diff --git a/apidoc/ostree-sections.txt b/apidoc/ostree-sections.txt
index bea4cbce..c60724da 100644
--- a/apidoc/ostree-sections.txt
+++ b/apidoc/ostree-sections.txt
@@ -621,6 +621,7 @@ ostree_sysroot_upgrader_get_origin
 ostree_sysroot_upgrader_dup_origin
 ostree_sysroot_upgrader_set_origin
 ostree_sysroot_upgrader_get_origin_description
+ostree_sysroot_upgrader_set_parent_mountns
 ostree_sysroot_upgrader_check_timestamps
 OstreeSysrootUpgraderPullFlags
 ostree_sysroot_upgrader_pull
diff --git a/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym b/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
index 85169b5c..4c605619 100644
--- a/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
+++ b/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 LIBOSTREE_2025.2 {
 global:
   ostree_sepolicy_set_null_log;
+  ostree_sysroot_upgrader_set_parent_mountns;
 } LIBOSTREE_2025.1;
 
 /* Stub section for the stable release *after* this development one; don't
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot-deploy.c b/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot-deploy.c
index 37e7774b..8a7876db 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot-deploy.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot-deploy.c
@@ -4259,6 +4259,102 @@ ostree_sysroot_deployment_set_mutable (OstreeSysroot *self, OstreeDeployment *de
   return TRUE;
 }
 
+/**
+ * ostree_sysroot_deployment_prepare_next_root
+ * @self: Sysroot
+ * @deployment: Deployment to prepare /run/nextroot for
+ * @cancellable: Cancellable
+ * @error: Error
+ *
+ * Prepare the specified deployment for a systemd soft-reboot by creating a new
+ * root with it at /run/nextroot
+ *
+ * Since: TODO
+ */
+gboolean
+ostree_sysroot_deployment_prepare_next_root (OstreeSysroot *self, OstreeDeployment *deployment,
+                                             GCancellable *cancellable, GError **error)
+{
+  GLNX_AUTO_PREFIX_ERROR ("Preparing /run/nextroot for a soft-reboot", error);
+  OstreeBootconfigParser *bootconfig = ostree_deployment_get_bootconfig (deployment);
+  const char *kargs_const = ostree_bootconfig_parser_get (bootconfig, "options");
+  g_autofree gchar *kargs = g_strdup (kargs_const);
+  gint exit_status;
+  g_autoptr (GPtrArray) args = g_ptr_array_new ();
+
+  /* We cannot just make a bind mount, because when the soft reboot happens, our
+     current root will be unmounted, and the bind mount will break. Therefore,
+     we have to recreate the mount at a different location. */
+
+  /* Read in mounted FSes */
+  g_autofree gchar *mounts_contents = NULL;
+  if (!g_file_get_contents ("/proc/self/mounts", &mounts_contents, NULL, error))
+    return FALSE;
+  g_auto (GStrv) mounts = g_strsplit (mounts_contents, "\n", -1);
+  for (char **iter = mounts; iter && *iter; iter++)
+    {
+      const gchar *mount_text = *iter;
+      g_auto (GStrv) mount_fields = g_strsplit (mount_text, " ", 6);
+      /* Validate all 6 tokens are present */
+      for (int i = 0; i < 6; ++i)
+        {
+          if (mount_fields[i] == NULL)
+            {
+              ot_journal_print (LOG_WARNING, "Mount %s is missing a field at %d!", mount_text, i);
+              continue;
+            }
+        }
+
+      /* Only care about /sysroot */
+      if (!g_str_equal (mount_fields[1], "/sysroot"))
+        continue;
+
+      if (!glnx_shutil_mkdir_p_at (AT_FDCWD, "/run/nextroot", 0755, cancellable, error))
+        return FALSE;
+
+      if (mount (mount_fields[0], "/run/nextroot", mount_fields[2], MS_SILENT, NULL))
+        {
+          glnx_prefix_error (error, "failed to mount /run/nextroot");
+          goto err_unlink;
+        }
+
+      /* Found it, and mounted it! */
+      goto end_loop;
+    }
+
+  g_set_error_literal (error, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_FAILED,
+                       "Couldn't find mountpoint for /sysroot!");
+  return FALSE;
+
+end_loop:
+
+  /* At this point, /sysroot is mounted at /run/nextroot, do the pivot from there: */
+  g_ptr_array_add (args, "/usr/lib/ostree/ostree-prepare-root");
+  g_ptr_array_add (args, "/run/nextroot");
+  g_ptr_array_add (args, kargs);
+  g_ptr_array_add (args, NULL);
+
+  if (!g_spawn_sync (NULL, (char **)args->pdata, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, &exit_status,
+                     error))
+    goto err_unlink;
+
+  if (!g_spawn_check_exit_status (exit_status, error))
+    {
+      glnx_prefix_error (error, "failed to prepare next root");
+      goto err_unlink;
+    }
+
+  return TRUE;
+
+err_unlink:
+  /* We're already handling an error, not much we can do if this fails too... */
+  if (unlinkat (AT_FDCWD, "/run/nextroot", AT_REMOVEDIR) < 0)
+    ot_journal_print (LOG_WARNING,
+                      "Couldn't remove /run/nextroot while cleaning up from failed next root");
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
 /**
  * ostree_sysroot_deployment_kexec_load
  * @self: Sysroot
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot-upgrader.c b/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot-upgrader.c
index c991f338..bf98cbda 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot-upgrader.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot-upgrader.c
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include "ostree-sysroot-upgrader.h"
 #include "ostree.h"
 
