diff --git a/openwrt/target/default/target_skeleton/etc/hosts b/openwrt/target/default/target_skeleton/etc/hosts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ce138ec1e65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openwrt/target/default/target_skeleton/etc/hosts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+127.0.0.1 localhost OpenWrt