diff --git a/hostname.changes b/hostname.changes
index e5505d0..dae14a7 100644
--- a/hostname.changes
+++ b/hostname.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jun 11 07:31:16 UTC 2015 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- BuildIgnore hostname (ourselves): net-tools has a dependency on
+  hostname, and net-tools is part of the VMInstall package set. As
+  we know we do not rely on our own code to build, we can safely
+  ignore hostname and break that nasty buildcycle.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jun 10 08:39:32 UTC 2015 - gber@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/hostname.spec b/hostname.spec
index 7a5a5b7..02356fd 100644
--- a/hostname.spec
+++ b/hostname.spec
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ Summary:        Utility to Set/Show the Host Name or Domain Name
 Url:            https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/hostname
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/Other
 Source:         http://http.debian.net/debian/pool/main/h/hostname/%{name}_%{version}.tar.gz
+# net-tools requires hostname, but we know we do not rely on ourselves to build
+#!BuildIgnore:  hostname
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description