diff --git a/elements/manila-ubuntu-core/post-install.d/50-update-hosts-config b/elements/manila-ubuntu-core/post-install.d/50-update-hosts-config
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/manila-ubuntu-core/post-install.d/50-update-hosts-config
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ ${DIB_DEBUG_TRACE:-0} -gt 0 ]; then
+    set -x
+fi
+set -eu
+set -o pipefail
+
+# Update 'hosts' file with dn-ip predefinitions
+hosts_config="/etc/hosts"
+echo "127.0.0.1       localhost localhost.localdomain" >> $hosts_config