diff --git a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/dhcp/bundle.sh b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/dhcp/bundle.sh
index c5390eaa2..3b3d6c1bd 100755
--- a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/dhcp/bundle.sh
+++ b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/dhcp/bundle.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ mkdir -p "$DESTDIR"
 
 install -d -m755 "$DESTDIR/etc"
 install -m644 "$SRC_DIR/resolv.conf" "$DESTDIR/etc/resolv.conf"
+install -m644 "$SRC_DIR/hosts" "$DESTDIR/etc/hosts"
 install -d -m755 "$DESTDIR/etc/autorun"
 install -m755 "$SRC_DIR/01_network.sh" "$DESTDIR/etc/autorun/01_network.sh"
 install -m755 "$SRC_DIR/05_rc.dhcp" "$DESTDIR/etc/05_rc.dhcp"
diff --git a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/dhcp/hosts b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/dhcp/hosts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ef804517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/dhcp/hosts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# /etc/hosts
+127.0.0.1	localhost
+
+# ipv6
+::1	localhost ipv6-localhost