diff --git a/configs/M5253DEMO_defconfig b/configs/M5253DEMO_defconfig
index 2684ce0..4de6290 100644
--- a/configs/M5253DEMO_defconfig
+++ b/configs/M5253DEMO_defconfig
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 CONFIG_CMD_FAT=y
 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION=y
 CONFIG_SYS_RELOC_GD_ENV_ADDR=y
+CONFIG_USE_HOSTNAME=y
+CONFIG_HOSTNAME="M5253DEMO"
 # CONFIG_BLOCK_CACHE is not set
 CONFIG_SYS_IDE_MAXBUS=1
 CONFIG_SYS_ATA_STRIDE=4