diff --git a/CHANGES-3.2 b/CHANGES-3.2
index ea8beb764..a1387d99c 100644
--- a/CHANGES-3.2
+++ b/CHANGES-3.2
@@ -17,7 +17,16 @@ This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
  - No core changes yet
 
 ## Modules ##
- - No module changes yet
+ - *users* module has rearranged configuration for setting the hostname.
+   Legacy settings are preserved, but produce a warning. Please see
+   `users.conf` for details.
+ - *users* module has a new hostname.location setting, *Transient*, which
+   will force the installed system to transient-hostname-setting by removing
+   the file `/etc/hostname`.
+ - *users* module has a new hostname.template setting, which allows some
+   tweaking of how the hostname suggestion is constructed. In particular,
+   it can be configured to use the current hostname (whatever that may be).
+   See the example `users.conf` for details on available keys.
 
 
 # 3.2.54 (2022-03-21) #
diff --git a/src/modules/users/Config.cpp b/src/modules/users/Config.cpp
index 371d98932..cebe45452 100644
--- a/src/modules/users/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/users/Config.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #include "utils/String.h"
 #include "utils/Variant.h"
 
+#include <KMacroExpander>
+
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QMetaProperty>
@@ -77,14 +79,16 @@ updateGSAutoLogin( bool doAutoLogin, const QString& login )
 }
 
 const NamedEnumTable< HostNameAction >&
-hostNameActionNames()
+hostnameActionNames()
 {
     // *INDENT-OFF*
     // clang-format off
     static const NamedEnumTable< HostNameAction > names {
         { QStringLiteral( "none" ), HostNameAction::None },
         { QStringLiteral( "etcfile" ), HostNameAction::EtcHostname },
-        { QStringLiteral( "hostnamed" ), HostNameAction::SystemdHostname }
+        { QStringLiteral( "etc" ), HostNameAction::EtcHostname },
+        { QStringLiteral( "hostnamed" ), HostNameAction::SystemdHostname },
+        { QStringLiteral( "transient" ), HostNameAction::Transient },
     };
     // clang-format on
     // *INDENT-ON*
@@ -98,7 +102,7 @@ Config::Config( QObject* parent )
     emit readyChanged( m_isReady );  // false
 
     // Gang together all the changes of status to one readyChanged() signal
-    connect( this, &Config::hostNameStatusChanged, this, &Config::checkReady );
+    connect( this, &Config::hostnameStatusChanged, this, &Config::checkReady );
     connect( this, &Config::loginNameStatusChanged, this, &Config::checkReady );
     connect( this, &Config::fullNameChanged, this, &Config::checkReady );
     connect( this, &Config::userPasswordStatusChanged, this, &Config::checkReady );
@@ -240,10 +244,15 @@ Config::loginNameStatus() const
 void
 Config::setHostName( const QString& host )
 {
-    if ( host != m_hostName )
+    if ( hostnameAction() != HostNameAction::EtcHostname && hostnameAction() != HostNameAction::SystemdHostname )
+    {
+        cDebug() << "Ignoring hostname" << host << "No hostname will be set.";
+        return;
+    }
+    if ( host != m_hostname )
     {
         m_customHostName = !host.isEmpty();
-        m_hostName = host;
+        m_hostname = host;
         Calamares::GlobalStorage* gs = Calamares::JobQueue::instance()->globalStorage();
         if ( host.isEmpty() )
         {
@@ -253,8 +262,8 @@ Config::setHostName( const QString& host )
         {
             gs->insert( "hostname", host );
         }
-        emit hostNameChanged( host );
-        emit hostNameStatusChanged( hostNameStatus() );
+        emit hostnameChanged( host );
+        emit hostnameStatusChanged( hostnameStatus() );
     }
 }
 
@@ -266,31 +275,31 @@ Config::forbiddenHostNames()
 }
 
 QString
-Config::hostNameStatus() const
+Config::hostnameStatus() const
 {
     // An empty hostname is "ok", even if it isn't really
-    if ( m_hostName.isEmpty() )
+    if ( m_hostname.isEmpty() )
     {
         return QString();
     }
 
-    if ( m_hostName.length() < HOSTNAME_MIN_LENGTH )
+    if ( m_hostname.length() < HOSTNAME_MIN_LENGTH )
     {
         return tr( "Your hostname is too short." );
     }
-    if ( m_hostName.length() > HOSTNAME_MAX_LENGTH )
+    if ( m_hostname.length() > HOSTNAME_MAX_LENGTH )
     {
         return tr( "Your hostname is too long." );
     }
     for ( const QString& badName : forbiddenHostNames() )
     {
-        if ( 0 == QString::compare( badName, m_hostName, Qt::CaseSensitive ) )
+        if ( 0 == QString::compare( badName, m_hostname, Qt::CaseSensitive ) )
         {
             return tr( "'%1' is not allowed as hostname." ).arg( badName );
         }
     }
 
-    if ( !HOSTNAME_RX.exactMatch( m_hostName ) )
+    if ( !HOSTNAME_RX.exactMatch( m_hostname ) )
     {
         return tr( "Only letters, numbers, underscore and hyphen are allowed." );
     }
@@ -298,6 +307,12 @@ Config::hostNameStatus() const
     return QString();
 }
 
+static QString
+cleanupForHostname( const QString& s )
+{
+    QRegExp dmirx( "[^a-zA-Z0-9]", Qt::CaseInsensitive );
+    return s.toLower().replace( dmirx, " " ).remove( ' ' );
+}
 
