diff --git a/units/systemd-hostnamed.service.in b/units/systemd-hostnamed.service.in
index be22a3ad01..874f6c274b 100644
--- a/units/systemd-hostnamed.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-hostnamed.service.in
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ Documentation=http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/hostnamed
 [Service]
 ExecStart=@rootlibexecdir@/systemd-hostnamed
 BusName=org.freedesktop.hostname1
-CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_SYS_ADMIN
+CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_SYS_ADMIN CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE CAP_SYS_PTRACE