diff --git a/archiso/hooks/archiso b/archiso/hooks/archiso
index bed8f7a..e7ed0e7 100644
--- a/archiso/hooks/archiso
+++ b/archiso/hooks/archiso
@@ -101,11 +101,34 @@ run_hook ()
     /bin/modprobe -q squashfs >/dev/null 2>&1
     /bin/modprobe -q aufs >/dev/null 2>&1
 
+    rootdevice=1
+    if [ -n "${rootlabel}" ]; then
+        if ! poll_device /dev/rootrw 5; then
+          echo "ERROR: Writable root device didn't show up after 5 seconds..."
+          echo "   Falling back to tmpfs root"
+          rootdevice=0
+        fi
+    fi
     msg ":: Mounting root (aufs) filesystem"
-    /bin/mount -t aufs -o dirs=/tmpfs=rw none /real_root
-    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-        echo "ERROR: while mounting root (aufs) filesystem."
-        exit 1
+    if [ $rootdevice -eq 1 ]; then
+        /bin/modprobe -q ext2 > /dev/null 2>&1
+        mkdir /rootrw
+        if /bin/mount -t ext2 /dev/rootrw /rootrw
+        then
+            /bin/mount -t aufs -o dirs=/rootrw=rw none /real_root || rootdevice=0
+        else
+            rootdevice=0
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    if [ $rootdevice -eq 0 ]; then
+        echo "ERROR: Fail to mount rw root (aufs) filesystem."
+            
+        /bin/mount -t aufs -o dirs=/tmpfs=rw none /real_root
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+            echo "ERROR: while mounting tmpfs root (aufs) filesystem."
+            exit 1
+        fi
     fi
 
     export LOOP_NUM="0"
diff --git a/archiso/hooks/archiso-early b/archiso/hooks/archiso-early
index d57b73b..aa314a6 100644
--- a/archiso/hooks/archiso-early
+++ b/archiso/hooks/archiso-early
@@ -4,5 +4,8 @@ run_hook ()
   if [ -n "${archisolabel}" ]; then
     echo "ACTION==\"add|change\", SUBSYSTEM==\"block\", IMPORT{program}=\"vol_id --export \$tempnode\"" > /lib/udev/rules.d/00-archiso-device.rules
     echo "ENV{ID_FS_LABEL_ENC}==\"${archisolabel}\", SYMLINK+=\"archiso\"" >> /lib/udev/rules.d/00-archiso-device.rules
+    if [ -n "${rootlabel}" ]; then
+      echo "ENV{ID_FS_LABEL_ENC}==\"${rootlabel}\", SYMLINK+=\"rootrw\"" >> /lib/udev/rules.d/00-archiso-device.rules
+    fi
   fi
 }