 /** @brief Guess the machine's name
  *
@@ -312,16 +327,11 @@ guessProductName()
 
     if ( !tried )
     {
-        // yes validateHostnameText() but these files can be a mess
-        QRegExp dmirx( "[^a-zA-Z0-9]", Qt::CaseInsensitive );
         QFile dmiFile( QStringLiteral( "/sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/product_name" ) );
 
         if ( dmiFile.exists() && dmiFile.open( QIODevice::ReadOnly ) )
         {
-            dmiProduct = QString::fromLocal8Bit( dmiFile.readAll().simplified().data() )
-                             .toLower()
-                             .replace( dmirx, " " )
-                             .remove( ' ' );
+            dmiProduct = cleanupForHostname( QString::fromLocal8Bit( dmiFile.readAll().simplified().data() ) );
         }
         if ( dmiProduct.isEmpty() )
         {
@@ -379,17 +389,37 @@ makeLoginNameSuggestion( const QStringList& parts )
     return USERNAME_RX.indexIn( usernameSuggestion ) != -1 ? usernameSuggestion : QString();
 }
 
+/** @brief Return an invalid string for use in a hostname, if @p s is empty
+ *
+ * Maps empty to "^" (which is invalid in a hostname), everything else
+ * returns @p s itself.
+ */
 static QString
-makeHostnameSuggestion( const QStringList& parts )
+invalidEmpty( const QString& s )
 {
-    static const QRegExp HOSTNAME_RX( "^[a-zA-Z0-9][-a-zA-Z0-9_]*$" );
-    if ( parts.isEmpty() || parts.first().isEmpty() )
-    {
-        return QString();
-    }
+    return s.isEmpty() ? QStringLiteral( "^" ) : s;
+}
 
-    QString productName = guessProductName();
-    QString hostnameSuggestion = QStringLiteral( "%1-%2" ).arg( parts.first() ).arg( productName );
+STATICTEST QString
+makeHostnameSuggestion( const QString& templateString, const QStringList& fullNameParts, const QString& loginName )
+{
+    QHash< QString, QString > replace;
+    // User data
+    replace.insert( QStringLiteral( "first" ),
+                    invalidEmpty( fullNameParts.isEmpty() ? QString() : cleanupForHostname( fullNameParts.first() ) ) );
+    replace.insert( QStringLiteral( "name" ), invalidEmpty( cleanupForHostname( fullNameParts.join( QString() ) ) ) );
+    replace.insert( QStringLiteral( "login" ), invalidEmpty( cleanupForHostname( loginName ) ) );
+    // Hardware data
+    replace.insert( QStringLiteral( "product" ), guessProductName() );
+    replace.insert( QStringLiteral( "product2" ), cleanupForHostname( QSysInfo::prettyProductName() ) );
+    replace.insert( QStringLiteral( "cpu" ), cleanupForHostname( QSysInfo::currentCpuArchitecture() ) );
+    // Hostname data
+    replace.insert( QStringLiteral( "host" ), invalidEmpty( cleanupForHostname( QSysInfo::machineHostName() ) ) );
+
+    QString hostnameSuggestion = KMacroExpander::expandMacros( templateString, replace, '$' );
+
+    // RegExp for valid hostnames; if the suggestion produces a valid name, return it
+    static const QRegExp HOSTNAME_RX( "^[a-zA-Z0-9][-a-zA-Z0-9_]*$" );
     return HOSTNAME_RX.indexIn( hostnameSuggestion ) != -1 ? hostnameSuggestion : QString();
 }
 
@@ -420,18 +450,18 @@ Config::setFullName( const QString& name )
         // Build login and hostname, if needed
         static QRegExp rx( "[^a-zA-Z0-9 ]", Qt::CaseInsensitive );
 
-        QString cleanName = CalamaresUtils::removeDiacritics( transliterate( name ) )
-                                .replace( QRegExp( "[-']" ), "" )
-                                .replace( rx, " " )
-                                .toLower()
-                                .simplified();
+        const QString cleanName = CalamaresUtils::removeDiacritics( transliterate( name ) )
+                                      .replace( QRegExp( "[-']" ), "" )
+                                      .replace( rx, " " )
+                                      .toLower()
+                                      .simplified();
 
 
         QStringList cleanParts = cleanName.split( ' ' );
 
         if ( !m_customLoginName )
         {
-            QString login = makeLoginNameSuggestion( cleanParts );
+            const QString login = makeLoginNameSuggestion( cleanParts );
             if ( !login.isEmpty() && login != m_loginName )
             {
                 setLoginName( login );
@@ -441,8 +471,8 @@ Config::setFullName( const QString& name )
         }
         if ( !m_customHostName )
         {
-            QString hostname = makeHostnameSuggestion( cleanParts );
-            if ( !hostname.isEmpty() && hostname != m_hostName )
+            const QString hostname = makeHostnameSuggestion( m_hostnameTemplate, cleanParts, loginName() );
+            if ( !hostname.isEmpty() && hostname != m_hostname )
             {
                 setHostName( hostname );
                 // Still not custom
@@ -653,7 +683,7 @@ bool
 Config::isReady() const
 {
     bool readyFullName = !fullName().isEmpty();  // Needs some text
-    bool readyHostname = hostNameStatus().isEmpty();  // .. no warning message
+    bool readyHostname = hostnameStatus().isEmpty();  // .. no warning message
     bool readyUsername = !loginName().isEmpty() && loginNameStatus().isEmpty();  // .. no warning message
     bool readyUserPassword = userPasswordValidity() != Config::PasswordValidity::Invalid;
     bool readyRootPassword = rootPasswordValidity() != Config::PasswordValidity::Invalid;
@@ -734,25 +764,22 @@ setConfigurationDefaultGroups( const QVariantMap& map, QList< GroupDescription >
     }
 }
 
