diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb b/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb
index 6bab040..e80cff1 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Miscellaneous files for the base system."
 DESCRIPTION = "The base-files package creates the basic system directory structure and provides a small set of key configuration files for the system."
 SECTION = "base"
-PR = "r71"
+PR = "r72"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://licenses/GPL-2;md5=94d55d512a9ba36caa9b7df079bae19f"
 # Removed all license related tasks in this recipe as license.bbclass 
@@ -107,10 +107,12 @@ do_install () {
 }
 
 do_install_basefilesissue () {
-	if [ -n "${MACHINE}" -a "${hostname}" = "openembedded" ]; then
-		echo ${MACHINE} > ${D}${sysconfdir}/hostname
-	else
-		echo ${hostname} > ${D}${sysconfdir}/hostname
+	if [ "${hostname}" != "" ]; then
+		if [ -n "${MACHINE}" -a "${hostname}" = "openembedded" ]; then
+			echo ${MACHINE} > ${D}${sysconfdir}/hostname
+		else
+			echo ${hostname} > ${D}${sysconfdir}/hostname
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	install -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/issue*  ${D}${sysconfdir}  
@@ -144,5 +146,5 @@ FILES_${PN}-doc = "${docdir} ${datadir}/common-licenses"
 
 PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
 
-CONFFILES_${PN} = "${sysconfdir}/fstab ${sysconfdir}/hostname"
+CONFFILES_${PN} = "${sysconfdir}/fstab ${@['', '${sysconfdir}/hostname'][(d.getVar('hostname', True) != '')]}"