diff --git a/libpod/container_internal_linux.go b/libpod/container_internal_linux.go
index 5385d95705..42223587ef 100644
--- a/libpod/container_internal_linux.go
+++ b/libpod/container_internal_linux.go
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ func (c *Container) makePlatformBindMounts() error {
 	// Make /etc/hostname
 	// This should never change, so no need to recreate if it exists
 	if _, ok := c.state.BindMounts["/etc/hostname"]; !ok {
-		hostnamePath, err := c.writeStringToRundir("hostname", c.Hostname())
+		hostnamePath, err := c.writeStringToRundir("hostname", c.Hostname()+"\n")
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("creating hostname file for container %s: %w", c.ID(), err)
 		}
diff --git a/test/e2e/run_dns_test.go b/test/e2e/run_dns_test.go
index 341831349a..126c17a741 100644
--- a/test/e2e/run_dns_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/run_dns_test.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman run dns", func() {
 		session := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"run", "--hostname=foobar", ALPINE, "cat", "/etc/hostname"})
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session).Should(ExitCleanly())
-		Expect(session.OutputToString()).To(Equal("foobar"))
+		Expect(string(session.Out.Contents())).To(Equal("foobar\n"))
 
 		session = podmanTest.Podman([]string{"run", "--hostname=foobar", ALPINE, "hostname"})
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()