diff --git a/make_mirror.sh b/make_mirror.sh
index f875fb4..0c71317 100755
--- a/make_mirror.sh
+++ b/make_mirror.sh
@@ -163,12 +163,10 @@ if [ "$HAVE_QEMU" = "yes" ]; then
 	# We do not use our own package cache here because
 	#   - it doesn't (and shouldn't) contain the extra packages
 	#   - it doesn't matter if the base system is from a different mirror timestamp
-	# Write tarfile via redirection because in the Debian package autopkgtest
-	# ./mmdebstrap is a suid binary and we do not want the tarfile being owned
-	# by root.
+	# procps is needed for /sbin/sysctl
 	tmpdir="$(mktemp -d)"
 	./mmdebstrap --variant=apt --architectures=amd64,armhf --mode=unshare \
-		--include=linux-image-amd64,systemd-sysv,perl,arch-test,fakechroot,fakeroot,mount,uidmap,proot,qemu-user-static,binfmt-support,qemu-user,dpkg-dev,mini-httpd,libdevel-cover-perl,debootstrap,libfakechroot:armhf,libfakeroot:armhf \
+		--include=linux-image-amd64,systemd-sysv,perl,arch-test,fakechroot,fakeroot,mount,uidmap,proot,qemu-user-static,binfmt-support,qemu-user,dpkg-dev,mini-httpd,libdevel-cover-perl,debootstrap,libfakechroot:armhf,libfakeroot:armhf,procps \
 		unstable > "$tmpdir/debian-unstable.tar"
 
 	cat << END > "$tmpdir/extlinux.conf"