diff --git a/alpine/packages/hostname/etc/init.d/hostname b/alpine/packages/hostname/etc/init.d/hostname
index 96799748d..0cb825a54 100755
--- a/alpine/packages/hostname/etc/init.d/hostname
+++ b/alpine/packages/hostname/etc/init.d/hostname
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ start() {
 	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}/hostname"
+		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