diff --git a/stages/org.osbuild.dracut b/stages/org.osbuild.dracut
index 16bc379a..36f853fe 100755
--- a/stages/org.osbuild.dracut
+++ b/stages/org.osbuild.dracut
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
+import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
@@ -10,6 +11,36 @@ 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"]
@@ -82,11 +113,12 @@ def main(tree, options):
         if initoverlayfs:
             initfs_bin = "/usr/bin/initoverlayfs-install"
 
-        subprocess.run(["/usr/sbin/chroot", tree, initfs_bin,
-                        "--no-hostonly",
-                        "--kver", kver]
-                       + opts,
-                       check=True)
+        with DracutMounts(tree):
+            subprocess.run(["/usr/sbin/chroot", tree, initfs_bin,
+                            "--no-hostonly",
+                            "--kver", kver]
+                           + opts,
+                           check=True)
 
     return 0
 
diff --git a/stages/test/test_dracut.py b/stages/test/test_dracut.py
index c1e0f6a2..7e019f8b 100644
--- a/stages/test/test_dracut.py
+++ b/stages/test/test_dracut.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def test_dracut_with_initoverlayfs(mocked_run, tmp_path, stage_module, with_init
         "initoverlayfs": with_initoverlayfs,
     }
 
-    stage_module.main(tmp_path, options)
+    stage_module.main(str(tmp_path), options)
 
     assert len(mocked_run.call_args_list) == 1
     args, kwargs = mocked_run.call_args_list[0]