diff --git a/mkroots.sh b/mkroots.sh
index ff891c1..c4f8b5f 100644
--- a/mkroots.sh
+++ b/mkroots.sh
@@ -39,5 +39,8 @@ arch-chroot ${tmpdir} locale-gen
 arch-chroot ${tmpdir} pacman-key --init
 arch-chroot ${tmpdir} pacman-key --populate archlinux
 
+# Temporarily break the tmpfiles hook which causes every pacman operation to hang forever
+sed -i 's!^Exec.*!Exec = /usr/bin/true!' ${tmpdir}/usr/share/libalpm/hooks/30-systemd-tmpfiles.hook
+
 # Pack rootfs
 tar --numeric-owner --xattrs --acls --exclude-from=exclude -C ${tmpdir} -c . -f archlinux.tar