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
 /**
  * SECTION:ostree-sysroot-upgrader
  * @title: Simple upgrade class
@@ -53,6 +55,8 @@ struct OstreeSysrootUpgrader
   char *override_csum;
 
   char *new_revision;
+
+  int parent_mountns;
 };
 
 enum
@@ -139,6 +143,8 @@ ostree_sysroot_upgrader_initable_init (GInitable *initable, GCancellable *cancel
   if (!parse_refspec (self, cancellable, error))
     return FALSE;
 
+  self->parent_mountns = -1;
+
   return TRUE;
 }
 
@@ -381,6 +387,21 @@ ostree_sysroot_upgrader_get_origin_description (OstreeSysrootUpgrader *self)
   return g_key_file_get_string (self->origin, "origin", "refspec", NULL);
 }
 
+/**
+ * ostree_sysroot_upgrader_set_parent_mountns:
+ * @self: Sysroot Upgrader
+ * @mountns: FD of the parent mount NS
+ *
+ * Replace FD of the parent mountns
+ */
+gboolean
+ostree_sysroot_upgrader_set_parent_mountns (OstreeSysrootUpgrader *self, int mountns)
+{
+  self->parent_mountns = mountns;
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
 /**
  * ostree_sysroot_upgrader_check_timestamps:
  * @repo: Repo
@@ -628,6 +649,36 @@ ostree_sysroot_upgrader_deploy (OstreeSysrootUpgrader *self, GCancellable *cance
                                                      error))
             return FALSE;
         }
+
+      if ((self->flags & OSTREE_SYSROOT_UPGRADER_FLAGS_SOFT_REBOOT) > 0)
+        {
+          /* Need to fork because setns will fail if we have threads (GIO loop) */
+          pid_t child_pid = fork ();
+          if (child_pid < 0)
+            {
+              return glnx_throw_errno_prefix (error, "fork() for parent mount ns");
+            }
+
+          /* Hop back into the main system's mount NS so we can mount /run/nextroot */
+          if (child_pid == 0)
+            {
+              if (self->parent_mountns >= 0 && setns (self->parent_mountns, CLONE_NEWNS))
+                {
+                  return glnx_throw_errno_prefix (error, "Couldn't recover parent mount NS!");
+                }
+              if (!ostree_sysroot_deployment_prepare_next_root (self->sysroot, new_deployment,
+                                                                cancellable, error))
+                return FALSE;
+
+              exit (0);
+            }
+
+          gint status;
+          if (waitpid (child_pid, &status, 0) < 0)
+            {
+              return glnx_throw_errno_prefix (error, "waitpid() for mount ns child");
+            }
+        }
     }
 
   return TRUE;
@@ -645,6 +696,8 @@ ostree_sysroot_upgrader_flags_get_type (void)
           "OSTREE_SYSROOT_UPGRADER_FLAGS_IGNORE_UNCONFIGURED", "ignore-unconfigured" },
         { OSTREE_SYSROOT_UPGRADER_FLAGS_STAGE, "OSTREE_SYSROOT_UPGRADER_FLAGS_STAGE", "stage" },
         { OSTREE_SYSROOT_UPGRADER_FLAGS_KEXEC, "OSTREE_SYSROOT_UPGRADER_FLAGS_KEXEC", "kexec" },
+        { OSTREE_SYSROOT_UPGRADER_FLAGS_SOFT_REBOOT, "OSTREE_SYSROOT_UPGRADER_FLAGS_SOFT_REBOOT",
+          "soft_reboot" },
         { 0, NULL, NULL }
       };
       GType g_define_type_id
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot-upgrader.h b/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot-upgrader.h
index 5e2f5ed8..5e69df69 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot-upgrader.h
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot-upgrader.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ typedef enum
   OSTREE_SYSROOT_UPGRADER_FLAGS_IGNORE_UNCONFIGURED = (1 << 1),
   OSTREE_SYSROOT_UPGRADER_FLAGS_STAGE = (1 << 2),
   OSTREE_SYSROOT_UPGRADER_FLAGS_KEXEC = (1 << 3),
+  OSTREE_SYSROOT_UPGRADER_FLAGS_SOFT_REBOOT = (1 << 4),
 } OstreeSysrootUpgraderFlags;
 
 _OSTREE_PUBLIC
@@ -80,6 +81,9 @@ gboolean ostree_sysroot_upgrader_set_origin (OstreeSysrootUpgrader *self, GKeyFi
 _OSTREE_PUBLIC
 char *ostree_sysroot_upgrader_get_origin_description (OstreeSysrootUpgrader *self);
 