-STATICTEST HostNameActions
-getHostNameActions( const QVariantMap& configurationMap )
+STATICTEST HostNameAction
+getHostNameAction( const QVariantMap& configurationMap )
 {
     HostNameAction setHostName = HostNameAction::EtcHostname;
-    QString hostnameActionString = CalamaresUtils::getString( configurationMap, "setHostname" );
+    QString hostnameActionString = CalamaresUtils::getString( configurationMap, "location" );
     if ( !hostnameActionString.isEmpty() )
     {
         bool ok = false;
-        setHostName = hostNameActionNames().find( hostnameActionString, ok );
+        setHostName = hostnameActionNames().find( hostnameActionString, ok );
         if ( !ok )
         {
             setHostName = HostNameAction::EtcHostname;  // Rather than none
         }
     }
 
-    HostNameAction writeHosts = CalamaresUtils::getBool( configurationMap, "writeHostsFile", true )
-        ? HostNameAction::WriteEtcHosts
-        : HostNameAction::None;
-    return setHostName | writeHosts;
+    return setHostName;
 }
 
 /** @brief Process entries in the passwordRequirements config entry
@@ -826,6 +853,25 @@ either( T ( *f )( const QVariantMap&, const QString&, U ),
     }
 }
 
+// TODO:3.3: Remove
+static void
+copyLegacy( const QVariantMap& source, const QString& sourceKey, QVariantMap& target, const QString& targetKey )
+{
+    if ( source.contains( sourceKey ) )
+    {
+        if ( target.contains( targetKey ) )
+        {
+            cWarning() << "Legacy *users* key" << sourceKey << "ignored.";
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            const QVariant legacyValue = source.value( sourceKey );
+            cWarning() << "Legacy *users* key" << sourceKey << "overrides hostname-settings.";
+            target.insert( targetKey, legacyValue );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 void
 Config::setConfigurationMap( const QVariantMap& configurationMap )
 {
@@ -844,7 +890,19 @@ Config::setConfigurationMap( const QVariantMap& configurationMap )
         ? SudoStyle::UserAndGroup
         : SudoStyle::UserOnly;
 
-    m_hostNameActions = getHostNameActions( configurationMap );
+    // Handle *hostname* key and subkeys and legacy settings
+    {
+        bool ok = false;  // Ignored
+        QVariantMap hostnameSettings = CalamaresUtils::getSubMap( configurationMap, "hostname", ok );
+
+        // TODO:3.3: Remove calls to copyLegacy
+        copyLegacy( configurationMap, "setHostname", hostnameSettings, "location" );
+        copyLegacy( configurationMap, "writeHostsFile", hostnameSettings, "writeHostsFile" );
+        m_hostnameAction = getHostNameAction( hostnameSettings );
+        m_writeEtcHosts = CalamaresUtils::getBool( hostnameSettings, "writeHostsFile", true );
+        m_hostnameTemplate
+            = CalamaresUtils::getString( hostnameSettings, "template", QStringLiteral( "${first}-${product}" ) );
+    }
 
     setConfigurationDefaultGroups( configurationMap, m_defaultGroups );
 
@@ -923,7 +981,7 @@ Config::createJobs() const
     j = new SetPasswordJob( "root", rootPassword() );
     jobs.append( Calamares::job_ptr( j ) );
 
-    j = new SetHostNameJob( hostName(), hostNameActions() );
+    j = new SetHostNameJob( this );
     jobs.append( Calamares::job_ptr( j ) );
 
     return jobs;
diff --git a/src/modules/users/Config.h b/src/modules/users/Config.h
index e37ee77d5..c395dc1d4 100644
--- a/src/modules/users/Config.h
+++ b/src/modules/users/Config.h
@@ -20,17 +20,15 @@
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QVariantMap>
 
-enum HostNameAction
+enum class HostNameAction
 {
-    None = 0x0,
-    EtcHostname = 0x1,  // Write to /etc/hostname directly
-    SystemdHostname = 0x2,  // Set via hostnamed(1)
-    WriteEtcHosts = 0x4  // Write /etc/hosts (127.0.1.1 is this host)
+    None,
+    EtcHostname,  // Write to /etc/hostname directly
+    SystemdHostname,  // Set via hostnamed(1)
+    Transient,  // Force target system transient, remove /etc/hostname
 };
-Q_DECLARE_FLAGS( HostNameActions, HostNameAction )
-Q_DECLARE_OPERATORS_FOR_FLAGS( HostNameActions )
 
-const NamedEnumTable< HostNameAction >& hostNameActionNames();
+const NamedEnumTable< HostNameAction >& hostnameActionNames();
 
 /** @brief Settings for a single group
  *
@@ -101,9 +99,9 @@ class PLUGINDLLEXPORT Config : public Calamares::ModuleSystem::Config
     Q_PROPERTY( QString loginName READ loginName WRITE setLoginName NOTIFY loginNameChanged )
     Q_PROPERTY( QString loginNameStatus READ loginNameStatus NOTIFY loginNameStatusChanged )
 
