diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/qemu-3-deps.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/qemu-3-deps.sh
index 96979cd02e09..7dca42eb2fa5 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/qemu-3-deps.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/qemu-3-deps.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function archlinux() {
   sudo pacman -Sy --noconfirm base-devel bc cpio cryptsetup dhclient dkms \
     fakeroot fio gdb inetutils jq less linux linux-headers lsscsi nfs-utils \
     parted pax perf python-packaging python-setuptools qemu-guest-agent ksh \
-    samba sysstat rng-tools rsync wget xxhash
+    samba sysstat rng-tools rsync wget words xxhash xfsprogs
   echo "##[endgroup]"
 }
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/qemu-4-build.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/qemu-4-build.sh
index 955f605f5bce..f5a9ab7d16b5 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/qemu-4-build.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/qemu-4-build.sh
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ function linux() {
     --prefix=/usr \
     --enable-pyzfs \
     --enable-debug \
-    --enable-debuginfo
+    --enable-debuginfo \
+    --sysconfdir=/etc
   echo "##[endgroup]"
 
   echo "##[group]Build"