diff --git a/create_arm_image.sh b/create_arm_image.sh
index b1d6324..b07e3ea 100755
--- a/create_arm_image.sh
+++ b/create_arm_image.sh
@@ -234,6 +234,19 @@ function installbasesystem()
         info "Build path exists"
     fi
 
+    # Workaround mga#26044.
+    info "Preparing root filesystem tree"
+    mkdir -p "${BUILD_PATH}/usr/bin"
+    mkdir -p "${BUILD_PATH}/usr/sbin"
+    mkdir -p "${BUILD_PATH}/usr/lib"
+    ln -sr "${BUILD_PATH}/usr/bin" "${BUILD_PATH}/bin"
+    ln -sr "${BUILD_PATH}/usr/sbin" "${BUILD_PATH}/sbin"
+    ln -sr "${BUILD_PATH}/usr/lib" "${BUILD_PATH}/lib"
+    if [ "${ARM_VERSION}" = "aarch64" ]; then
+        mkdir -p "${BUILD_PATH}/usr/lib64"
+        ln -sr "${BUILD_PATH}/usr/lib64" "${BUILD_PATH}/lib64"
+    fi
+
     title "installing basesystem"
     /usr/bin/dnf --installroot="${BUILD_PATH}" ${DNF_MIRROROPTS} --assumeyes install shadow-utils basesystem-minimal
     if [ ${?} -ne 0 ]; then