diff --git a/steps/50-configure.step b/steps/50-configure.step
index c89f8d7..7df8783 100755
--- a/steps/50-configure.step
+++ b/steps/50-configure.step
@@ -21,3 +21,10 @@ echo "~> Configuring 'grub'"
 arch-chroot /mnt grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=Arch_GRUB
 echo "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX='cryptdevice=UUID=`blkid -o value /dev/sda2 | head -n 1`'" > /mnt/etc/default/grub
 arch-chroot /mnt grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
+
+echo "~> Patching mkinitcpio.conf for encryption magic"
+arch-chroot /mnt sed -i "s/^HOOKS/#HOOKS/g" /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
+echo "HOOKS=\"base udev autodetect modconf block keyboard keymap encrypt filesystems fsck\"" >> /mnt/etc/mkinitcpio.conf
+
+echo "~> ... and recompile the kernel"
+arch-chroot /mnt mkinitcpio -p linux