2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/read-only-rootfs-hook.sh b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/read-only-rootfs-hook.sh
index 6706a117f7..a29773647f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/read-only-rootfs-hook.sh
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/read-only-rootfs-hook.sh
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ if [ "$1" = "start" ] ; then
                 mkdir -p /var/volatile/.lib-work
                 # Try to mount using overlay, which is much faster than copying
                 # files. If that fails, fallback to the slower copy
-                if ! mount -t overlay overlay -olowerdir=/var/lib,upperdir=/var/volatile/lib,workdir=/var/volatile/.lib-work /var/lib > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+                if ! mount -t overlay overlay SED_VARLIBMOUNTARGS -olowerdir=/var/lib,upperdir=/var/volatile/lib,workdir=/var/volatile/.lib-work /var/lib > /dev/null 2>&1; then
                         cp -a /var/lib/* /var/volatile/lib
-                        mount --bind /var/volatile/lib /var/lib
+                        mount SED_VARLIBMOUNTARGS --bind /var/volatile/lib /var/lib
                 fi
         fi
 fi
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
index 7c9d9ca4f1..e28d8c6b72 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
@@ -59,10 +59,12 @@ FILES:${PN}-functions = "${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions*"
 FILES:${PN}-sushell = "${base_sbindir}/sushell"
 
 HALTARGS ?= "-d -f"
+VARLIBMOUNTARGS ?= ""
 
 do_configure() {
         sed -i -e "s:SED_HALTARGS:${HALTARGS}:g" ${WORKDIR}/halt
         sed -i -e "s:SED_HALTARGS:${HALTARGS}:g" ${WORKDIR}/reboot
+        sed -i -e "s:SED_VARLIBMOUNTARGS:${VARLIBMOUNTARGS}:g" ${WORKDIR}/read-only-rootfs-hook.sh
 }
 
 do_install () {