diff --git a/alpine/Dockerfile b/alpine/Dockerfile
index dfed75054..617250382 100644
--- a/alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ COPY packages/9pinit/etc /etc/
 COPY packages/ntp15m/etc /etc/
 COPY packages/binfmt_misc/etc /etc/
 COPY packages/dnsfix/etc /etc/
-COPY packages/hostname/etc /etc/
+COPY packages/database/etc /etc/
 COPY packages/hupper/hupper /bin/
 COPY packages/hupper/etc /etc/
 
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ RUN \
   rc-update add diagnostics default && \
   rc-update add binfmt_misc sysinit && \
   rc-update add dnsfix boot && \
+  rc-update add database boot && \
   rc-update add hupper default && \
   ln -s /bin/busybox /init
 
diff --git a/alpine/packages/database/etc/init.d/database b/alpine/packages/database/etc/init.d/database
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..bb579691d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alpine/packages/database/etc/init.d/database
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/sbin/openrc-run
+
+description="Configuring settings from database."
+
+depend() {
+        need 9pinit
+	before hostname sysctl
+}
+
+start() {
+	cat /proc/cmdline | grep -q 'com.docker.database' || exit 0
+
+	ebegin "Configuring settings from database"
+
+	DATABASE="$(cat /proc/cmdline | sed -e 's/.*com.docker.database="//' -e 's/".*//')"
+	HOSTFILE="/Database/branch/master/ro/${DATABASE}/etc/hostname"
+	[ -s ${HOSTFILE} ] && cp ${HOSTFILE} /etc/hostname
+	SYSCTL="/Database/branch/master/ro/${DATABASE}/etc/sysctl.conf"
+	[ -s ${SYSCTL} ] && cp ${SYSCTL} /etc/sysctl.conf
+
+        eend 0
+}
diff --git a/alpine/packages/hostname/etc/init.d/hostname b/alpine/packages/hostname/etc/init.d/hostname
deleted file mode 100755
index 0cb825a54..000000000
--- a/alpine/packages/hostname/etc/init.d/hostname
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/sbin/openrc-run
-
-description="Sets the hostname of the machine."
-
-depend() {
-	need 9pinit
-}
-
-start() {
-	opts="docker"
-	if cat /proc/cmdline | grep -q 'com.docker.database'
-	then
-		DATABASE="$(cat /proc/cmdline | sed -e 's/.*com.docker.database="//' -e 's/".*//')"
-		HOSTFILE="/Database/branch/master/ro/${DATABASE}/etc/hostname"
-		[ -s ${HOSTFILE} ] && opts="-F ${HOSTFILE}"
-	else
-		[ -s /etc/hostname ] && opts="-F /etc/hostname"
-	fi
-	ebegin "Setting hostname"
-	hostname $opts
-	eend $?
-}