diff --git a/src/impl/getcomputername.cpp b/src/impl/getcomputername.cpp
index 1ec69110c2..6b3d348ae5 100644
--- a/src/impl/getcomputername.cpp
+++ b/src/impl/getcomputername.cpp
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 #include "getcomputername.h"
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 
 BOOL GetComputerName(LPTSTR name, LPDWORD len)
 {
+    errno = 0;
+    
     int host =  gethostname(name, HOST_NAME_MAX);
     if(host == 0)
     {
         return TRUE;
-    }  
-    return FALSE;
+    }
+    else 
+    {
+        errno = ERROR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW;
+        return FALSE;
+    }
 }