diff --git a/main/mkinitfs/0001-init-use-alpine-cloud-provider-instead-of-nocloud.patch b/main/mkinitfs/0001-init-use-alpine-cloud-provider-instead-of-nocloud.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..457e606dd09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/mkinitfs/0001-init-use-alpine-cloud-provider-instead-of-nocloud.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From 9acaa5a848963a41999cfe6b913f5baa1f6c7450 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
+Date: Mon, 8 May 2023 22:51:36 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] init: use alpine cloud provider instead of nocloud
+
+---
+ initramfs-init.in | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/initramfs-init.in b/initramfs-init.in
+index ccef0fe..8d75fb1 100755
+--- a/initramfs-init.in
++++ b/initramfs-init.in
+@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ if [ -f "$sysroot/etc/.default_boot_services" -o ! -f "$ovl" ]; then
+ 	fi
+ 
+ 	if findfs LABEL=cidata >/dev/null 2>&1 || findfs LABEL=CIDATA >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+-		pkgs="$pkgs tiny-cloud-nocloud ifupdown-ng"
++		pkgs="$pkgs tiny-cloud-alpine ifupdown-ng"
+ 		rc_add tiny-cloud-early boot
+ 		rc_add tiny-cloud default
+ 		rc_add tiny-cloud-final default
+-- 
+2.40.1
+
diff --git a/main/mkinitfs/APKBUILD b/main/mkinitfs/APKBUILD
index 53b3342d386..1f1a3901620 100644
--- a/main/mkinitfs/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/mkinitfs/APKBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=mkinitfs
 pkgver=3.8.0_rc4
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034 # used for git versions, keep around for next time
 _ver=${pkgver%_git*}
-pkgrel=0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Tool to generate initramfs images for Alpine"
 url="https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/mkinitfs"
 arch="all"
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ subpackages="$pkgname-doc"
 install="$pkgname.pre-upgrade $pkgname.post-install $pkgname.post-upgrade"
 triggers="$pkgname.trigger=/usr/share/kernel/*"
 source="https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/mkinitfs/-/archive/$pkgver/mkinitfs-$pkgver.tar.gz
+	0001-init-use-alpine-cloud-provider-instead-of-nocloud.patch
 	"
 
 provides="initramfs-generator"
@@ -39,4 +40,5 @@ package() {
 
 sha512sums="
 04ea081fae76681115a48f0192be1b4e193289ef560f214d0eae2060d40fc92888cda394d1efa7d42f4defeaf6fbd0d8f07545e37c351c8e02d37d72926641dd  mkinitfs-3.8.0_rc4.tar.gz
+99dbbafe79b9e935a7406d5d5cbf02752f664b929526ca943e7e19fb0d09a1f883159199cd54732f523ce127030948efd59c4034d75a61b4b0811511151dcf51  0001-init-use-alpine-cloud-provider-instead-of-nocloud.patch
 "
diff --git a/scripts/mkimg.base.sh b/scripts/mkimg.base.sh
index 1ce6f16d308..f68b2b994f5 100755
--- a/scripts/mkimg.base.sh
+++ b/scripts/mkimg.base.sh
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ profile_base() {
 	esac
 	apks="alpine-base busybox chrony dhcpcd doas e2fsprogs
 		kbd-bkeymaps network-extras openntpd openssl openssh
-		tzdata wget tiny-cloud-nocloud"
+		tzdata wget tiny-cloud-alpine"
 	apkovl=
 	hostname="alpine"
 }