diff --git a/initialize-host-id b/initialize-host-id
index c45255d..74ece9d 100644
--- a/initialize-host-id
+++ b/initialize-host-id
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 # Initialize /etc/hostid if it doesn't exist or is empty
 #
 if [ ! -f /etc/hostid -o "$(cat /etc/hostid 2>/dev/null)" = "" ]; then
-    hexdump -n 4 -e '"%02x"' /dev/urandom >/etc/hostid
+    dd if=/dev/urandom bs=4 count=1 of=/etc/hostid
 fi