diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index aa86941c16..6caf5e9556 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 2006-01-23  Robert Love  <rml@novell.com>
 
+	Patch by Timo Hoenig <thoenig@suse.de>:
 	* dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-manager.c, nm-device.c, nm-ip4-config.c,
 	  nm-ip4-config.h, NetworkManagerSystem.h: Save the hostname reported
 	  by DHCP and pass it to the backends, allowing distribution-specific
diff --git a/src/backends/NetworkManagerSuSE.c b/src/backends/NetworkManagerSuSE.c
index 8ae89cb5dc..7d387a7d3b 100644
--- a/src/backends/NetworkManagerSuSE.c
+++ b/src/backends/NetworkManagerSuSE.c
@@ -1037,8 +1037,11 @@ void nm_system_set_hostname (NMIP4Config *config)
 
 	if (!strcmp (buf, "yes")) {
 		hostname = nm_ip4_config_get_hostname (config);
-		if (hostname && sethostname (hostname, strlen (hostname)) < 0)
+		if (hostname) {
+			nm_info ("Setting hostname to %s\n", hostname);
+			if (sethostname (hostname, strlen (hostname)) < 0)
 				nm_warning ("Could not set hostname.");
+		}
 	}
 	free (buf);