diff --git a/package/velia/velia.mk b/package/velia/velia.mk
index 885143e..2279363 100644
--- a/package/velia/velia.mk
+++ b/package/velia/velia.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 VELIA_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DTHREADS_PTHREAD_ARG:STRING=-pthread \
 	-DVELIA_BACKUP_ETC_SHADOW=/cfg/etc/shadow \
+	-DVELIA_BACKUP_ETC_HOSTNAME=/cfg/etc/hostname \
 	-DVELIA_AUTHORIZED_KEYS_FORMAT="/cfg/ssh-user-auth/{USER}" \
 	-DNFT_EXECUTABLE=/usr/sbin/nft \
 	-DSSH_KEYGEN_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/ssh-keygen \