diff --git a/app/xinit/startx.cpp b/app/xinit/startx.cpp
index 3ab9a26a..d26ab927 100644
--- a/startx.cpp
+++ b/startx.cpp
@@ -255,6 +255,8 @@ if [ x"$enable_xauth" = x1 ] ; then
     Linux*)
         if [ -z "`hostname --version 2>&1 | grep GNU`" ]; then
             hostname=`hostname -f`
+        elif [ -z "`hostname --version 2>&1 | grep net-tools`" ]; then
+            hostname=`hostname -f`
         else
             hostname=`hostname`
         fi