-    Q_PROPERTY( QString hostName READ hostName WRITE setHostName NOTIFY hostNameChanged )
-    Q_PROPERTY( QString hostNameStatus READ hostNameStatus NOTIFY hostNameStatusChanged )
-    Q_PROPERTY( HostNameActions hostNameActions READ hostNameActions CONSTANT )
+    Q_PROPERTY( QString hostname READ hostname WRITE setHostName NOTIFY hostnameChanged )
+    Q_PROPERTY( QString hostnameStatus READ hostnameStatus NOTIFY hostnameStatusChanged )
+    Q_PROPERTY( HostNameAction hostnameAction READ hostnameAction CONSTANT )
 
     Q_PROPERTY( QString userPassword READ userPassword WRITE setUserPassword NOTIFY userPasswordChanged )
     Q_PROPERTY( QString userPasswordSecondary READ userPasswordSecondary WRITE setUserPasswordSecondary NOTIFY
@@ -204,11 +202,19 @@ public:
     QString loginNameStatus() const;
 
     /// The host name (name for the system)
-    QString hostName() const { return m_hostName; }
+    QString hostname() const
+    {
+        return ( ( hostnameAction() == HostNameAction::EtcHostname )
+                 || ( hostnameAction() == HostNameAction::SystemdHostname ) )
+            ? m_hostname
+            : QString();
+    }
     /// Status message about hostname -- empty for "ok"
-    QString hostNameStatus() const;
+    QString hostnameStatus() const;
     /// How to write the hostname
-    HostNameActions hostNameActions() const { return m_hostNameActions; }
+    HostNameAction hostnameAction() const { return m_hostnameAction; }
+    /// Write /etc/hosts ?
+    bool writeEtcHosts() const { return m_writeEtcHosts; }
 
     /// Should the user be automatically logged-in?
     bool doAutoLogin() const { return m_doAutoLogin; }
@@ -293,8 +299,8 @@ signals:
     void fullNameChanged( const QString& );
     void loginNameChanged( const QString& );
     void loginNameStatusChanged( const QString& );
-    void hostNameChanged( const QString& );
-    void hostNameStatusChanged( const QString& );
+    void hostnameChanged( const QString& );
+    void hostnameStatusChanged( const QString& );
     void autoLoginChanged( bool );
     void reuseUserPasswordForRootChanged( bool );
     void requireStrongPasswordsChanged( bool );
@@ -317,7 +323,7 @@ private:
     SudoStyle m_sudoStyle = SudoStyle::UserOnly;
     QString m_fullName;
     QString m_loginName;
-    QString m_hostName;
+    QString m_hostname;
 
     QString m_userPassword;
     QString m_userPasswordSecondary;  // enter again to be sure
@@ -337,7 +343,10 @@ private:
 
     bool m_isReady = false;  ///< Used to reduce readyChanged signals
 
-    HostNameActions m_hostNameActions;
+    HostNameAction m_hostnameAction = HostNameAction::EtcHostname;
+    bool m_writeEtcHosts = false;
+    QString m_hostnameTemplate;
+
     PasswordCheckList m_passwordChecks;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/modules/users/MiscJobs.cpp b/src/modules/users/MiscJobs.cpp
index 5cba202e0..fec546d96 100644
--- a/src/modules/users/MiscJobs.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/users/MiscJobs.cpp
@@ -41,13 +41,10 @@ designatorForStyle( Config::SudoStyle style )
     {
     case Config::SudoStyle::UserOnly:
         return QStringLiteral( "(ALL)" );
-        break;
     case Config::SudoStyle::UserAndGroup:
         return QStringLiteral( "(ALL:ALL)" );
-        break;
     }
     __builtin_unreachable();
-    return QString();
 }
 
 Calamares::JobResult
diff --git a/src/modules/users/SetHostNameJob.cpp b/src/modules/users/SetHostNameJob.cpp
index 9f81ddfb5..452f6a962 100644
--- a/src/modules/users/SetHostNameJob.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/users/SetHostNameJob.cpp
@@ -24,31 +24,30 @@
 
 using WriteMode = CalamaresUtils::System::WriteMode;
 
-SetHostNameJob::SetHostNameJob( const QString& hostname, HostNameActions a )
+SetHostNameJob::SetHostNameJob( const Config* c )
     : Calamares::Job()
-    , m_hostname( hostname )
-    , m_actions( a )
+    , m_config( c )
 {
 }
 
 QString
 SetHostNameJob::prettyName() const
 {
-    return tr( "Set hostname %1" ).arg( m_hostname );
+    return tr( "Set hostname %1" ).arg( m_config->hostname() );
 }
 
 
 QString
 SetHostNameJob::prettyDescription() const
 {
-    return tr( "Set hostname <strong>%1</strong>." ).arg( m_hostname );
+    return tr( "Set hostname <strong>%1</strong>." ).arg( m_config->hostname() );
 }
 
 
 QString
 SetHostNameJob::prettyStatusMessage() const
 {
-    return tr( "Setting hostname %1." ).arg( m_hostname );
+    return tr( "Setting hostname %1." ).arg( m_config->hostname() );
 }
 
