diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 1969912..559f087 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 - add ino_index locking.
 - fix nested submount expiring away when pwd is base of submount.
 - more expire re-work to cope better with shutdown following cthon tests.
+- allow hostname to start with numeric when validating.
 
 13/7/2006 autofs-5.0.1 rc1
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diff --git a/modules/parse_sun.c b/modules/parse_sun.c
index 08fd34d..1f1bc3c 100644
--- a/modules/parse_sun.c
+++ b/modules/parse_sun.c
@@ -666,9 +666,6 @@ static int validate_location(char *loc)
 
 	/* If a ':' is present now it must be a host name */
 	if (check_colon(ptr)) {
-		if (!isalpha(*ptr++))
-			return 0;
-
 		while (*ptr && *ptr != ':') {
 			if (!(isalnum(*ptr) ||
 			    *ptr == '-' || *ptr == '.' ||