diff --git a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/zfsboot b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/zfsboot
index e1102b6c749..721cd9a3853 100755
--- a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/zfsboot
+++ b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/zfsboot
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ f_isset ZFSBOOT_DATASETS || ZFSBOOT_DATASETS="
 	# Home directories separated so they are common to all BEs
 	/usr/home	# NB: /home is a symlink to /usr/home
 
+	/root		mountpoint=/root
+
 	# Ports tree
 	/usr/ports		compression=lz4,setuid=off