2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/uts.h b/include/linux/uts.h
index 73eb1ed36ec4..6ddbd86377de 100644
--- a/include/linux/uts.h
+++ b/include/linux/uts.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifndef UTS_NODENAME
-#define UTS_NODENAME "(none)"   /* set by sethostname() */
+#define UTS_NODENAME CONFIG_DEFAULT_HOSTNAME /* set by sethostname() */
 #endif
 
 #ifndef UTS_DOMAINNAME
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index ebafac4231ee..e0a22e42d39a 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -204,6 +204,15 @@ config KERNEL_LZO
 
 endchoice
 
+config DEFAULT_HOSTNAME
+        string "Default hostname"
+        default "(none)"
+        help
+          This option determines the default system hostname before userspace
+          calls sethostname(2). The kernel traditionally uses "(none)" here,
+          but you may wish to use a different default here to make a minimal
+          system more usable with less configuration.
+
 config SWAP
         bool "Support for paging of anonymous memory (swap)"
         depends on MMU && BLOCK