diff --git a/nixos/machines/ghatanothoa/configuration.nix b/nixos/machines/ghatanothoa/configuration.nix
index 8364bea..57cc0cb 100644
--- a/nixos/machines/ghatanothoa/configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/machines/ghatanothoa/configuration.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
     ../../modules/jitsi.nix
     ../../roles
     ../../roles/vm.nix
-    ../../modules/vmNetwork.nix
   ];
 
   services.mathebau-jitsi = {
@@ -14,6 +13,5 @@
 
   # System configuration here
   networking.hostName = "ghatanothoa";
-  vmNetwork.ipv4 = "192.168.0.25";
   system.stateVersion = "23.11";
 }
diff --git a/nixos/machines/lobon/configuration.nix b/nixos/machines/lobon/configuration.nix
index 6cb371a..e0662be 100644
--- a/nixos/machines/lobon/configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/machines/lobon/configuration.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
     ../../modules/mailman.nix
     ../../roles
     ../../roles/vm.nix
-    ../../modules/vmNetwork.nix
   ];
 
   # System configuration here
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@
   };
 
   networking.hostName = "lobon";
-  vmNetwork.ipv4 = "192.168.0.22";
   system.stateVersion = "23.11";
 
   sops.secrets = {
diff --git a/nixos/machines/nodens/configuration.nix b/nixos/machines/nodens/configuration.nix
index 554e407..a9ae8a2 100644
--- a/nixos/machines/nodens/configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/machines/nodens/configuration.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     ./hardware-configuration.nix
     ../../roles
     ../../roles/vm.nix
-    ../../modules/vmNetwork.nix
   ];
 
   # System configuration here
@@ -11,6 +10,5 @@
   environment.systemPackages = [pkgs.git];
 
   networking.hostName = "nodens";
-  vmNetwork.ipv4 = "192.168.0.18";
   system.stateVersion = "24.11";
 }
diff --git a/nixos/machines/nyarlathotep/configuration.nix b/nixos/machines/nyarlathotep/configuration.nix
index 57d00ff..88bb1b0 100644
--- a/nixos/machines/nyarlathotep/configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/machines/nyarlathotep/configuration.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
     ../../modules/mail.nix
     ../../roles
     ../../roles/vm.nix
-    ../../modules/vmNetwork.nix
   ];
 
   # System configuration here
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@
   };
 
   networking.hostName = "nyarlathotep";
-  vmNetwork.ipv4 = "192.168.0.17";
   system.stateVersion = "24.05";
 
   sops.secrets = let
diff --git a/nixos/roles/hostmap.nix b/nixos/roles/hostmap.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5240829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/roles/hostmap.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# This data is taken from /etc/hosts from azatoth
+{
+  bragi = {
+    ipv4 = "192.168.1.11";
+  };
+  tsathoggua = {
+    ipv4 = "192.168.0.13";
+  };
+  nyogtha = {
+    ipv4 = "192.168.0.14";
+  };
+  hastur = {
+    ipv4 = "192.168.0.15";
+  };
+  cthulhu = {
+    ipv4 = "192.168.0.16";
+  };
+  nyarlathotep = {
+    ipv4 = "192.168.0.17";
+  };
+  nodens = {
+    ipv4 = "192.168.0.18";
+  };
+  uvhash = {
+    ipv4 = "192.168.0.19";
+  };
+  aphoom-zhah = {
+    ipv4 = "192.168.0.20";
+  };
+  dagon = {
+    ipv4 = "192.168.0.21";
+  };
+  lobon = {
+    ipv4 = "192.168.0.22";
+  };
+  yibb-tstll = {
+    ipv4 = "192.168.0.23";
+  };
+  eihort = {
+    ipv4 = "192.168.0.24";
+  };
+  ghatanothoa = {
+    ipv4 = "192.168.0.25";
+  };
+  toth = {
+    ipv4 = "192.168.0.26";
+  };
+  ithaqua = {
+    ipv4 = "192.168.0.27";
+  };
+  cthugha = {
+    ipv4 = "192.168.0.30";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nixos/roles/vm.nix b/nixos/roles/vm.nix
index 32fba6d..aff9f22 100644
--- a/nixos/roles/vm.nix
+++ b/nixos/roles/vm.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {modulesPath, ...}: {
   imports = [
     (modulesPath + "/virtualisation/xen-domU.nix")
+    ./vmNetwork.nix
   ];
 }
diff --git a/nixos/roles/vmNetwork.nix b/nixos/roles/vmNetwork.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c17db14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/roles/vmNetwork.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  config,
+  ...
+}: let
+  inherit (lib) lists mapAttrsToList;
+  inherit (lib.attrsets) foldAttrs concatMapAttrs;
+  inherit (lib.asserts) assertMsg;
+  inherit (builtins) elem;
+  hostmap = import ./hostmap.nix;
+  myhostName = config.networking.hostName;
+  # We replace our own ip with 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts
+  # To turn the hostmap around suitable for networking.hosts the following simple code almost works
+  # concatMapAttrs (hostname: ipData: { ${ipData.ipv4} = [hostname]; }) hostmap
+  # but breaks as soon as we want to map two different names to the same ip.
+  # So the code looks uglier than one would expect.
+  globalhosts = foldAttrs (a: b: a ++ b) [] (mapAttrsToList (hostname: ipData: {${ipData.ipv4} = [hostname];}) hostmap);
+  myhosts = concatMapAttrs (ip: hosts:
+    if (elem myhostName hosts)
+    # nixos maps the hostname to the loopback 127.0.0.2 by default, so we exclude it here.
+    # there is also a default localhost to 127.0.0.1 in place
+    then {"127.0.0.1" = lists.filter (x: x != myhostName) hosts;}
+    else {${ip} = hosts;})
+  globalhosts;
+  myIp = assert assertMsg hostmap ? ${myhostName}.ipv4 "${myhostName} has no ip configured in nixos/roles/hostmap.nix"; hostmap.${myhostName}.ipv4;
+in {
+  imports = [
+    ../modules/vmNetwork.nix
+  ];
+  networking.hosts = myhosts;
+  vmNetwork.ipv4 = myIp;
+}