diff --git a/roles/alpine/tasks/main.yml b/roles/alpine/tasks/main.yml
index b590034..4d29e85 100644
--- a/roles/alpine/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/alpine/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+- name: Set hostname
+  hostname:
+    name: '{{ dns_name }}'
+
+- name: Configure hosts
+  template:
+    dest: /etc/hosts
+    src: hosts.j2
+
 - name: Enable community package repo
   lineinfile:
     path: /etc/apk/repositories
diff --git a/roles/alpine/templates/hosts.j2 b/roles/alpine/templates/hosts.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df67400
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/alpine/templates/hosts.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+127.0.0.1	{{ dns_name }} {{ dns_name | split('.') | first }} localhost.localdomain localhost
+::1		localhost localhost.localdomain