diff --git a/viz/curses/ecran.c b/viz/curses/ecran.c
index 71f7f71..8807444 100644
--- a/viz/curses/ecran.c
+++ b/viz/curses/ecran.c
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #include  <stdio.h>
 #include  <stdlib.h>
 #include  <string.h>
+#include  <sys/utsname.h>
+
 #include  <getopt.h>
 #include  <ncurses.h>
 
@@ -24,9 +26,10 @@ standend();
 int fond_ecran(char *title)
 {
 char		*tp;
+struct utsname	utsn;
+int		foo;
 
 #if TRACE
-int     foo;
 char    buffer[200];
 #endif
 
@@ -41,6 +44,14 @@ sprintf(buffer, " ecran %dx%d ", COLS, LINES);
 foo = strlen(buffer);
 mvaddstr(0, COLS-2-foo, buffer);
 #endif
+
+/* get and display hostname */
+foo = uname(&utsn);
+if ( !foo )	{
+	mvaddstr(0, 2+strlen(tp), "on");
+	mvaddstr(0, 5+strlen(tp), utsn.nodename);
+	}
+
 standend();
 refresh();