diff --git a/scripts/make_image.sh b/scripts/make_image.sh
index 1784bd3c684d282a0f458f6bbf4749029623f33f..30d76da594bd975791220028b763e81dbe22918a 100755
--- a/scripts/make_image.sh
+++ b/scripts/make_image.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ function make_image()
     flock -x $FD
     LOOP=$(losetup -f)
     [[ -z $LOOP ]] && echo "Unable to find free loop device" && exit
+    if [ ! -e $LOOP ]; then
+        lodev_major=$(grep loop /proc/devices | cut -c3)
+        mknod $LOOP b $lodev_major 0
+    fi
 
     losetup $LOOP ${ROOTFS}.raw
     flock -u $FD