diff --git a/plugins/guests/tinycore/cap/change_host_name.rb b/plugins/guests/tinycore/cap/change_host_name.rb
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+++ b/plugins/guests/tinycore/cap/change_host_name.rb
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+module VagrantPlugins
+  module GuestTinyCore
+    module Cap
+      class ChangeHostName
+        def self.change_host_name(machine, name)
+          if !machine.communicate.test("hostname | grep '^#{name}$'")
+            machine.communicate.sudo("sh -c 'echo \"#{name}\" > /etc/hostname'")
+            machine.communicate.sudo("/usr/bin/sethostname #{name}")
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end