diff --git a/dracut/28immucore/module-setup.sh b/dracut/28immucore/module-setup.sh
index 4fd8160..f27b5ef 100755
--- a/dracut/28immucore/module-setup.sh
+++ b/dracut/28immucore/module-setup.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ install() {
 
     # Add missing elemental binary, drop once we get yip lib inside immucore as its only needed to run the stages
     inst_multiple immucore elemental
+    # add utils used by elemental or stages
+    inst_multiple partprobe sync udevadm parted mkfs.ext2 mkfs.ext3 mkfs.ext4 mkfs.vfat mkfs.fat mkfs.xfs blkid e2fsck resize2fs mount xfs_growfs umount sgdisk
     inst_script "${moddir}/generator.sh" "${systemdutildir}/system-generators/immucore-generator"
     inst_simple "${moddir}/immucore.service" "${systemdsystemunitdir}/immucore.service"
     mkdir -p "${initdir}/${systemdsystemunitdir}/initrd-fs.target.requires"
diff --git a/pkg/mount/mount.go b/pkg/mount/mount.go
index 03b819e..b2907d2 100644
--- a/pkg/mount/mount.go
+++ b/pkg/mount/mount.go
@@ -84,10 +84,17 @@ func (s *State) WriteFstab(fstabFile string) func(context.Context) error {
 	}
 }
 
-// ln -sf -t / /sysroot/system
 func (s *State) RunStageOp(stage string) func(context.Context) error {
 	return func(ctx context.Context) error {
 		log.Logger = log.Output(zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: os.Stderr}).With().Caller().Logger()
+		if stage == "rootfs" {
+			err := os.Symlink("/sysroot/system/", "/system/")
+			if err != nil {
+				s.Logger.Err(err).Msg("creating symlink")
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+
 		cmd := fmt.Sprintf("elemental run-stage %s", stage)
 		log.Logger.Debug().Str("cmd", cmd).Msg("")
 		output, err := utils.SH(cmd)
@@ -273,7 +280,7 @@ func (s *State) Register(g *herd.Graph) error {
 	s.Logger.Debug().Str("what", opRootfsHook).Msg("Add operation")
 	err = g.Add(opRootfsHook, mountRootCondition, herd.WithDeps(opMountOEM), herd.WithCallback(s.RunStageOp("rootfs")))
 	if err != nil {
-		s.Logger.Err(err)
+		s.Logger.Err(err).Msg("")
 	}
 
 	// /run/cos-layout.env