diff -Nru cloud-init-0.7.5/debian/changelog cloud-init-0.7.5/debian/changelog
--- cloud-init-0.7.5/debian/changelog	2014-10-02 10:59:46.000000000 -0600
+++ cloud-init-0.7.5/debian/changelog	2015-01-14 06:59:35.000000000 -0700
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+cloud-init (0.7.5-0ubuntu1.4) trusty; urgency=medium
+
+  * d/patches/lp-1383794-gce-short_name.patch: Use short hostname for GCE
+    (LP: #1383794).
+
+ -- Ben Howard <ben.howard@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 21 Oct 2014 14:52:36 -0600
+
 cloud-init (0.7.5-0ubuntu1.3) trusty-proposed; urgency=medium
 
   * d/patches/lp-1336855-grub_xvda.patch: include xvda devices for
diff -Nru cloud-init-0.7.5/debian/patches/lp-1383794-gce-short_name.patch cloud-init-0.7.5/debian/patches/lp-1383794-gce-short_name.patch
--- cloud-init-0.7.5/debian/patches/lp-1383794-gce-short_name.patch	1969-12-31 17:00:00.000000000 -0700
+++ cloud-init-0.7.5/debian/patches/lp-1383794-gce-short_name.patch	2015-01-14 06:59:35.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+Description: Use the shortname for GCE
+ GCE FDQN's may exceed 64 characters. A number of programs like Hadoop,
+ Easyrsa, Java, etc., have issues with long hostnames.
+Author: Ben Howard <ben.howard@ubuntu.com>
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1383794
+--- a/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceGCE.py
++++ b/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceGCE.py
+@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@
+         return self.metadata['public-keys']
+ 
+     def get_hostname(self, fqdn=False, _resolve_ip=False):
+-        return self.metadata['local-hostname']
++        # GCE has long FDQN's and has asked for short hostnames
++        return self.metadata['local-hostname'].split('.')[0]
+ 
+     def get_userdata_raw(self):
+         return self.metadata['user-data']
+--- a/tests/unittests/test_datasource/test_gce.py
++++ b/tests/unittests/test_datasource/test_gce.py
+@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@
+             body=_request_callback)
+         self.ds.get_data()
+ 
+-        self.assertEqual(GCE_META.get('instance/hostname'),
++        shostname = GCE_META.get('instance/hostname').split('.')[0]
++        self.assertEqual(shostname,
+                          self.ds.get_hostname())
+ 
+         self.assertEqual(GCE_META.get('instance/id'),
+@@ -107,5 +108,5 @@
+         self.assertEqual(GCE_META_PARTIAL.get('instance/id'),
+                          self.ds.get_instance_id())
+ 
+-        self.assertEqual(GCE_META_PARTIAL.get('instance/hostname'),
+-                         self.ds.get_hostname())
++        shostname = GCE_META_PARTIAL.get('instance/hostname').split('.')[0]
++        self.assertEqual(shostname, self.ds.get_hostname())
diff -Nru cloud-init-0.7.5/debian/patches/series cloud-init-0.7.5/debian/patches/series
--- cloud-init-0.7.5/debian/patches/series	2014-10-02 10:59:12.000000000 -0600
+++ cloud-init-0.7.5/debian/patches/series	2015-01-14 06:59:35.000000000 -0700
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 lp1316475-1303986-cloudsigma.patch
 lp-1353008-cloud-init-local-needs-run.conf
 lp-1336855-grub_xvda.patch
+lp-1383794-gce-short_name.patch