diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/basic-common.sh b/usr/lib/archboot/basic-common.sh
index 58c0c271f..088cde051 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/basic-common.sh
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/basic-common.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ _RUNNING_ARCH="$(uname -m)"
 _LOG="/dev/tty7"
 _NO_LOG="/dev/null"
 _LABEL="Exit"
+_DLPROG="wget -q"
+_MIRRORLIST="/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"
+_KERNELPKG="linux"
 
 # _dialog()
 # an el-cheapo dialog wrapper