diff --git a/doc/toolbox-create.1.md b/doc/toolbox-create.1.md
index 3ce3358dd..206beaa45 100644
--- a/doc/toolbox-create.1.md
+++ b/doc/toolbox-create.1.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ toolbox\-create - Create a new toolbox container
 ## SYNOPSIS
 **toolbox create** [*--container NAME* | *-c NAME*]
                [*--distro DISTRO* | *-d DISTRO*]
+               [*--hostname HOSTNAME*]
                [*--image NAME* | *-i NAME*]
                [*--release RELEASE* | *-r RELEASE*]
 
@@ -41,6 +42,10 @@ customized containers from custom-built base images.
 Create a toolbox container for a different operating system DISTRO than the
 host. Cannot be used with `--image`.
 
+**--hostname** HOSTNAME
+
+Create the toolbox container using the specified hostname (default: toolbox).
+
 **--image** NAME, **-i** NAME
 
 Change the NAME of the base image used to create the toolbox container. This
diff --git a/src/cmd/create.go b/src/cmd/create.go
index 74e90b1b1..92766ad37 100644
--- a/src/cmd/create.go
+++ b/src/cmd/create.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ var (
 	createFlags struct {
 		container string
 		distro    string
+		hostname  string
 		image     string
 		release   string
 	}
@@ -78,6 +79,11 @@ func init() {
 		"",
 		"Create a toolbox container for a different operating system distribution than the host")
 
+	flags.StringVar(&createFlags.hostname,
+		"hostname",
+		"toolbox",
+		"Create the toolbox container using the specified hostname (default: toolbox).")
+
 	flags.StringVarP(&createFlags.image,
 		"image",
 		"i",
@@ -390,7 +396,7 @@ func createContainer(container, image, release string, showCommandToEnter bool)
 	createArgs = append(createArgs, xdgRuntimeDirEnv...)
 
 	createArgs = append(createArgs, []string{
-		"--hostname", "toolbox",
+		"--hostname", createFlags.hostname,
 		"--ipc", "host",
 		"--label", "com.github.containers.toolbox=true",
 		"--label", "com.github.debarshiray.toolbox=true",
diff --git a/toolbox b/toolbox
index c6ae396f4..44fee86a3 100755
--- a/toolbox
+++ b/toolbox
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ toolbox_container_default=""
 toolbox_container_old_v1=""
 toolbox_container_old_v2=""
 toolbox_container_prefix_default=""
+toolbox_hostname=toolbox
 toolbox_image=""
 toolbox_runtime_directory="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"/toolbox
 user_id_real=$(id -ru 2>&3)
@@ -1075,7 +1076,7 @@ create()
     $podman_command create \
             --dns none \
             --env TOOLBOX_PATH="$TOOLBOX_PATH" \
-            --hostname toolbox \
+            --hostname "${toolbox_hostname}" \
             --ipc host \
             --label "com.github.containers.toolbox=true" \
             --label "com.github.debarshiray.toolbox=true" \
@@ -2399,6 +2400,11 @@ case $op in
                     help "$op"
                     exit
                     ;;
+                --hostname )
+                    shift
+                    exit_if_missing_argument --hostname "$1"
+                    toolbox_hostname=$1
+                    ;;
                 -i | --image )
                     shift
                     exit_if_missing_argument --image "$1"