diff --git a/initramfs-init b/initramfs-init
index ab7ebf860023eb3fd6c3c97849fa0e606d6f2542..2a7ef990733c340c87f33bd91f57315b7d56ebcc 100755
--- a/initramfs-init
+++ b/initramfs-init
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ mkdir -p /etc/apk
 for i in $ALPINE_MNT/packages/*; do
 	echo $i >> /etc/apk/repositories
 done
-apk add --root /newroot --initdb --quiet --progress $pkgs
+apk add --root /newroot --initdb --quiet --progress $pkgs >/dev/null
 eend $?
 
 # kill .apk-new files