diff --git a/molior-deploy b/molior-deploy
index 295b063..ff9307d 100755
--- a/molior-deploy
+++ b/molior-deploy
@@ -524,6 +524,8 @@ done
 EOM
   chmod +x $target/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d
 
+  mountbind /dev $target/dev
+  exit_on_error "Error mounting $target/dev"
   mountbind /dev/pts $target/dev/pts
   exit_on_error "Error mounting $target/dev/pts"
   mountbind /proc $target/proc ro
@@ -574,6 +576,7 @@ umount_bootstrap()
     done
     umount $target/sys
     umount $target/dev/pts
+    umount $target/dev
     umount $target/tmp
     if [ -e $target/etc/apt/auth.conf ]; then
       umount $target/etc/apt/auth.conf
diff --git a/plugins/installer.plugin b/plugins/installer.plugin
index 89a38a2..590d400 100644
--- a/plugins/installer.plugin
+++ b/plugins/installer.plugin
@@ -134,6 +134,13 @@ prepare_initrd_deployment()
     # in case of using a base roots, there is no instroot debootstrap left,
     # copy full rootfs for creating the initrd
     cp -ar $target $WORK_DIR/instroot
+
+    # mount bind the needed system folders to allow installing without errors
+    mount --bind /dev $WORK_DIR/instroot/dev
+    mount --bind /dev/pts $WORK_DIR/instroot/dev/pts
+    mount --bind /proc $WORK_DIR/instroot/proc
+    mount --bind /sys $WORK_DIR/instroot/sys
+
     chroot $WORK_DIR/instroot apt-get update >&2
   fi
 
@@ -275,6 +282,12 @@ EOF
   cp -L $WORK_DIR/instroot/boot/initrd.img-$kernel_version $WORK_DIR/out/initrd.img
   cp -L $WORK_DIR/instroot/boot/vmlinuz-$kernel_version $WORK_DIR/out/vmlinuz
 
+  # unmount the previous mounted system folders
+  umount $WORK_DIR/instroot/sys
+  umount $WORK_DIR/instroot/proc
+  umount $WORK_DIR/instroot/dev/pts
+  umount $WORK_DIR/instroot/dev
+
   cat >$WORK_DIR/out/README.md <<EOF
 = Molior Installer for ${PROJECT}_${REVISION} `date -R` =