diff --git a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-client/templates/settings.py.testcloud.j2 b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-client/templates/settings.py.testcloud.j2
index f69e734bdd..ca14c6c969 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-client/templates/settings.py.testcloud.j2
+++ b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-client/templates/settings.py.testcloud.j2
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ users:
       chpasswd: { expire: False }
       ssh-authorized-keys:
         - {{ buildslave_pubkey }}
+write_files:
+    - encoding: b64
+      content: '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'
+      owner: root:root
+      path: /etc/hosts
+      permissions: '0644'
 """
 #ATOMIC_USER_DATA = """#cloud-config
 #password: %s