diff --git a/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-dracut-rootfs.sh b/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-dracut-rootfs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..82cf886857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-dracut-rootfs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+rootdisk=/dev/disk/by-label/root
+rootmnt=/sysroot
+tmproot=/run/ignition-ostree-rootfs
+saved_rootmnt=${tmproot}/orig-sysroot
+memdev=/dev/ram0
+
+# Note that save & restore run in private mount namespaces, hence why we don't
+# bother unmounting things here.
+
+case "${1:-}" in
+    detect)
+        # This is obviously crude; perhaps in the future we could change ignition's `fetch`
+        # stage to write out a file if the rootfs is being replaced or so.  But eh, it
+        # works for now.
+        wipes_rootfs=$(jq '.storage?.filesystems? // [] | map(select(.label == "root" and .wipeFilesystem == true)) | length' < /run/ignition.json)
+        if [ "${wipes_rootfs}" = "0" ]; then
+            exit 0
+        fi
+        echo "Detected rootfs replacement in fetched Ignition config: /run/ignition.json"
+        mkdir "${tmproot}"
+        ;;
+    save)
+        size=$(lsblk -bn -o SIZE "${rootdisk}")
+        sizekbs="$(($size / 1024 + 1))"
+        modprobe --first-time brd rd_nr=1 rd_size="$sizekbs" max_part=1
+        echo "Moving rootfs to RAM..."
+        dd "if=${rootdisk}" "of=${memdev}" bs=8M
+        echo "Moved rootfs to RAM, pending redeployment: ${memdev}"
+        ;;
+    restore)
+        mount "$rootdisk" $rootmnt
+        echo "Restoring rootfs from RAM..."
+        mkdir "${saved_rootmnt}"
+        mount "${memdev}" "${saved_rootmnt}"
+        rsync -aXHA "${saved_rootmnt}/" "${rootmnt}"
+        umount $saved_rootmnt
+        rmmod brd
+        rm -rf "${tmproot}"
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Unsupported operation: ${1:-}" 1>&2; exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
diff --git a/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-rootfs-detect.service b/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-rootfs-detect.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a969a7edc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-rootfs-detect.service
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Ignition OSTree: detect rootfs replacement
+DefaultDependencies=false
+After=ignition-fetch.service
+Before=ignition-disks.service
+Before=initrd-root-fs.target
+Before=sysroot.mount
+ConditionKernelCommandLine=ostree
+
+# This stage requires udevd to detect disks
+Requires=systemd-udevd.service
+After=systemd-udevd.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+EnvironmentFile=/run/ignition.env
+ExecStart=/usr/libexec/ignition-ostree-dracut-rootfs detect
diff --git a/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-rootfs-restore.service b/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-rootfs-restore.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f02d729325
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-rootfs-restore.service
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Ignition OSTree: restore rootfs
+DefaultDependencies=false
+After=ignition-disks.service
+Before=ignition-ostree-growfs.service
+Before=ignition-ostree-mount-firstboot-sysroot.service
+
+ConditionKernelCommandLine=ostree
+ConditionPathIsDirectory=/run/ignition-ostree-rootfs
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+EnvironmentFile=/run/ignition.env
+# So we can transiently mount sysroot
+MountFlags=slave
+ExecStart=/usr/libexec/ignition-ostree-dracut-rootfs restore
diff --git a/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-rootfs-save.service b/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-rootfs-save.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8bc3eecf9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/ignition-ostree-rootfs-save.service
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Ignition OSTree: save rootfs
+DefaultDependencies=false
+After=ignition-ostree-rootfs-detect.service
+Before=ignition-disks.service
+ConditionKernelCommandLine=ostree
+ConditionPathIsDirectory=/run/ignition-ostree-rootfs
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+EnvironmentFile=/run/ignition.env
+# So we can transiently mount sysroot
+MountFlags=slave
+ExecStart=/usr/libexec/ignition-ostree-dracut-rootfs save
diff --git a/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/module-setup.sh b/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/module-setup.sh
index 58197213fe..1ad94e6d3e 100755
--- a/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/module-setup.sh
+++ b/overlay.d/05core/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40ignition-ostree/module-setup.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ install() {
 	rm        \
 	sed       \
 	sfdisk    \
-	sgdisk
+	sgdisk    \
+	rsync
 
     for x in mount populate; do
         install_ignition_unit ignition-ostree-${x}-var.service
@@ -65,6 +66,12 @@ install() {
     inst_simple "$moddir/multipath-generator" \
         "$systemdutildir/system-generators/multipath-generator"
 
+    inst_multiple jq chattr getfattr lsmod dd modprobe
+    inst_script "$moddir/ignition-ostree-dracut-rootfs.sh" "/usr/libexec/ignition-ostree-dracut-rootfs"
+    for x in detect save restore; do
+        install_ignition_unit ignition-ostree-rootfs-${x}.service
+    done
+
     # Disk support
     install_ignition_unit ignition-ostree-mount-firstboot-sysroot.service diskful
     install_ignition_unit ignition-ostree-mount-subsequent-sysroot.service diskful-subsequent