diff --git a/usr/lib/initcpio/install/archboot_base_common b/usr/lib/initcpio/install/archboot_base_common
index 25f8fa60b..8e547b351 100644
--- a/usr/lib/initcpio/install/archboot_base_common
+++ b/usr/lib/initcpio/install/archboot_base_common
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ build ()
 
     ### adding config files of installation system
     map add_file "/etc/profile" "/etc/shells"
-    basic_config="os-release hostname modprobe.d/modprobe.conf tmpfiles.d/var.conf"
+    basic_config="hostname issue modprobe.d/modprobe.conf os-release tmpfiles.d/var.conf"
     for i in $basic_config; do
         add_file "/usr/share/archboot/base/etc/${i}" "/etc/${i}"
     done
diff --git a/usr/share/archboot/base/etc/issue b/usr/share/archboot/base/etc/issue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c112a8361
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/share/archboot/base/etc/issue
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+\r (\l)