diff --git a/templates/lxc-debian.in b/templates/lxc-debian.in
index 8ec0c290c..d5663a21e 100644
--- a/templates/lxc-debian.in
+++ b/templates/lxc-debian.in
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ configure_debian()
     rootfs=$1
     hostname=$2
 
+    # squeeze only has /dev/tty and /dev/tty0 by default,
+    # therefore creating missing device nodes for tty1-4.
+    for tty in $(seq 1 4); do
+	if [ ! -e $rootfs/dev/tty$tty ]; then
+	    mknod $rootfs/dev/tty$tty c 4 $tty
+	fi
+    done
+
     # configure the inittab
     cat <<EOF > $rootfs/etc/inittab
 id:3:initdefault: