diff --git a/cmd/network/network.go b/cmd/network/network.go
index 3917d3f5..f6ffef83 100644
--- a/cmd/network/network.go
+++ b/cmd/network/network.go
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ func Main() {
 	search := cfg.Rancher.Network.Dns.Search
 	userSetDns := len(nameservers) > 0 || len(search) > 0
 	if !userSetDns {
-		nameservers = cfg.Rancher.DefaultNetwork.Dns.Nameservers
-		search = cfg.Rancher.DefaultNetwork.Dns.Search
+		nameservers = cfg.Rancher.Defaults.Network.Dns.Nameservers
+		search = cfg.Rancher.Defaults.Network.Dns.Search
 	}
 
 	if _, err := resolvconf.Build("/etc/resolv.conf", nameservers, search, nil); err != nil {
diff --git a/config/types.go b/config/types.go
index 64634bd0..afb29752 100644
--- a/config/types.go
+++ b/config/types.go
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ type CloudConfig struct {
 	SSHAuthorizedKeys []string      `yaml:"ssh_authorized_keys"`
 	WriteFiles        []config.File `yaml:"write_files"`
 	Hostname          string        `yaml:"hostname"`
-	DefaultHostname   string        `yaml:"default_hostname"`
 
 	Rancher RancherConfig `yaml:"rancher,omitempty"`
 }
@@ -105,6 +104,7 @@ type RancherConfig struct {
 	SystemDocker        DockerConfig                              `yaml:"system_docker,omitempty"`
 	Upgrade             UpgradeConfig                             `yaml:"upgrade,omitempty"`
 	Docker              DockerConfig                              `yaml:"docker,omitempty"`
+	Defaults            Defaults                                  `yaml:"defaults,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type UpgradeConfig struct {
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ type CloudInit struct {
 	Datasources []string `yaml:"datasources,omitempty"`
 }
 
+type Defaults struct {
+	Hostname string                `yaml:"hostname,omitempty"`
+	Network  netconf.NetworkConfig `yaml:"network,omitempty"`
+}
+
 func (r Repositories) ToArray() []string {
 	result := make([]string, 0, len(r))
 	for _, repo := range r {
diff --git a/hostname/hostname.go b/hostname/hostname.go
index 5fd16f0f..f7d0b299 100644
--- a/hostname/hostname.go
+++ b/hostname/hostname.go
@@ -2,17 +2,18 @@ package hostname
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
-	"github.com/rancher/os/config"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
+
+	"github.com/rancher/os/config"
 )
 
 func SetHostnameFromCloudConfig(cc *config.CloudConfig) error {
 	var hostname string
 	if cc.Hostname == "" {
-		hostname = cc.DefaultHostname
+		hostname = cc.Rancher.Defaults.Hostname
 	} else {
 		hostname = cc.Hostname
 	}
diff --git a/init/init.go b/init/init.go
index 598829be..9abf6ece 100644
--- a/init/init.go
+++ b/init/init.go
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ func getLaunchConfig(cfg *config.CloudConfig, dockerCfg *config.DockerConfig) (*
 
 	args := dockerlaunch.ParseConfig(&launchConfig, append(dockerCfg.Args, dockerCfg.ExtraArgs...)...)
 
-	launchConfig.DnsConfig.Nameservers = cfg.Rancher.DefaultNetwork.Dns.Nameservers
-	launchConfig.DnsConfig.Search = cfg.Rancher.DefaultNetwork.Dns.Search
+	launchConfig.DnsConfig.Nameservers = cfg.Rancher.Defaults.Network.Dns.Nameservers
+	launchConfig.DnsConfig.Search = cfg.Rancher.Defaults.Network.Dns.Search
 	launchConfig.Environment = dockerCfg.Environment
 	launchConfig.EmulateSystemd = true
 
diff --git a/os-config.tpl.yml b/os-config.tpl.yml
index b52337cf..aceaf368 100644
--- a/os-config.tpl.yml
+++ b/os-config.tpl.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-default_hostname: {{.HOSTNAME_DEFAULT}}
 rancher:
+  defaults:
+    hostname: {{.HOSTNAME_DEFAULT}}
+    network:
+      dns:
+        nameservers: [8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4]
   bootstrap:
     state-script:
       image: {{.OS_REPO}}/os-statescript:{{.VERSION}}{{.SUFFIX}}
@@ -61,9 +65,6 @@ rancher:
   cloud_init:
     datasources:
     - configdrive:/media/config-2
-  default_network:
-    dns:
-      nameservers: [8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4]
   repositories:
     core:
       url: {{.OS_SERVICES_REPO}}/{{.REPO_VERSION}}{{.SUFFIX}}