diff --git a/dists/docker.sh b/dists/docker.sh
index 2e2a23925..1661664a3 100644
--- a/dists/docker.sh
+++ b/dists/docker.sh
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ build_in_docker_makepkg() {
 			--env PKGDEST="$BUILDIR" --env PACKAGER="$PACKAGER" \
 			--env BUILDDIR=/tmp/build \
 			"$BASEIMAGE/$dist"
+		docker exec "$img" sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm --noprogressbar
 	fi
 
 	docker exec --workdir="$BUILDIR/$PKGNAME" "$img" bash dists/build.sh pkg
@@ -116,8 +117,7 @@ build_in_docker_rpm() {
 main() {
 	case "$DISTRIBUTION" in
 	archlinux)
-		# build_in_docker_makepkg "$COMMAND"
-		PKGDEST="$OUTPUT" makepkg -Cf
+		build_in_docker_makepkg "$DISTRIBUTION"
 		;;
 
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