diff --unified --recursive --text guest-configs-20210113.00.orig/src/usr/bin/google_set_hostname guest-configs-20210113.00/src/usr/bin/google_set_hostname
--- guest-configs-20210113.00.orig/src/usr/bin/google_set_hostname	2021-01-24 16:23:33.145413281 +0000
+++ guest-configs-20210113.00/src/usr/bin/google_set_hostname	2021-01-24 16:20:26.670408935 +0000
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 # unqualified domain name.
 
 if [ -n "$new_host_name" ]; then
-  hostname "${new_host_name%%.*}"
+  hostnamectl set-hostname "${new_host_name%%.*}"
 
   # If NetworkManager is installed set the hostname with nmcli.
   # to resolve issues with NetworkManager resetting the hostname