 STATICTEST bool
@@ -62,16 +61,19 @@ STATICTEST bool
 writeFileEtcHosts( const QString& hostname )
 {
     // The actual hostname gets substituted in at %1
-    static const char etc_hosts[] = R"(# Host addresses
+    const QString standard_hosts = QStringLiteral( R"(# Standard host addresses
 127.0.0.1  localhost
-127.0.1.1  %1
 ::1        localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
 ff02::1    ip6-allnodes
 ff02::2    ip6-allrouters
-)";
+)" );
+    const QString this_host = QStringLiteral( R"(# This host address
+127.0.1.1  %1
+)" );
 
+    const QString etc_hosts = standard_hosts + ( hostname.isEmpty() ? QString() : this_host.arg( hostname ) );
     return CalamaresUtils::System::instance()->createTargetFile(
-        QStringLiteral( "/etc/hosts" ), QString( etc_hosts ).arg( hostname ).toUtf8(), WriteMode::Overwrite );
+        QStringLiteral( "/etc/hosts" ), etc_hosts.toUtf8(), WriteMode::Overwrite );
 }
 
 STATICTEST bool
@@ -129,29 +131,35 @@ SetHostNameJob::exec()
         return Calamares::JobResult::error( tr( "Internal Error" ) );
     }
 
-    if ( m_actions & HostNameAction::EtcHostname )
+    switch ( m_config->hostnameAction() )
     {
-        if ( !setFileHostname( m_hostname ) )
+    case HostNameAction::None:
+        break;
+    case HostNameAction::EtcHostname:
+        if ( !setFileHostname( m_config->hostname() ) )
         {
             cError() << "Can't write to hostname file";
             return Calamares::JobResult::error( tr( "Cannot write hostname to target system" ) );
         }
+        break;
+    case HostNameAction::SystemdHostname:
+        // Does its own logging
+        setSystemdHostname( m_config->hostname() );
+        break;
+    case HostNameAction::Transient:
+        CalamaresUtils::System::instance()->removeTargetFile( QStringLiteral( "/etc/hostname" ) );
+        break;
     }
 
-    if ( m_actions & HostNameAction::WriteEtcHosts )
+    if ( m_config->writeEtcHosts() )
     {
-        if ( !writeFileEtcHosts( m_hostname ) )
+        if ( !writeFileEtcHosts( m_config->hostname() ) )
         {
             cError() << "Can't write to hosts file";
             return Calamares::JobResult::error( tr( "Cannot write hostname to target system" ) );
         }
     }
 
-    if ( m_actions & HostNameAction::SystemdHostname )
-    {
-        // Does its own logging
-        setSystemdHostname( m_hostname );
-    }
 
     return Calamares::JobResult::ok();
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/users/SetHostNameJob.h b/src/modules/users/SetHostNameJob.h
index 9d44579cb..b32b1d7bb 100644
--- a/src/modules/users/SetHostNameJob.h
+++ b/src/modules/users/SetHostNameJob.h
@@ -20,15 +20,14 @@ class SetHostNameJob : public Calamares::Job
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
-    SetHostNameJob( const QString& hostname, HostNameActions a );
+    SetHostNameJob( const Config* c );
     QString prettyName() const override;
     QString prettyDescription() const override;
     QString prettyStatusMessage() const override;
     Calamares::JobResult exec() override;
 
 private:
-    const QString m_hostname;
-    const HostNameActions m_actions;
+    const Config* m_config;
 };
 
 #endif  // SETHOSTNAMEJOB_CPP_H
diff --git a/src/modules/users/TestSetHostNameJob.cpp b/src/modules/users/TestSetHostNameJob.cpp
index 84602a053..d1a556824 100644
--- a/src/modules/users/TestSetHostNameJob.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/users/TestSetHostNameJob.cpp
@@ -92,18 +92,19 @@ UsersTests::testEtcHostname()
     QVERIFY( QFile::exists( m_dir.path() ) );
     QVERIFY( !QFile::exists( m_dir.filePath( "etc" ) ) );
 
+    const QString testHostname = QStringLiteral( "tubophone.calamares.io" );
     // Doesn't create intermediate directories
-    QVERIFY( !setFileHostname( QStringLiteral( "tubophone.calamares.io" ) ) );
+    QVERIFY( !setFileHostname( testHostname ) );
 
     QVERIFY( CalamaresUtils::System::instance()->createTargetDirs( "/etc" ) );
     QVERIFY( QFile::exists( m_dir.filePath( "etc" ) ) );
 
     // Does write the file
-    QVERIFY( setFileHostname( QStringLiteral( "tubophone.calamares.io" ) ) );
+    QVERIFY( setFileHostname( testHostname ) );
     QVERIFY( QFile::exists( m_dir.filePath( "etc/hostname" ) ) );
 
     // 22 for the test string, above, and 1 for the newline
-    QCOMPARE( QFileInfo( m_dir.filePath( "etc/hostname" ) ).size(), 22 + 1 );
+    QCOMPARE( QFileInfo( m_dir.filePath( "etc/hostname" ) ).size(), testHostname.length() + 1 );
 }
 
 void
@@ -113,11 +114,12 @@ UsersTests::testEtcHosts()
     QVERIFY( QFile::exists( m_dir.path() ) );
     QVERIFY( QFile::exists( m_dir.filePath( "etc" ) ) );
 
