diff --git a/netcfg.changes b/netcfg.changes
index 4774c2f..02496b2 100644
--- a/netcfg.changes
+++ b/netcfg.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Aug 25 09:41:17 UTC 2015 - tchvatal@suse.com
+
+- Do not actually replace the hostname if user already has something
+  in there. Thanks to Takashi Iwai for spotting this
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Aug  4 07:47:22 UTC 2015 - tchvatal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/netcfg.spec b/netcfg.spec
index 3d8b0cc..1374ee0 100644
--- a/netcfg.spec
+++ b/netcfg.spec
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ exit 0
 
 %files
 %defattr(644,root,root,755)
-%config %{_sysconfdir}/hostname
+%verify(not md5 size mtime) %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/hostname
 %{_sysconfdir}/HOSTNAME
 %verify(not md5 size mtime) %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/aliases
 %verify(not md5 size mtime) %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/defaultdomain