diff --git a/srcpkgs/coreutils/template b/srcpkgs/coreutils/template
index e2d5db4354..5c5d3cd4f4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/coreutils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/coreutils/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'coreutils'
 pkgname=coreutils
 version=8.24
-revision=3
+revision=4
 build_pie=yes
 bootstrap=yes
 makedepends="gmp-devel acl-devel libcap-devel"
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ if [ "$CHROOT_READY" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends="perl"
 fi
 
+alternatives="
+ hostname:hostname:/usr/bin/hostname-coreutils
+ hostname:hostname.1:/usr/share/man/man1/hostname-coreutils.1
+"
+
 pre_configure() {
 	# Build natively all utils for the host, we need this to generate
 	# the manpages via help2man.
@@ -73,4 +78,6 @@ do_install() {
 		# provided by procps-ng
 		rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man1/{kill,uptime}.1
 	fi
+	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/hostname ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/hostname-coreutils
+	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man1/hostname.1 ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man1/hostname-coreutils.1
 }