diff --git a/mkosi/mkosi.images/minimal-base/mkosi.extra/etc/os-release b/mkosi/mkosi.images/minimal-base/mkosi.extra/etc/os-release
deleted file mode 120000
index c4c75b419c..0000000000
--- a/mkosi/mkosi.images/minimal-base/mkosi.extra/etc/os-release
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../usr/lib/os-release
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mkosi/mkosi.images/minimal-base/mkosi.postinst b/mkosi/mkosi.images/minimal-base/mkosi.postinst
index c76fb0a011..777bdfd449 100755
--- a/mkosi/mkosi.images/minimal-base/mkosi.postinst
+++ b/mkosi/mkosi.images/minimal-base/mkosi.postinst
@@ -9,3 +9,8 @@ echo "Hello from dummy init, beautiful day, innit?"
 ip link
 EOF
 chmod +x "$BUILDROOT/sbin/init"
+
+# Arch relies on tmpfiles.d/etc.conf but this image isn't booted
+if [ ! -e "$BUILDROOT/etc/os-release" ]; then
+    ln -s ../usr/lib/os-release "$BUILDROOT/etc/os-release"
+fi