diff --git a/oci/src/proxmenux_oci/stack.py b/oci/src/proxmenux_oci/stack.py
index b4d52ea2..1c383b44 100644
--- a/oci/src/proxmenux_oci/stack.py
+++ b/oci/src/proxmenux_oci/stack.py
@@ -523,6 +523,23 @@ class DefaultsUI:
         pass
 
 
+def stack_lxc_hostname(stack_name, service_name, main=False):
+    """Give the main LXC the stack name and avoid repeating it in members."""
+    from .installer import _hostname_default
+
+    stack = _hostname_default(stack_name)
+    if main:
+        return stack
+
+    suffix = _hostname_default(service_name)
+    prefix = stack + '-'
+    if suffix.startswith(prefix):
+        suffix = suffix[len(prefix):]
+    if suffix == 'database':
+        suffix = 'db'
+    return _hostname_default(f'{stack}-{suffix}')
+
+
 def _service_plan(template, service):
     """The single-container template and plan of one stack member."""
     from .installer import build_deployment, DEFAULT_MODE
@@ -677,7 +694,7 @@ def build_stack(template, ui, mode='advanced'):
         k = kind(s['image'])
         # Values are already resolved; do not reinterpret user credentials as Compose variables.
         plan['environment'] = [{'name':key,'value':value,'sensitive':True} for key,value in env.items() if value != '' or literal]
-        plan.update(hostname=_hostname_default(name+'-'+s['name']), template_storage=cache,
+        plan.update(hostname=stack_lxc_hostname(name, s['name'], main), template_storage=cache,
                     start_after_create=False)
         plan['rootfs']['storage'] = root
         if 'memory_default_mb' not in single['proxmox'].get('installer_profile', {}).get('resources', {}):
diff --git a/oci/tests/test_stack_lxc_hostnames.py b/oci/tests/test_stack_lxc_hostnames.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..07c73443
--- /dev/null
+++ b/oci/tests/test_stack_lxc_hostnames.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+"""Stack LXC names use the stack name once and readable dependency suffixes."""
+from pathlib import Path
+import sys
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+sys.path.insert(0, str(ROOT / "src"))
+
+from proxmenux_oci.catalog import Catalog
+from proxmenux_oci.installer import DEFAULT_MODE
+from proxmenux_oci.stack import DefaultsUI, build_stack, stack_lxc_hostname
+
+
+class StackLxcHostnameTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_main_service_uses_stack_name_without_repeating_service_name(self):
+        self.assertEqual(stack_lxc_hostname("TeslaMate", "teslamate", True), "teslamate")
+
+    def test_database_uses_db_suffix_and_other_services_keep_their_names(self):
+        self.assertEqual(stack_lxc_hostname("teslamate", "database"), "teslamate-db")
+        self.assertEqual(stack_lxc_hostname("teslamate", "grafana"), "teslamate-grafana")
+        self.assertEqual(stack_lxc_hostname("teslamate", "mosquitto"), "teslamate-mosquitto")
+
+    def test_service_already_prefixed_with_stack_name_does_not_repeat_it(self):
+        self.assertEqual(stack_lxc_hostname("blinko", "blinko-postgres"), "blinko-postgres")
+
+    def test_teslamate_build_plan_contains_the_expected_proxmox_names(self):
+        template = Catalog(ROOT).compose("teslamate")
+        with patch("proxmenux_oci.host.default_storage", return_value="local-zfs"), \
+             patch("proxmenux_oci.host.default_bridge", return_value="vmbr0"), \
+             patch("proxmenux_oci.network.ask_addresses",
+                   side_effect=lambda ui, bridge, labels: ({label: "dhcp" for label in labels}, None)), \
+             patch("proxmenux_oci.host.timezone", return_value="UTC"):
+            result = build_stack(template, DefaultsUI(), DEFAULT_MODE)
+
+        actual = {service["name"]: service["deployment"]["hostname"]
+                  for service in result["services"]}
+        self.assertEqual(actual, {
+            "database": "teslamate-db",
+            "grafana": "teslamate-grafana",
+            "mosquitto": "teslamate-mosquitto",
+            "teslamate": "teslamate",
+        })
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()