-    QVERIFY( writeFileEtcHosts( QStringLiteral( "tubophone.calamares.io" ) ) );
+    const QString testHostname = QStringLiteral( "tubophone.calamares.io" );
+    QVERIFY( writeFileEtcHosts( testHostname ) );
     QVERIFY( QFile::exists( m_dir.filePath( "etc/hosts" ) ) );
     // The skeleton contains %1 which has the hostname substituted in, so we lose two,
-    // and the rest of the blabla is 150 (according to Python)
-    QCOMPARE( QFileInfo( m_dir.filePath( "etc/hosts" ) ).size(), 150 + 22 - 2 );
+    // and the rest of the blabla is 145 (the "standard" part) and 34 (the "for this host" part)
+    QCOMPARE( QFileInfo( m_dir.filePath( "etc/hosts" ) ).size(), 145 + 34 + testHostname.length() - 2 );
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/modules/users/Tests.cpp b/src/modules/users/Tests.cpp
index acb0c9d6d..9a4005f21 100644
--- a/src/modules/users/Tests.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/users/Tests.cpp
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@
 
 // Implementation details
 extern void setConfigurationDefaultGroups( const QVariantMap& map, QList< GroupDescription >& defaultGroups );
-extern HostNameActions getHostNameActions( const QVariantMap& configurationMap );
+extern HostNameAction getHostNameAction( const QVariantMap& configurationMap );
 extern bool addPasswordCheck( const QString& key, const QVariant& value, PasswordCheckList& passwordChecks );
+extern QString
+makeHostnameSuggestion( const QString& templateString, const QStringList& fullNameParts, const QString& loginName );
 
 /** @brief Test Config object methods and internals
  *
@@ -42,6 +44,10 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
 
     void testHostActions_data();
     void testHostActions();
+    void testHostActions2();
+    void testHostSuggestions_data();
+    void testHostSuggestions();
+
     void testPasswordChecks();
     void testUserPassword();
 
@@ -228,6 +234,15 @@ UserTests::testHostActions_data()
     QTest::newRow( "bad    " ) << true << QString( "derp" ) << int( HostNameAction::EtcHostname );
     QTest::newRow( "none   " ) << true << QString( "none" ) << int( HostNameAction::None );
     QTest::newRow( "systemd" ) << true << QString( "Hostnamed" ) << int( HostNameAction::SystemdHostname );
+    QTest::newRow( "etc(1) " ) << true << QString( "etcfile" ) << int( HostNameAction::EtcHostname );
+    QTest::newRow( "etc(2) " ) << true << QString( "etc" ) << int( HostNameAction::EtcHostname );
+    QTest::newRow( "etc-bad" )
+        << true << QString( "etchost" )
+        << int( HostNameAction::EtcHostname );  // This isn't a valid name, but defaults to EtcHostname
+    QTest::newRow( "ci-sysd" ) << true << QString( "hOsTnaMed" )
+                               << int( HostNameAction::SystemdHostname );  // Case-insensitive
+    QTest::newRow( "trbs   " ) << true << QString( "transient" ) << int( HostNameAction::Transient );
+    QTest::newRow( "ci-trns" ) << true << QString( "trANSient" ) << int( HostNameAction::Transient );
 }
 
 void
@@ -240,16 +255,75 @@ UserTests::testHostActions()
     QVariantMap m;
     if ( set )
     {
-        m.insert( "setHostname", string );
+        m.insert( "location", string );
     }
-    QCOMPARE( getHostNameActions( m ),
-              HostNameActions( result ) | HostNameAction::WriteEtcHosts );  // write bits default to true
+    // action is independent of writeHostsFile
+    QCOMPARE( getHostNameAction( m ), HostNameAction( result ) );
     m.insert( "writeHostsFile", false );
-    QCOMPARE( getHostNameActions( m ), HostNameActions( result ) );
+    QCOMPARE( getHostNameAction( m ), HostNameAction( result ) );
     m.insert( "writeHostsFile", true );
-    QCOMPARE( getHostNameActions( m ), HostNameActions( result ) | HostNameAction::WriteEtcHosts );
+    QCOMPARE( getHostNameAction( m ), HostNameAction( result ) );
 }
 
