diff --git a/usr/bin/archboot-aarch64-create-container.sh b/usr/bin/archboot-aarch64-create-container.sh
index 8050d3f4b..f2410f434 100755
--- a/usr/bin/archboot-aarch64-create-container.sh
+++ b/usr/bin/archboot-aarch64-create-container.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ if [[ "${_RUNNING_ARCH}" == "aarch64" ]]; then
 fi
 if [[ "${_RUNNING_ARCH}" == "x86_64" ]]; then
     _aarch64_pacman_chroot "${1}" || exit 1
+    _create_pacman_conf "${1}"
     _aarch64_install_base_packages "${1}" || exit 1
     _aarch64_install_archboot "${1}" || exit 1
     _fix_groups "${1}"
diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/container.sh b/usr/lib/archboot/container.sh
index b51fd35b9..ae702b221 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/container.sh
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/container.sh
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ _prepare_pacman() {
 _create_pacman_conf() {
     if [[ -z "${_INSTALL_SOURCE}" ]]; then
         echo "Use default pacman.conf ..."
-        _PACMAN_CONF="/etc/pacman.conf"
+        _PACMAN_CONF="${1}/etc/pacman.conf"
         echo "[archboot_repo]" >> "${_PACMAN_CONF}"
         echo "Server = https://pkgbuild.com/~tpowa/archboot-repo" >> "${_PACMAN_CONF}"
     else