diff --git a/project-lakitu/profiles/base/package.use b/project-lakitu/profiles/base/package.use
index 7fb2c6a..c6c2c6d 100644
--- a/project-lakitu/profiles/base/package.use
+++ b/project-lakitu/profiles/base/package.use
@@ -92,3 +92,9 @@
 
 #chrony needs libcap to drop root privilages and switch to chrony user.
 net-misc/chrony caps
+
+# ChromeOS uses hostname from coreutils instead of hostname from net-tools.
+# Since the coreutils version has strictly fewer features, and we may have
+# customers that depend on net-tools hostname, let's keep the net-tools hostname.
+sys-apps/coreutils -hostname
+sys-apps/net-tools hostname