+void
+UserTests::testHostActions2()
+{
+    Config c;
+    QVariantMap legacy;
+
+    // Test defaults
+    c.setConfigurationMap( legacy );
+    QCOMPARE( c.hostnameAction(), HostNameAction::EtcHostname );
+    QCOMPARE( c.writeEtcHosts(), true );
+
+    legacy.insert( "writeHostsFile", false );
+    legacy.insert( "setHostname", "Hostnamed" );
+    c.setConfigurationMap( legacy );
+    QCOMPARE( c.hostnameAction(), HostNameAction::SystemdHostname );
+    QCOMPARE( c.writeEtcHosts(), false );
+}
+
+
+void
+UserTests::testHostSuggestions_data()
+{
+    QTest::addColumn< QString >( "templateString" );
+    QTest::addColumn< QString >( "result" );
+
+    QTest::newRow( "unset  " ) << QString() << QString();
+    QTest::newRow( "const  " ) << QStringLiteral( "derp" ) << QStringLiteral( "derp" );
+    QTest::newRow( "escaped" ) << QStringLiteral( "$$" ) << QString();  // Because invalid
+    QTest::newRow( "default" ) << QStringLiteral( "${first}-pc" )
+                               << QStringLiteral( "chuck-pc" );  // Avoid ${product} because it's DMI-based
+    QTest::newRow( "full   " ) << QStringLiteral( "${name}" ) << QStringLiteral( "chuckyeager" );
+    QTest::newRow( "login+ " ) << QStringLiteral( "${login}-${first}" ) << QStringLiteral( "bill-chuck" );
+    // This is a bit dodgy: assumes CPU architecture of the testing host
+    QTest::newRow( " cpu   " ) << QStringLiteral( "${cpu}X" ) << QStringLiteral( "x8664X" );  // Assume we don't test on non-amd64
+    // These have X X in the template to indicate that they are bogus. Mostly we want
+    // to see what the template engine does for these.
+    QTest::newRow( "@prod  " ) << QStringLiteral( "X${product}X" ) << QString();
+    QTest::newRow( "@prod2 " ) << QStringLiteral( "X${product2}X" ) << QString();
+    QTest::newRow( "@host  " ) << QStringLiteral( "X${host}X" ) << QString();
+}
+
+void
+UserTests::testHostSuggestions()
+{
+    const QStringList fullName { "Chuck", "Yeager" };
+    const QString login { "bill" };
+
+    QFETCH( QString, templateString );
+    QFETCH( QString, result );
+
+    if ( templateString.startsWith('X') && templateString.endsWith('X'))
+    {
+        QEXPECT_FAIL( "", "Test is too host-specific", Continue );
+        cWarning() << Logger::SubEntry << "Next test" << templateString << "->" << makeHostnameSuggestion( templateString, fullName, login );
+    }
+    QCOMPARE( makeHostnameSuggestion( templateString, fullName, login ), result );
+}
+
+
 void
 UserTests::testPasswordChecks()
 {
diff --git a/src/modules/users/UsersPage.cpp b/src/modules/users/UsersPage.cpp
index 6ac6c5bf6..7936e9fc0 100644
--- a/src/modules/users/UsersPage.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/users/UsersPage.cpp
@@ -105,18 +105,31 @@ UsersPage::UsersPage( Config* config, QWidget* parent )
     connect( ui->textBoxFullName, &QLineEdit::textEdited, config, &Config::setFullName );
     connect( config, &Config::fullNameChanged, this, &UsersPage::onFullNameTextEdited );
 
-    ui->textBoxHostName->setText( config->hostName() );
-    connect( ui->textBoxHostName, &QLineEdit::textEdited, config, &Config::setHostName );
-    connect( config,
-             &Config::hostNameChanged,
-             [ this ]( const QString& name )
-             {
-                 if ( !ui->textBoxHostName->hasFocus() )
+    // If the hostname is going to be written out, then show the field
+    if ( ( m_config->hostnameAction() == HostNameAction::EtcHostname )
+         || ( m_config->hostnameAction() == HostNameAction::SystemdHostname ) )
+    {
+        ui->textBoxHostname->setText( config->hostname() );
+        connect( ui->textBoxHostname, &QLineEdit::textEdited, config, &Config::setHostName );
+        connect( config,
+                 &Config::hostnameChanged,
+                 [ this ]( const QString& name )
                  {
-                     ui->textBoxHostName->setText( name );
-                 }
-             } );
-    connect( config, &Config::hostNameStatusChanged, this, &UsersPage::reportHostNameStatus );
+                     if ( !ui->textBoxHostname->hasFocus() )
+                     {
+                         ui->textBoxHostname->setText( name );
+                     }
+                 } );
+        connect( config, &Config::hostnameStatusChanged, this, &UsersPage::reportHostNameStatus );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // Need to hide the hostname parts individually because there's no widget-group
+        ui->hostnameLabel->hide();
+        ui->labelHostname->hide();
+        ui->textBoxHostname->hide();
+        ui->labelHostnameError->hide();
+    }
 
     ui->textBoxLoginName->setText( config->loginName() );
     connect( ui->textBoxLoginName, &QLineEdit::textEdited, config, &Config::setLoginName );
@@ -155,7 +168,7 @@ UsersPage::UsersPage( Config* config, QWidget* parent )
     onReuseUserPasswordChanged( m_config->reuseUserPasswordForRoot() );
     onFullNameTextEdited( m_config->fullName() );
     reportLoginNameStatus( m_config->loginNameStatus() );
-    reportHostNameStatus( m_config->hostNameStatus() );
+    reportHostNameStatus( m_config->hostnameStatus() );
 
     ui->textBoxLoginName->setEnabled( m_config->isEditable( "loginName" ) );
     ui->textBoxFullName->setEnabled( m_config->isEditable( "fullName" ) );
@@ -218,7 +231,7 @@ UsersPage::reportLoginNameStatus( const QString& status )
 void
 UsersPage::reportHostNameStatus( const QString& status )
 {
-    labelStatus( ui->labelHostname, ui->labelHostnameError, m_config->hostName(), status );
+    labelStatus( ui->labelHostname, ui->labelHostnameError, m_config->hostname(), status );
 }
 
