diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-live.sh b/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-live.sh
index eb5ab5b..737dae4 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-live.sh
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-live.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ROOT_IMAGE="rootfs.img"
 MOUNT="/bin/mount"
 UMOUNT="/bin/umount"
 ISOLINUX=""
+UNIONFS="no"
 
 early_setup() {
     mkdir /proc
@@ -89,17 +90,31 @@ case $label in
 	mkdir $ROOT_MOUNT
 	mknod /dev/loop0 b 7 0 2>/dev/null
 
-	if ! $MOUNT -o rw,loop,noatime,nodiratime /media/$i/$ISOLINUX/$ROOT_IMAGE $ROOT_MOUNT ; then
-	    fatal "Couldnt mount rootfs image"
+	
+	if [ "$UNIONFS" = "yes" ]; then
+	    mkdir /rootfs-tmp
+
+	    if ! $MOUNT -o rw,loop,noatime,nodiratime /media/$i/$ISOLINUX/$ROOT_IMAGE /rootfs-tmp ; then
+		fatal "Could not mount rootfs image"
+	    else
+		mkdir /cow
+		mount -t tmpfs -o rw,noatime,mode=755 tmpfs /cow
+		mount -t unionfs -o dirs=/cow:/rootfs-tmp=ro unionfs $ROOT_MOUNT
+		boot_live_root
+	    fi
 	else
-	    boot_live_root
+	    if ! $MOUNT -o rw,loop,noatime,nodiratime /media/$i/$ISOLINUX/$ROOT_IMAGE $ROOT_MOUNT ; then
+		fatal "Could not mount rootfs image"
+	    else
+		boot_live_root
+	    fi
 	fi
 	;;
     install)
 	if [ -f /media/$i/$ISOLINUX/$ROOT_IMAGE ] ; then
 	    ./install.sh $i/$ISOLINUX $ROOT_IMAGE $video_mode $vga_mode
 	else
-	    fatal "Couldnt find install script"
+	    fatal "Could not find install script"
 	fi
 
 	# If we're getting here, we failed...
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/initramfs-live-boot_1.0.bb b/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/initramfs-live-boot_1.0.bb
index e85a0e1..f7f0c9d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/initramfs-live-boot_1.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/initramfs-live-boot_1.0.bb
@@ -2,10 +2,17 @@ DESCRIPTION = "A live image init script"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/COPYING.MIT;md5=3da9cfbcb788c80a0384361b4de20420"
 RDEPENDS = "udev"
+DEPENDS = "virtual/kernel"
 SRC_URI = "file://init-live.sh"
 
-PR = "r7"
+PR = "r8"
 
+do_compile() {
+	if grep -q "CONFIG_UNION_FS=y" ${STAGING_KERNEL_DIR}/.config; then
+		sed -i 's/UNIONFS="no"/UNIONFS="yes"/g' ${WORKDIR}/init-live.sh
+	fi
+}
+ 
 do_install() {
         install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/init-live.sh ${D}/init
 }