diff --git a/archiso/mkarchiso b/archiso/mkarchiso
index 6fb5d06..e434bb2 100755
--- a/archiso/mkarchiso
+++ b/archiso/mkarchiso
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@ _cleanup () {
     if [[ -d "${work_dir}/root-image/tmp" ]]; then
         find "${work_dir}/root-image/tmp" -mindepth 1 -delete
     fi
-    # Delete etc/mtab if not is a symlink.
+    # Create etc/mtab if not is a symlink.
     if [[ ! -L "${work_dir}/root-image/etc/mtab" ]]; then
-        rm -f "${work_dir}/root-image/etc/mtab"
+        ln -sf "/proc/self/mounts" "${work_dir}/root-image/etc/mtab"
     fi
 }