diff -Nru lxc-0.8.0~rc1/debian/changelog lxc-0.8.0~rc1/debian/changelog
--- lxc-0.8.0~rc1/debian/changelog	2012-08-08 23:18:51.000000000 +0000
+++ lxc-0.8.0~rc1/debian/changelog	2012-08-14 13:13:27.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+lxc (0.8.0~rc1-4ubuntu24) quantal; urgency=low
+
+  * lxc-start-ephemeral: use unionfs only for the rootfs itself
+    (LP: #959352)
+
+ -- Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:11:24 +0000
+
 lxc (0.8.0~rc1-4ubuntu23) quantal; urgency=low
 
   * fix FTBFS
diff -Nru lxc-0.8.0~rc1/debian/local/lxc-start-ephemeral lxc-0.8.0~rc1/debian/local/lxc-start-ephemeral
--- lxc-0.8.0~rc1/debian/local/lxc-start-ephemeral	2012-08-08 15:33:19.000000000 +0000
+++ lxc-0.8.0~rc1/debian/local/lxc-start-ephemeral	2012-08-14 13:10:58.000000000 +0000
@@ -147,11 +147,20 @@
     sudo mount -t tmpfs none $OVERLAY_DIR
     LXC_DIR=`sudo mktemp -d --tmpdir=/var/lib/lxc $LXC_BASE-temp-XXXXXXX`
     LXC_NAME=`basename $LXC_DIR`
-    do_mount "/var/lib/lxc/$LXC_BASE" "${OVERLAY_DIR}" $LXC_DIR
+    mkdir ${LXC_DIR}/rootfs
+    do_mount "/var/lib/lxc/$LXC_BASE/rootfs" "${OVERLAY_DIR}" ${LXC_DIR}/rootfs
     EPHEMERAL_BIND_DIR=$LXC_DIR/ephemeralbind
     sudo mkdir $EPHEMERAL_BIND_DIR
     sudo mount -t tmpfs none $EPHEMERAL_BIND_DIR
     LXC_MOUNTED=1
+    {
+        d1=/var/lib/lxc/${LXC_BASE}
+        for f in ${d1}/*; do
+            if [ -f $f ]; then
+                cp $f $LXC_DIR/
+            fi
+        done
+    }
 
     # Update the ephemeral lxc's configuration to reflect the new container name.
     sudo sed -i -e "s/$LXC_BASE/$LXC_NAME/" $LXC_DIR/fstab $LXC_DIR/config $LXC_DIR/rootfs/etc/hostname $LXC_DIR/rootfs/etc/hosts