diff --git a/iso/docker/Dockerfile b/iso/docker/Dockerfile
index 814431d..ef38418 100644
--- a/iso/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/iso/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ COPY . /build/orionos
 # Bootstrap boot loader configs from the installed archiso releng profile.
 # Copy only the .c32 binary modules — our repo provides syslinux.cfg.
 # efiboot/ is needed for systemd-boot UEFI; fall back to a minimal loader.conf.
+# Copy archiso initcpio hook files directly into airootfs so mkinitcpio
+# finds them even if the package-based install path differs at build time.
+RUN mkdir -p /build/orionos/iso/profile/airootfs/usr/lib/initcpio/hooks \
+             /build/orionos/iso/profile/airootfs/usr/lib/initcpio/install && \
+    cp /usr/lib/initcpio/hooks/archiso \
+       /build/orionos/iso/profile/airootfs/usr/lib/initcpio/hooks/archiso && \
+    cp /usr/lib/initcpio/install/archiso \
+       /build/orionos/iso/profile/airootfs/usr/lib/initcpio/install/archiso
+
 RUN mkdir -p /build/orionos/iso/profile/syslinux && \
     cp /usr/share/archiso/configs/releng/syslinux/*.c32 \
        /build/orionos/iso/profile/syslinux/ 2>/dev/null || true && \