diff --git a/alpine/Makefile b/alpine/Makefile
index 2e438f813..7afe17ed2 100644
--- a/alpine/Makefile
+++ b/alpine/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 all:	initrd.img
 
-initrd.img: Dockerfile mkinitrd.sh repositories etc/hostname etc/motd etc/inittab
+ETCFILES=etc/motd etc/inittab etc/hostname- etc/resolv.conf- etc/hosts-
+
+initrd.img: Dockerfile mkinitrd.sh repositories $(ETCFILES)
 	rm -f initrd.img
 	docker build -t moby:test .
 	docker run -i -v $(PWD):/export moby:test /export/mkinitrd.sh
diff --git a/alpine/etc/hostname b/alpine/etc/hostname-
similarity index 100%
rename from alpine/etc/hostname
rename to alpine/etc/hostname-
diff --git a/alpine/etc/hosts- b/alpine/etc/hosts-
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d139c5b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alpine/etc/hosts-
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+127.0.0.1	localhost
+::1	localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
+fe00::0	ip6-localnet
+ff00::0	ip6-mcastprefix
+ff02::1	ip6-allnodes
+ff02::2	ip6-allrouters
diff --git a/alpine/etc/resolv.conf- b/alpine/etc/resolv.conf-
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fbdb06b89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alpine/etc/resolv.conf-
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+nameserver 8.8.8.8
+nameserver 8.8.4.4
+nameserver 2001:4860:4860::8888
+nameserver 2001:4860:4860::8844
diff --git a/alpine/mkinitrd.sh b/alpine/mkinitrd.sh
index 4f1509cf2..29a130c0c 100755
--- a/alpine/mkinitrd.sh
+++ b/alpine/mkinitrd.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ mknod -m 600 sdb6 b 8 22
 
 mkdir pty
 
-cd /tmp
+# these three files are bind mounted in by docker so they are not what we want
+cd /tmp/etc
+mv hosts- hosts
+mv resolv.conf- resolv.conf
+mv hostname- hostname
 
+cd /tmp
 find . | cpio -H newc -o > /export/initrd.img