diff --git a/crates/lib/src/install.rs b/crates/lib/src/install.rs
index 296b2ba4e..b5cca4a6e 100644
--- a/crates/lib/src/install.rs
+++ b/crates/lib/src/install.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use std::io::Write;
 use std::os::fd::{AsFd, AsRawFd};
 use std::os::unix::process::CommandExt;
 use std::path::Path;
+use std::process;
 use std::process::Command;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -624,7 +625,11 @@ async fn initialize_ostree_root(state: &State, root_setup: &RootSetup) -> Result
     }
 
     let sysroot = {
-        let path = format!("/proc/self/fd/{}", rootfs_dir.as_fd().as_raw_fd());
+        let path = format!(
+            "/proc/{}/fd/{}",
+            process::id(),
+            rootfs_dir.as_fd().as_raw_fd()
+        );
         ostree::Sysroot::new(Some(&gio::File::for_path(path)))
     };
     sysroot.load(cancellable)?;
@@ -774,6 +779,25 @@ async fn install_container(
     )?;
     let kargsd = kargsd.iter().map(|s| s.as_str());
 
+    // If the target uses aboot, then we need to set that bootloader in the ostree
+    // config before deploying the commit
+    if ostree_ext::bootabletree::commit_has_aboot_img(&merged_ostree_root, None)? {
+        tracing::debug!("Setting bootloader to aboot");
+        Command::new("ostree")
+            .args([
+                "config",
+                "--repo",
+                "ostree/repo",
+                "set",
+                "sysroot.bootloader",
+                "aboot",
+            ])
+            .cwd_dir(root_setup.physical_root.try_clone()?)
+            .run_capture_stderr()
+            .context("Setting bootloader config to aboot")?;
+        sysroot.repo().reload_config(None::<&gio::Cancellable>)?;
+    }
+
     // Keep this in sync with install/completion.rs for the Anaconda fixups
     let install_config_kargs = state
         .install_config
diff --git a/crates/ostree-ext/src/bootabletree.rs b/crates/ostree-ext/src/bootabletree.rs
index 23ab3b723..0b9d2c04a 100644
--- a/crates/ostree-ext/src/bootabletree.rs
+++ b/crates/ostree-ext/src/bootabletree.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use ostree::prelude::*;
 
 const MODULES: &str = "usr/lib/modules";
 const VMLINUZ: &str = "vmlinuz";
+const ABOOT_IMG: &str = "aboot.img";
 
 /// Find the kernel modules directory in a bootable OSTree commit.
 /// The target directory will have a `vmlinuz` file representing the kernel binary.
@@ -88,6 +89,20 @@ pub fn find_kernel_dir_fs(root: &Dir) -> Result<Option<Utf8PathBuf>> {
     Ok(r)
 }
 
+/// Check if there is an aboot image in the kernel tree dir
+pub fn commit_has_aboot_img(
+    root: &gio::File,
+    cancellable: Option<&gio::Cancellable>,
+) -> Result<bool> {
+    if let Some(kernel_dir) = find_kernel_dir(root, cancellable)? {
+        Ok(kernel_dir
+            .resolve_relative_path(ABOOT_IMG)
+            .query_exists(cancellable))
+    } else {
+        Ok(false)
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use super::*;