diff --git a/archiso/mkarchiso b/archiso/mkarchiso
index 53c0aee..a13d805 100755
--- a/archiso/mkarchiso
+++ b/archiso/mkarchiso
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ PKGLIST=""
 QUIET="y"
 FORCE="n"
 MOUNTFILE="$(pwd)/mounts"
+IMG_TYPE="iso"
 
 APPNAME=$(basename "${0}")