diff --git a/osbuild/util/chroot.py b/osbuild/util/chroot.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..97154a6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osbuild/util/chroot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+
+class Chroot:
+    """
+    Sets up mounts for the virtual filesystems inside a root tree, preparing it for running commands using chroot. This
+    should be used whenever a stage needs to run a command against the root tree but doesn't support a --root option or
+    similar.
+    Cleans up mounts when done.
+
+    This mounts /proc, /dev, and /sys.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, root: str):
+        self.root = root
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        for d in ["/proc", "/dev", "/sys"]:
+            if not os.path.exists(self.root + d):
+                print(f"Making missing chroot directory: {d}")
+                os.makedirs(self.root + d)
+
+        subprocess.check_call(["/usr/bin/mount",
+                               "-t", "proc",
+                               "-o", "nosuid,noexec,nodev",
+                               "proc", f"{self.root}/proc"])
+        subprocess.check_call(["/usr/bin/mount",
+                               "-t", "devtmpfs",
+                               "-o", "mode=0755,noexec,nosuid,strictatime",
+                               "devtmpfs", f"{self.root}/dev"])
+        subprocess.check_call(["/usr/bin/mount",
+                               "-t", "sysfs",
+                               "-o", "nosuid,noexec,nodev",
+                               "sysfs", f"{self.root}/sys"])
+
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, tracebk):
+        for d in ["/proc", "/dev", "/sys"]:
+            subprocess.check_call(["/usr/bin/umount", self.root + d])
diff --git a/stages/org.osbuild.dracut b/stages/org.osbuild.dracut
index 36f853fe..f4067168 100755
--- a/stages/org.osbuild.dracut
+++ b/stages/org.osbuild.dracut
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
 import osbuild.api
+from osbuild.util.chroot import Chroot
 
 
 def yesno(name: str, value: bool) -> str:
@@ -11,36 +11,6 @@ def yesno(name: str, value: bool) -> str:
     return f"--{prefix}{name}"
 
 
-class DracutMounts:
-    """
-    Setup the mounts inside a chroot root directory, which will be used
-    for running dracut inside it. Cleanup mounts when done.
-    This mounts /proc, /dev, and /sys.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, root: str):
-        self.root = root
-
-    def __enter__(self):
-        for d in ["/proc", "/dev", "/sys"]:
-            if not os.path.exists(self.root + d):
-                print(f"Making missing dracut chroot directory: {d}")
-                os.makedirs(self.root + d)
-
-        subprocess.check_call(["/usr/bin/mount", "-t", "proc", "-o",
-                               "nosuid,noexec,nodev", "proc", f"{self.root}/proc"])
-        subprocess.check_call(["/usr/bin/mount", "-t", "devtmpfs", "-o",
-                               "mode=0755,noexec,nosuid,strictatime", "devtmpfs", f"{self.root}/dev"])
-        subprocess.check_call(["/usr/bin/mount", "-t", "sysfs", "-o",
-                               "nosuid,noexec,nodev", "sysfs", f"{self.root}/sys"])
-
-        return self
-
-    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, tracebk):
-        for d in ["/proc", "/dev", "/sys"]:
-            subprocess.check_call(["/usr/bin/umount", self.root + d])
-
-
 # pylint: disable=too-many-branches
 def main(tree, options):
     kernels = options["kernel"]
@@ -113,7 +83,7 @@ def main(tree, options):
         if initoverlayfs:
             initfs_bin = "/usr/bin/initoverlayfs-install"
 
-        with DracutMounts(tree):
+        with Chroot(tree):
             subprocess.run(["/usr/sbin/chroot", tree, initfs_bin,
                             "--no-hostonly",
                             "--kver", kver]