diff --git a/abootimg-unpack-initrd b/abootimg-unpack-initrd
index 987239c..0113f3a 100755
--- a/abootimg-unpack-initrd
+++ b/abootimg-unpack-initrd
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ fi
 
 mkdir -p $ramdisk
 
-zcat $initrd | ( cd $ramdisk; cpio -i )
+zcat $initrd | ( cd $ramdisk; cpio -i --no-absolute-filenames)