diff --git a/lib/initcpio/hooks/arch_syslinux b/lib/initcpio/hooks/arch_syslinux
index d7b5d31a0..312f9ee78 100644
--- a/lib/initcpio/hooks/arch_syslinux
+++ b/lib/initcpio/hooks/arch_syslinux
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 run_hook ()
 {
-    # fix mcopy
+    # fix syslinux
     ln -s /usr/bin/mtools /usr/bin/mcopy
+    ln -s /usr/bin/mtools /usr/bin/mattrib
 }
diff --git a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_pacman b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_pacman
index 57a949356..75e931b4d 100644
--- a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_pacman
+++ b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_pacman
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pcre cpio archboot fuse klibc libusb vi lzo2 libsasl libldap libevent gpm sdparm
 rt2x00-rt61-fw rt2x00-rt71w-fw rt2500 ndiswrapper ndiswrapper-utils \
 zd1211-firmware ipw2100-fw ipw2200-fw iwlwifi-3945-ucode iwlwifi-4965-ucode iwlwifi-5000-ucode \
 smbclient tdb tiacx tiacx-firmware dmraid linux-atm netcfg tiacx tiacx-firmware parted tzdata ntp \
-v86d wlan-ng26-utils iw crda wireless-regdb libnl iproute2 dhclient syslinux mtools"
+v86d wlan-ng26-utils iw crda wireless-regdb libnl iproute2 dhclient syslinux mtools perl"
 
 for i in $DEPENDS; do
 	for k in  $(echo /var/lib/pacman/local/$i-[0-9]*-[0-9]*); do