diff --git a/libguestfs.mkinitrd.boot.sh b/libguestfs.mkinitrd.boot.sh
index 4329223..e0c35bf 100644
--- a/libguestfs.mkinitrd.boot.sh
+++ b/libguestfs.mkinitrd.boot.sh
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@
 #%programs: ip
 #%programs: date
 #%programs: valgrind
-#%programs: guestfsd
 #%programs: find
 #%programs: xargs
 #%programs: setctsid
diff --git a/libguestfs.mkinitrd.setup.sh b/libguestfs.mkinitrd.setup.sh
index 88a667d..88134c6 100644
--- a/libguestfs.mkinitrd.setup.sh
+++ b/libguestfs.mkinitrd.setup.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 #%stage: block
 #
 
+# copy daemon manually because it is located in RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+mkdir -vp $tmp_mnt/usr/sbin
+cp_bin $(type -p guestfsd) $tmp_mnt/usr/sbin
+
 # many guestfish commands need a mount point
 # in guestfsd the mount point defaults to /sysroot
 mkdir -vp $tmp_mnt/sysroot