diff --git a/cloudinit/config/cc_update_etc_hosts.py b/cloudinit/config/cc_update_etc_hosts.py
index 96103615..d3dd1f32 100644
--- a/cloudinit/config/cc_update_etc_hosts.py
+++ b/cloudinit/config/cc_update_etc_hosts.py
@@ -37,10 +37,11 @@ def handle(name, cfg, cloud, log, _args):
 
         # Render from a template file
         tpl_fn_name = cloud.get_template_filename("hosts.%s" %
-                                                  (cloud.distro.name))
+                                                  (cloud.distro.osfamily))
         if not tpl_fn_name:
             raise RuntimeError(("No hosts template could be"
-                                " found for distro %s") % (cloud.distro.name))
+                                " found for distro %s") %
+                                (cloud.distro.osfamily))
 
         templater.render_to_file(tpl_fn_name, '/etc/hosts',
                                 {'hostname': hostname, 'fqdn': fqdn})
diff --git a/templates/hosts.ubuntu.tmpl b/templates/hosts.debian.tmpl
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/hosts.ubuntu.tmpl
rename to templates/hosts.debian.tmpl