+_OSTREE_PUBLIC
+gboolean ostree_sysroot_upgrader_set_parent_mountns (OstreeSysrootUpgrader *self, int mountns);
+
 _OSTREE_PUBLIC
 gboolean ostree_sysroot_upgrader_check_timestamps (OstreeRepo *repo, const char *from_rev,
                                                    const char *to_rev, GError **error);
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot.h b/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot.h
index 64a1207c..819b12ab 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot.h
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-sysroot.h
@@ -268,6 +268,11 @@ gboolean ostree_sysroot_simple_write_deployment (OstreeSysroot *sysroot, const c
                                                  OstreeSysrootSimpleWriteDeploymentFlags flags,
                                                  GCancellable *cancellable, GError **error);
 
+_OSTREE_PUBLIC
+gboolean ostree_sysroot_deployment_prepare_next_root (OstreeSysroot *self,
+                                                      OstreeDeployment *deployment,
+                                                      GCancellable *cancellable, GError **error);
+
 _OSTREE_PUBLIC
 gboolean ostree_sysroot_deployment_kexec_load (OstreeSysroot *self, OstreeDeployment *deployment,
                                                GCancellable *cancellable, GError **error);
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-admin-builtin-upgrade.c b/src/ostree/ot-admin-builtin-upgrade.c
index 4c9dbbed..3b49169f 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-admin-builtin-upgrade.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-admin-builtin-upgrade.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 static gboolean opt_reboot;
 static gboolean opt_kexec;
+static gboolean opt_soft_reboot;
 static gboolean opt_allow_downgrade;
 static gboolean opt_pull_only;
 static gboolean opt_deploy_only;
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ static GOptionEntry options[] = {
     "Use a different operating system root than the current one", "OSNAME" },
   { "reboot", 'r', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_reboot, "Reboot after a successful upgrade", NULL },
   { "kexec", 'k', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_kexec, "Stage new kernel in kexec", NULL },
+  { "soft-reboot", 'x', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_soft_reboot,
+    "Prepare nextroot for a systemd soft reboot", NULL },
   { "allow-downgrade", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_allow_downgrade,
     "Permit deployment of chronologically older trees", NULL },
   { "override-commit", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &opt_override_commit,
@@ -86,12 +89,17 @@ ot_admin_builtin_upgrade (int argc, char **argv, OstreeCommandInvocation *invoca
     flags |= OSTREE_SYSROOT_UPGRADER_FLAGS_STAGE;
   if (opt_kexec)
     flags |= OSTREE_SYSROOT_UPGRADER_FLAGS_KEXEC;
+  if (opt_soft_reboot)
+    flags |= OSTREE_SYSROOT_UPGRADER_FLAGS_SOFT_REBOOT;
 
   g_autoptr (OstreeSysrootUpgrader) upgrader = ostree_sysroot_upgrader_new_for_os_with_flags (
       sysroot, opt_osname, flags, cancellable, error);
   if (!upgrader)
     return FALSE;
 
+  if (!ostree_sysroot_upgrader_set_parent_mountns (upgrader, invocation->parent_mountns))
+    return FALSE;
+
   g_autoptr (GKeyFile) origin = ostree_sysroot_upgrader_dup_origin (upgrader);
   if (origin != NULL)
     {
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-admin.c b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-admin.c
index 53face6a..345d4230 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-admin.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-admin.c
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ ostree_builtin_admin (int argc, char **argv, OstreeCommandInvocation *invocation
     g_set_prgname (prgname);
   }
 
-  OstreeCommandInvocation sub_invocation = { .command = subcommand };
+  OstreeCommandInvocation sub_invocation = *invocation;
+  sub_invocation.command = subcommand;
   return subcommand->fn (argc, argv, &sub_invocation, cancellable, error);
 }
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-main.c b/src/ostree/ot-main.c
index 794af31d..557f57a5 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-main.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-main.c
@@ -288,6 +288,13 @@ ostree_run (int argc, char **argv, OstreeCommand *commands, GError **res_error)
       command++;
     }
 
+  int parent_mountns = open ("/proc/self/ns/mnt", O_RDONLY | O_NOCTTY | O_CLOEXEC);
+  if (parent_mountns < 0)
+    {
+      glnx_throw_errno_prefix (&error, "open(mountns)");
+      goto out;
+    }
+
   if (!command->fn)
     {
       g_autoptr (GOptionContext) context = ostree_option_context_new_with_commands (commands);
@@ -315,7 +322,8 @@ ostree_run (int argc, char **argv, OstreeCommand *commands, GError **res_error)
   prgname = g_strdup_printf ("%s %s", g_get_prgname (), command_name);
   g_set_prgname (prgname);
 #endif
-  OstreeCommandInvocation invocation = { .command = command };
+  OstreeCommandInvocation invocation = { .command = command, .parent_mountns = parent_mountns };
+
   if (!command->fn (argc, argv, &invocation, cancellable, &error))
     goto out;
 
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-main.h b/src/ostree/ot-main.h
index 8df1ca8e..5347882b 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-main.h
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-main.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ typedef struct
 struct OstreeCommandInvocation
 {
   OstreeCommand *command;
+  int parent_mountns;
 };
 
 int ostree_main (int argc, char **argv, OstreeCommand *commands);