diff --git a/makechrootpkg.in b/makechrootpkg.in
index add87d3..8724355 100644
--- a/makechrootpkg.in
+++ b/makechrootpkg.in
@@ -241,6 +241,9 @@ EOF
 # These functions aren't run in makechrootpkg,
 # so no global variables
 _chrootbuild() {
+	# Work around nspawn not giving us a ctty
+	exec </dev/console
+
 	# No coredumps
 	ulimit -c 0