diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index a6575f0..aa71b5a 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,23 @@
   selinux_permissive:
     name: container_t
     permissive: true
+
+- name: Add hosts file entry for hostname
+  lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/hosts
+    regexp: '^127\.0\.0\.1'
+    line: "127.0.0.1 {{ inventory_hostname }} localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4"
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0644
+
+- lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/hosts
+    regexp: '^::1'
+    line: "::1 {{ inventory_hostname }} localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6"
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0644
 # - name: Copy cni networking driver config into place
 #   blockinfile:
 #     name: "/etc/cni/net.d/podman.conflist"