diff --git a/contrib/mkimage-arch-pacman.conf b/contrib/mkimage-arch-pacman.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45fe03dc96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/mkimage-arch-pacman.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#
+# /etc/pacman.conf
+#
+# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives
+
+#
+# GENERAL OPTIONS
+#
+[options]
+# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
+# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
+#RootDir     = /
+#DBPath      = /var/lib/pacman/
+#CacheDir    = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
+#LogFile     = /var/log/pacman.log
+#GPGDir      = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
+HoldPkg     = pacman glibc
+#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -C - -f %u > %o
+#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
+#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
+#UseDelta    = 0.7
+Architecture = auto
+
+# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
+#IgnorePkg   =
+#IgnoreGroup =
+
+#NoUpgrade   =
+#NoExtract   =
+
+# Misc options
+#UseSyslog
+#Color
+#TotalDownload
+# We cannot check disk space from within a chroot environment
+#CheckSpace
+#VerbosePkgLists
+
+# By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
+# trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.
+SigLevel    = Required DatabaseOptional
+LocalFileSigLevel = Optional
+#RemoteFileSigLevel = Required
+
+# NOTE: You must run `pacman-key --init` before first using pacman; the local
+# keyring can then be populated with the keys of all official Arch Linux
+# packagers with `pacman-key --populate archlinux`.
+
+#
+# REPOSITORIES
+#   - can be defined here or included from another file
+#   - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
+#   - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
+#   - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
+#     have identical names, regardless of version number
+#   - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
+#   - URLs will have $arch replaced by the name of the architecture
+#
+# Repository entries are of the format:
+#       [repo-name]
+#       Server = ServerName
+#       Include = IncludePath
+#
+# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
+# uncommented to enable the repo.
+#
+
+# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
+# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
+# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.
+
+#[testing]
+#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+
+[core]
+Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+
+[extra]
+Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+
+#[community-testing]
+#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+
+[community]
+Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+
+# An example of a custom package repository.  See the pacman manpage for
+# tips on creating your own repositories.
+#[custom]
+#SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
+#Server = file:///home/custompkgs
+
diff --git a/contrib/mkimage-arch.sh b/contrib/mkimage-arch.sh
index da11750c03..f06d14be4c 100755
--- a/contrib/mkimage-arch.sh
+++ b/contrib/mkimage-arch.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ PKGIGNORE=linux,jfsutils,lvm2,cryptsetup,groff,man-db,man-pages,mdadm,pciutils,p
 expect <<EOF
   set timeout 60
   set send_slow {1 1}
-  spawn pacstrap -c -d -G -i $ROOTFS base haveged --ignore $PKGIGNORE
+  spawn pacstrap -C ./mkimage-arch-pacman.conf -c -d -G -i $ROOTFS base haveged --ignore $PKGIGNORE
   expect {
     "Install anyway?" { send n\r; exp_continue }
     "(default=all)" { send \r; exp_continue }