diff --git a/stack.sh b/stack.sh
index 2e130aec58..c8be7fa216 100755
--- a/stack.sh
+++ b/stack.sh
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ async_init
 # Certain services such as rabbitmq require that the local hostname resolves
 # correctly.  Make sure it exists in /etc/hosts so that is always true.
 LOCAL_HOSTNAME=`hostname -s`
-if ! fgrep -qwe "$LOCAL_HOSTNAME" /etc/hosts; then
+if ! grep -Fqwe "$LOCAL_HOSTNAME" /etc/hosts; then
     sudo sed -i "s/\(^127.0.0.1.*\)/\1 $LOCAL_HOSTNAME/" /etc/hosts
 fi