diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1c93ffcc568a5f487ae0c054609772a2371a72ef..bd52afb98672e6b2b7a6cec92c3f2d09ac49afd5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2016-09-27, v0.10.1
+	* Clear /etc/machine-id instead of removing it
+
 2016-07-28, v0.10
 	* Detect Bitnami images
 	* Support changing the default "images" container when registering an
diff --git a/image_creator/os_type/linux.py b/image_creator/os_type/linux.py
index d32dc56397894ddc2754de5bdfe2ccba09a870c3..6de6b3d95f560fe0d0faee9e5711e5059440d901 100644
--- a/image_creator/os_type/linux.py
+++ b/image_creator/os_type/linux.py
@@ -333,15 +333,15 @@ class Linux(Unix):
             self.image.g.aug_save()
             self.image.g.aug_close()
 
-    @sysprep('Removing local machine ID configuration file',
-             display="Remove local machine ID configuration file")
-    def _remove_local_machine_id_configuration_file(self):
-        """Remove the /etc/machine-id file if present. This file is used by
-        systemd to uniquelly identify systems and will be created automatically
-        on the next boot if not present."""
+    @sysprep('Clearing local machine ID configuration file',
+             display='Clear local machine ID configuration file')
+    def _clear_local_machine_id_configuration_file(self):
+        """Clear the /etc/machine-id file if present. This file is used by
+        systemd to uniquelly identify systems and will be automatically
+        populated on the next boot if empty."""
 
         if self.image.g.is_file('/etc/machine-id'):
-            self.image.g.rm('/etc/machine-id')
+            self.image.g.truncate('/etc/machine-id')
 
     def _persistent_grub1(self, new_root):
         """Replaces non-persistent device name occurrences with persistent
diff --git a/image_creator/version.py b/image_creator/version.py
index dafb47e7a1f2147eb41f38466fc6c02bbe35ee34..60f541e2cbfd2fb096b48601060dddb7bcfa3add 100644
--- a/image_creator/version.py
+++ b/image_creator/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 
-__version__ = "0.10"
+__version__ = "0.10.1"
+
diff --git a/version b/version
index 68c123cf10e0a36b6036c9fbc30275960d19e749..571215736a666e8d79d7a7958b5ffc400514fb53 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.10
+0.10.1