diff --git a/lib/initcpio/hooks/arch_udev b/lib/initcpio/hooks/arch_udev
index 42edc1164..d5e1131b2 100644
--- a/lib/initcpio/hooks/arch_udev
+++ b/lib/initcpio/hooks/arch_udev
@@ -2,5 +2,13 @@
 
 run_hook ()
 {
- echo "not needed anymore"
+    # these static devices are created for convenience, to autoload the modules if necessary
+    # /dev/loop0
+    mknod -m 0660 /dev/loop0 b 7 0
+    chgrp disk /dev/loop0
+    # /dev/net/tun
+    mkdir /dev/net
+    mknod -m 0666 /dev/net/tun c 10 200
+    # /dev/fuse
+    mknod -m 0666 /dev/fuse c 10 229
 }