diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e0fab89..13a5e8e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 [submodule "extra/devuan-keyring"]
 	path = extra/devuan-keyring
 	url = https://git.devuan.org/devuan-packages/devuan-keyring
+[submodule "extra/debootstrap"]
+	path = extra/debootstrap
+	url = https://git.devuan.org/devuan-packages/debootstrap
+	branch = suites/jessie
diff --git a/extra/debootstrap b/extra/debootstrap
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..d2fd705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/debootstrap
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit d2fd705976704b218898a8639e2d22d8bd46769a
diff --git a/zlibs/bootstrap b/zlibs/bootstrap
index 5d7635b..04e9773 100644
--- a/zlibs/bootstrap
+++ b/zlibs/bootstrap
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ bootstrap_complete_base() {
 	export LC_ALL=C
 	export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
-	sudo -E debootstrap \
+	sudo -E "$LIBPATH/extra/debootstrap/debootstrap" \
 		--keyring="$LIBPATH/extra/devuan-keyring/keyrings/devuan-archive-keyring.gpg" \
 		--foreign \
 		--arch $arch $release $strapdir $mirror || zerr
diff --git a/zlibs/imaging b/zlibs/imaging
index a5f8caf..4d7faee 100644
--- a/zlibs/imaging
+++ b/zlibs/imaging
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ image_partition_raw_dos() {
 	parted $workdir/${image_name}.img --script -- mklabel msdos
 	parted $workdir/${image_name}.img --script -- mkpart primary ${parted_boot}
 	parted $workdir/${image_name}.img --script -- mkpart primary ${parted_root}
+	[ -n "$bootable_part" ] && \
+	    parted "$workdir/${image_name}.img" --script -- set "$bootable_part" boot on
 
 	## get loopdevice (see ./helpers)
 	findloopdev