1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/hostid.c b/coreutils/hostid.c
index 5c1a4e086..e5b1f5188 100644
--- a/coreutils/hostid.c
+++ b/coreutils/hostid.c
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ int hostid_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv UNUSED_PARAM)
                 bb_show_usage();
         }
 
-        printf("%08lx\n", gethostid());
+        /* POSIX says gethostid returns a "32-bit identifier" */
+        printf("%08x\n", (unsigned)(uint32_t)gethostid());
 
         return fflush_all();
 }