diff --git a/etc/rc.d/hostname b/etc/rc.d/hostname
index 65b6ba2435fe..634add28800b 100644
--- a/etc/rc.d/hostname
+++ b/etc/rc.d/hostname
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ hostname_start()
 		if [ `$SYSCTL_N security.jail.set_hostname_allowed` -eq 0 ]; then
 			return
 		fi
-	elif [ -n "`hostname -s`" ]; then
+	elif [ -n "`/bin/hostname -s`" ]; then
 		return
 	else
 		# If we're not in a jail and rc.conf doesn't specify a
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ hostname_start()
 		fi
 	fi
 
-	hostname ${hostname}
+	/bin/hostname ${hostname}
 	echo "Setting hostname: `hostname`."
 }
 
diff --git a/etc/rc.d/network b/etc/rc.d/network
index 7fcb5b2ea5ab..ce3336be0a97 100755
--- a/etc/rc.d/network
+++ b/etc/rc.d/network
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ network_start()
 	fi
 	if [ -n "$hostname" ]; then
 		echo "Hostname: $hostname"
-		hostname $hostname
+		/bin/hostname $hostname
 	else
 		# Don't warn about it if we're going to run
 		# DHCP later, as we will probably get the
 		# hostname at that time.
 		#
-		if ! checkyesno dhclient && [ -z "`hostname`" ]; then
+		if ! checkyesno dhclient && [ -z "`/bin/hostname`" ]; then
 			warn "\$hostname not set."
 		fi
 	fi