks/03-etc-writable.chroot
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-touch/hooks/03-etc-writable.chroot
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -x
 
 mkdir -p /etc/writable
 
-for f in timezone localtime machine-info; do
+for f in timezone localtime machine-info hostname; do
     if [ -e /etc/$f ]; then
         echo "I: Moving /etc/$f to /etc/writable/"
         mv /etc/$f /etc/writable/$f