diff --git a/osbuild.spec b/osbuild.spec
index 7757aa33..f4d0dff0 100644
--- a/osbuild.spec
+++ b/osbuild.spec
@@ -74,20 +74,23 @@ make man
 %py3_install
 
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{pkgdir}/stages
-install -p -m 0755 $(find stages -type f) %{buildroot}%{pkgdir}/stages/
+install -p -m 0755 $(find stages/* -not -path "*/osbuild") %{buildroot}%{pkgdir}/stages/
+ln -s ../osbuild %{buildroot}%{pkgdir}/stages/osbuild
 
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{pkgdir}/assemblers
-install -p -m 0755 $(find assemblers -type f) %{buildroot}%{pkgdir}/assemblers/
+install -p -m 0755 $(find assemblers/* -not -path "*/osbuild") %{buildroot}%{pkgdir}/assemblers/
+ln -s ../osbuild %{buildroot}%{pkgdir}/assemblers/osbuild
 
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{pkgdir}/runners
-install -p -m 0755 $(find runners -type f -or -type l) %{buildroot}%{pkgdir}/runners
+install -p -m 0755 $(find runners/* -not -path "*/osbuild") %{buildroot}%{pkgdir}/runners
+ln -s ../osbuild %{buildroot}%{pkgdir}/runners/osbuild
 
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{pkgdir}/sources
-install -p -m 0755 $(find sources -type f) %{buildroot}%{pkgdir}/sources
+install -p -m 0755 $(find sources/* -not -path "*/osbuild") %{buildroot}%{pkgdir}/sources
+ln -s ../osbuild %{buildroot}%{pkgdir}/sources/osbuild
 
-# mount points for bind mounting the osbuild library
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{pkgdir}/stages/osbuild
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{pkgdir}/assemblers/osbuild
+# mount point for bind mounting the osbuild library
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{pkgdir}/osbuild
 
 # documentation
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1
diff --git a/osbuild/buildroot.py b/osbuild/buildroot.py
index 03e8e09e..43b5bd45 100644
--- a/osbuild/buildroot.py
+++ b/osbuild/buildroot.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 
+import importlib
+import importlib.util
 import os
 import platform
 import shutil
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ class BuildRoot:
         self.api = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="osbuild-api-", dir=path)
         self.var = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="osbuild-var-", dir=var)
         self.mounts = []
-        self.libdir = libdir or "/usr/lib/osbuild"
+        self.libdir = libdir
         self.runner = runner
 
         self.mount_root(root)
@@ -76,6 +78,8 @@ class BuildRoot:
         Its arguments mean the same as those for subprocess.run().
         """
 
+        nspawn_ro_binds = []
+
         # pylint suggests to epxlicitly pass `check` to subprocess.run()
         check = kwargs.pop("check", False)
 
@@ -86,6 +90,30 @@ class BuildRoot:
             # wants to be able create devices nodes, so allow that
             loopback_allow += "m"
 
+        # make osbuild API-calls accessible to the container
+        nspawn_ro_binds.append(f"{self.api}:/run/osbuild/api")
+
+        # We want to execute our stages and other scripts in the container. So
+        # far, we do not install osbuild as a package in the container, but
+        # provide it from the outside. Therefore, we need to provide `libdir`
+        # via bind-mount. Furthermore, a system-installed `libdir` has the
+        # python packages separate in `site-packages`, so we need to bind-mount
+        # them as well.
+        # In the future, we want to work towards mandating an osbuild package to
+        # be installed in the container, so the build is self-contained and does
+        # not take scripts from the host. However, this requires osbuild
+        # packaged for those containers. Furthermore, we want to keep supporting
+        # the current import-model for testing and development.
+        if self.libdir is not None:
+            # caller-specified `libdir` must be self-contained
+            nspawn_ro_binds.append(f"{self.libdir}:/run/osbuild/lib")
+        else:
+            # system `libdir` requires importing the python module
+            nspawn_ro_binds.append(f"/usr/lib/osbuild:/run/osbuild/lib")
+            modorigin = importlib.util.find_spec('osbuild').origin
+            modpath = os.path.dirname(modorigin)
+            nspawn_ro_binds.append(f"{modpath}:/run/osbuild/lib/osbuild")
+
         return subprocess.run([
             "systemd-nspawn",
             "--quiet",
@@ -94,9 +122,9 @@ class BuildRoot:
             "--link-journal=no",
             f"--property=DeviceAllow=block-loop {loopback_allow}",
             f"--directory={self.root}",
-            f"--bind-ro={self.libdir}:/run/osbuild/lib",
+            *[f"--bind-ro={b}" for b in nspawn_ro_binds],
             *[f"--bind={b}" for b in (binds or [])],
-            *[f"--bind-ro={b}" for b in [f"{self.api}:/run/osbuild/api"] + (readonly_binds or [])],
+            *[f"--bind-ro={b}" for b in (readonly_binds or [])],
             f"/run/osbuild/lib/runners/{self.runner}"
             ] + argv, check=check, **kwargs)
 
diff --git a/osbuild/pipeline.py b/osbuild/pipeline.py
index ee6dd361..72109cd6 100644
--- a/osbuild/pipeline.py
+++ b/osbuild/pipeline.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 
 import hashlib
-import importlib
-import importlib.util
 import json
 import os
 import subprocess
@@ -89,12 +87,6 @@ class Stage:
             sources_dir = f"{libdir}/sources" if libdir else "/usr/lib/osbuild/sources"
 
             ro_binds = [f"{sources_output}:/run/osbuild/sources"]
-            if not libdir:
-                osbuild_module_path = os.path.dirname(importlib.util.find_spec('osbuild').origin)
-                # This is a temporary workaround, once we have a common way to include osbuild in the
-                # buildroot we should remove this because it includes code from the host in the buildroot thus
-                # violating our effort of reproducibility.
-                ro_binds.append(f"{osbuild_module_path}:/run/osbuild/lib/stages/osbuild")
 
             with API(f"{build_root.api}/osbuild", args, interactive) as api, \
                 sources.SourcesServer(f"{build_root.api}/sources",
@@ -151,13 +143,8 @@ class Assembler:
                 binds.append(f"{output_dir}:/run/osbuild/output")
                 args["output_dir"] = "/run/osbuild/output"
 
-            osbuild_module_path = os.path.dirname(importlib.util.find_spec('osbuild').origin)
             ro_binds = [f"{tree}:/run/osbuild/tree"]
-            if not libdir:
-                # This is a temporary workaround, once we have a common way to include osbuild in the
-                # buildroot we should remove this because it includes code from the host in the buildroot thus
-                # violating our effort of reproducibility.
-                ro_binds.append(f"{osbuild_module_path}:/run/osbuild/lib/assemblers/osbuild")
+
             with remoteloop.LoopServer(f"{build_root.api}/remoteloop"), \
                 API(f"{build_root.api}/osbuild", args, interactive) as api:
                 r = build_root.run(
diff --git a/runners/osbuild b/runners/osbuild
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..d41e248d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runners/osbuild
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../osbuild
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sources/osbuild b/sources/osbuild
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..d41e248d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources/osbuild
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../osbuild
\ No newline at end of file