diff --git a/chrootarchive/archive.go b/chrootarchive/archive.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1df57c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chrootarchive/archive.go
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package chrootarchive
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"runtime"
+	"syscall"
+
+	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/archive"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/reexec"
+)
+
+func untar() {
+	runtime.LockOSThread()
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if err := syscall.Chroot(flag.Arg(0)); err != nil {
+		fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := syscall.Chdir("/"); err != nil {
+		fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := archive.Untar(os.Stdin, "/", nil); err != nil {
+		fatal(err)
+	}
+	os.Exit(0)
+}
+
+var (
+	chrootArchiver = &archive.Archiver{Untar}
+)
+
+func Untar(archive io.Reader, dest string, options *archive.TarOptions) error {
+	if _, err := os.Stat(dest); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(dest, 0777); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	cmd := reexec.Command("docker-untar", dest)
+	cmd.Stdin = archive
+	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Untar %s %s", err, out)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func TarUntar(src, dst string) error {
+	return chrootArchiver.TarUntar(src, dst)
+}
+
+// CopyWithTar creates a tar archive of filesystem path `src`, and
+// unpacks it at filesystem path `dst`.
+// The archive is streamed directly with fixed buffering and no
+// intermediary disk IO.
+func CopyWithTar(src, dst string) error {
+	return chrootArchiver.CopyWithTar(src, dst)
+}
+
+// CopyFileWithTar emulates the behavior of the 'cp' command-line
+// for a single file. It copies a regular file from path `src` to
+// path `dst`, and preserves all its metadata.
+//
+// If `dst` ends with a trailing slash '/', the final destination path
+// will be `dst/base(src)`.
+func CopyFileWithTar(src, dst string) (err error) {
+	return chrootArchiver.CopyFileWithTar(src, dst)
+}
+
+// UntarPath is a convenience function which looks for an archive
+// at filesystem path `src`, and unpacks it at `dst`.
+func UntarPath(src, dst string) error {
+	return chrootArchiver.UntarPath(src, dst)
+}
diff --git a/chrootarchive/diff.go b/chrootarchive/diff.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2133200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chrootarchive/diff.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package chrootarchive
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"runtime"
+	"syscall"
+
+	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/archive"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/reexec"
+)
+
+func applyLayer() {
+	runtime.LockOSThread()
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if err := syscall.Chroot(flag.Arg(0)); err != nil {
+		fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := syscall.Chdir("/"); err != nil {
+		fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := archive.ApplyLayer("/", os.Stdin); err != nil {
+		fatal(err)
+	}
+	os.Exit(0)
+}
+
+func ApplyLayer(dest string, layer archive.ArchiveReader) error {
+	cmd := reexec.Command("docker-applyLayer", dest)
+	cmd.Stdin = layer
+	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("ApplyLayer %s %s", err, out)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/chrootarchive/init.go b/chrootarchive/init.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b548e9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chrootarchive/init.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package chrootarchive
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/reexec"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	reexec.Register("docker-untar", untar)
+	reexec.Register("docker-applyLayer", applyLayer)
+}
+
+func fatal(err error) {
+	fmt.Fprint(os.Stderr, err)
+	os.Exit(1)
+}
diff --git a/reexec/command_linux.go b/reexec/command_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8dc3f3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reexec/command_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// +build linux
+
+package reexec
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+func Command(args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
+	return &exec.Cmd{
+		Path: Self(),
+		Args: args,
+		SysProcAttr: &syscall.SysProcAttr{
+			Pdeathsig: syscall.SIGTERM,
+		},
+	}
+}
diff --git a/reexec/command_unsupported.go b/reexec/command_unsupported.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a579318
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reexec/command_unsupported.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// +build !linux
+
+package reexec
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+)
+
+func Command(args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/reexec/reexec.go b/reexec/reexec.go
index 136b905..774e71c 100644
--- a/reexec/reexec.go
+++ b/reexec/reexec.go
@@ -27,19 +27,16 @@ func Init() bool {
 
 		return true
 	}
-
 	return false
 }
 
 // Self returns the path to the current processes binary
 func Self() string {
 	name := os.Args[0]
-
 	if filepath.Base(name) == name {
 		if lp, err := exec.LookPath(name); err == nil {
 			name = lp
 		}
 	}
-
 	return name
 }