diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/hostname_cumulus_linux_support.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/hostname_cumulus_linux_support.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e91cf5f8c3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/hostname_cumulus_linux_support.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - hostname - Readded support for Cumulus Linux which broke in v2.8.0 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/57493)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/system/hostname.py b/lib/ansible/modules/system/hostname.py
index 9a92bfd7302..ecc29f37b61 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/system/hostname.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/system/hostname.py
@@ -637,6 +637,12 @@ class DebianHostname(Hostname):
     strategy_class = DebianStrategy
 
 
+class CumulusHostname(Hostname):
+    platform = 'Linux'
+    distribution = 'Cumulus-linux'
+    strategy_class = DebianStrategy
+
+
 class KaliHostname(Hostname):
     platform = 'Linux'
     distribution = 'Kali'