diff --git a/templates/lxc-alpine.in b/templates/lxc-alpine.in
index ce7226f73..2ab10bbb8 100644
--- a/templates/lxc-alpine.in
+++ b/templates/lxc-alpine.in
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ EOF
     echo "Setting up device nodes"
     mkdir -p -m 755 "$rootfs/dev/pts"
     mkdir -p -m 1777 "$rootfs/dev/shm"
+    mknod -m 666 "$rootfs/dev/zero" c 1 5
     mknod -m 666 "$rootfs/dev/full" c 1 7
     mknod -m 666 "$rootfs/dev/random" c 1 8
     mknod -m 666 "$rootfs/dev/urandom" c 1 9