diff --git a/configs/releng/root-image/etc/systemd/system/pacman-init.service b/configs/releng/root-image/etc/systemd/system/pacman-init.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2154476
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/releng/root-image/etc/systemd/system/pacman-init.service
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Initializes Pacman keyring
+Wants=haveged.service
+After=haveged.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/pacman-key --init
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/pacman-key --populate archlinux
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/configs/releng/root-image/etc/tmpfiles.d/pacman-init.conf b/configs/releng/root-image/etc/tmpfiles.d/pacman-init.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f3d6c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/releng/root-image/etc/tmpfiles.d/pacman-init.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+d /run/pacman.d/gnupg - - - - -
+L /etc/pacman.d/gnupg - - - - /run/pacman.d/gnupg