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diff --git a/components/9990-misc-helpers.sh b/components/9990-misc-helpers.sh
index 87c4930..9318a4b 100755
--- a/components/9990-misc-helpers.sh
+++ b/components/9990-misc-helpers.sh
@@ -1301,13 +1301,9 @@ do_union ()
 					unionmountopts="${unionmountopts}:${rofs}=${ro_opt}"
 				done
 			fi
-			mount -t ${UNIONTYPE} ${unionmountopts} ${UNIONTYPE} "${unionmountpoint}"
 			;;
 
 		overlay)
-			rw_opt="rw"
-			ro_opt="ro"
-
 			# XXX: can multiple unionro be used? (overlay only handles two dirs, but perhaps they can be chained?)
 			# XXX: and can unionro be optional? i.e. can overlay skip lowerdir?
 			if echo ${unionro} | grep -q " "
@@ -1317,10 +1313,17 @@ do_union ()
 			then
 				panic "overlay needs at least one lower filesystem (read-only branch)."
 			fi
-			unionmountopts="-o noatime,lowerdir=${unionro},upperdir=${unionrw}"
-			mount -t ${UNIONTYPE} ${unionmountopts} ${UNIONTYPE} "${unionmountpoint}"
+			# overlayfs requires:
+			# + a workdir to become mounted
+			# + workdir and upperdir to reside under the same mount
+			# + workdir and upperdir to be in separate directories
+			mkdir "${unionrw}/rw"
+			mkdir "${unionrw}/work"
+			unionmountopts="-o noatime,lowerdir=${unionro},upperdir=${unionrw}/rw,workdir=${unionrw}/work"
 			;;
 	esac
+
+	mount -t ${UNIONTYPE} ${unionmountopts} ${UNIONTYPE} "${unionmountpoint}"
 }
 
 get_custom_mounts ()