diff --git a/board/common/rootfs/bin/hostnm b/board/common/rootfs/bin/hostnm
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0875be2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/common/rootfs/bin/hostnm
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+#!/bin/sh
+# Changes hostname in /etc/hostname and /etc/hosts
+
+current=$(cat /etc/hostname)
+newname=$1
+
+[ -n "$newname" ] || exit 1
+
+sed -i "s/$current/$newname/" /etc/hosts
+sed -i "s/$current/$newname/" /etc/hostname
+
+hostname $newname
+
+initctl touch sysklogd
+initctl touch dnsmasq
+initctl reload