 static inline void
diff --git a/src/modules/users/page_usersetup.ui b/src/modules/users/page_usersetup.ui
index ba1c0bc7d..daad98174 100644
--- a/src/modules/users/page_usersetup.ui
+++ b/src/modules/users/page_usersetup.ui
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
-    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
+    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="fullNameLayout">
      <item>
       <widget class="QLineEdit" name="textBoxFullName">
        <property name="minimumSize">
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
-    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
+    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="usernameLayout">
      <item>
       <widget class="QLineEdit" name="textBoxLoginName">
        <property name="sizePolicy">
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
     </spacer>
    </item>
    <item>
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="hostname_label_2">
+    <widget class="QLabel" name="hostnameLabel">
      <property name="text">
       <string>What is the name of this computer?</string>
      </property>
@@ -228,9 +228,9 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
-    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_4">
+    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="hostnameLayout">
      <item>
-      <widget class="QLineEdit" name="textBoxHostName">
+      <widget class="QLineEdit" name="textBoxHostname">
        <property name="sizePolicy">
         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Fixed">
          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
     </layout>
    </item>
    <item>
-    <spacer name="verticalSpacer_3">
+    <spacer name="hostnameVSpace">
      <property name="orientation">
       <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
      </property>
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
-    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_3">
+    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="userPasswordLayout">
      <item>
       <widget class="QLineEdit" name="textBoxUserPassword">
        <property name="sizePolicy">
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
-    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_5">
+    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="rootPasswordLayout">
      <item>
       <widget class="QLineEdit" name="textBoxRootPassword">
        <property name="sizePolicy">
diff --git a/src/modules/users/users.conf b/src/modules/users/users.conf
index 9f932c0a1..60284b74e 100644
--- a/src/modules/users/users.conf
+++ b/src/modules/users/users.conf
@@ -149,19 +149,57 @@ allowWeakPasswordsDefault: false
 #    that the shell actually exists or is executable.
 userShell: /bin/bash
 
-# Hostname setting
+# Hostname settings
 #
 # The user can enter a hostname; this is configured into the system
-# in some way; pick one of:
+# in some way. There are settings for how a hostname is guessed (as
+# a default / suggestion) and where (or how) the hostname is set in
+# the target system.
+#
+# Key *hostname* has the following sub-keys:
+#
+# - *location* How the hostname is set in the target system:
 #   - *None*, to not set the hostname at all
 #   - *EtcFile*, to write to `/etc/hostname` directly
+#   - *Etc*, identical to above
 #   - *Hostnamed*, to use systemd hostnamed(1) over DBus
-# The default is *EtcFile*.
+#   - *Transient*, to remove `/etc/hostname` from the target
+#   The default is *EtcFile*. Setting this to *None* or *Transient* will
+#   hide the hostname field.
+# - *writeHostsFile* Should /etc/hosts be written with a hostname for
+#   this machine (also adds localhost and some ipv6 standard entries).
+#   Defaults to *true*.
+# - *template* Is a simple template for making a suggestion for the
+#   hostname, based on user data. The default is "${first}-${product}".
+#   This is used only if the hostname field is shown. KMacroExpander is
+#   used; write `${key}` where `key` is one of the following:
+#   - *first* User's first name (whatever is first in the User Name field,
+#     which is first-in-order but not necessarily a "first name" as in
+#     "given name" or "name by which you call someone"; beware of western bias)
+#   - *name* All the text in the User Name field.
+#   - *login* The login name (which may be suggested based on User Name)
+#   - *product* The hardware product, based on DMI data
+#   - *product2* The product as described by Qt
+#   - *cpu* CPU name
+#   - *host* Current hostname (which may be a transient hostname)
+#   Literal text in the template is preserved. Calamares tries to map
+#   `${key}` values to something that will fit in a hostname, but does not
+#   apply the same to literal text in the template. Do not use invalid
+#   characters in the literal text, or no suggeston will be done.
+hostname:
+  location: EtcFile
+  writeHostsFile: true
+  template: "derp-${cpu}"
+
+# TODO:3.3: Remove this setting
+#
+# This is a legacy setting for hostname.location; if it is set
+# at all, and there is no setting for hostname.location, it is used.
 setHostname: EtcFile
 
-# Should /etc/hosts be written with a hostname for this machine
-# (also adds localhost and some ipv6 standard entries).
-# Defaults to *true*.
+# TODO:3.3: Remove this setting
+#
+# This is a legacy setting for hostname.writeHostsFile
 writeHostsFile: true
 
 presets:
diff --git a/src/modules/users/users.schema.yaml b/src/modules/users/users.schema.yaml
index 3b49061bc..fe45d5fb2 100644
--- a/src/modules/users/users.schema.yaml
+++ b/src/modules/users/users.schema.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,14 @@ properties:
             minLength: { type: number }
             maxLength: { type: number }
             libpwquality: { type: array, items: { type: string } }  # Don't know what libpwquality supports
-    # Hostname setting
+    hostname:
+        additionalProperties: false
+        type: object
+        properties:
+            location: { type: string, enum: [ None, EtcFile, Hostnamed, Transient ] }
+            writeHostsFile: { type: boolean, default: true }
+            template: { type: string, default: "${first}-${product}" }
+    # Legacy Hostname setting
     setHostname: { type: string, enum: [ None, EtcFile, Hostnamed ] }
     writeHostsFile: { type: boolean, default: true }
 
diff --git a/src/modules/usersq/usersq.qml b/src/modules/usersq/usersq.qml
index 71155af4b..9d49e6a7d 100644
--- a/src/modules/usersq/usersq.qml
+++ b/src/modules/usersq/usersq.qml
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Kirigami.ScrollablePage {
                 id: _hostName
                 width: parent.width
                 placeholderText: qsTr("Computer Name")
-                text: config.hostName
+                text: config.hostname
                 validator: RegularExpressionValidator { regularExpression: /[a-zA-Z0-9][-a-zA-Z0-9_]+/ }
 
                 onTextChanged: acceptableInput