diff -Nru schroot-1.6.8/debian/changelog schroot-1.6.8/debian/changelog
--- schroot-1.6.8/debian/changelog	2014-04-01 08:57:36.000000000 -0500
+++ schroot-1.6.8/debian/changelog	2015-10-14 12:02:06.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+schroot (1.6.8-1ubuntu1.1) trusty; urgency=medium
+
+  [ Andy Whitcroft ]
+  * overlayfs: handle v3.18 backwards compatible v1 mode workdir
+    requirement.  (LP: #1398523)
+
+ -- Chris J Arges <chris.j.arges@canonical.com>  Wed, 14 Oct 2015 12:01:41 -0500
+
 schroot (1.6.8-1ubuntu1) trusty; urgency=medium
 
   * Pass CPPFLAGS through to cmake (closes: #742701, cf. #653916).
diff -Nru schroot-1.6.8/debian/patches/overlayfs-v1-workdir-support.patch schroot-1.6.8/debian/patches/overlayfs-v1-workdir-support.patch
--- schroot-1.6.8/debian/patches/overlayfs-v1-workdir-support.patch	1969-12-31 18:00:00.000000000 -0600
+++ schroot-1.6.8/debian/patches/overlayfs-v1-workdir-support.patch	2015-10-14 12:01:24.000000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+Description: overlayfs v1 workdir support
+ Handle mainline v3.18 backwards compatible overlayfs v1 support.  This mode
+ is on disk compatible with older overlayfs overlays but requires a new
+ work directory (on the same disk as the overlay) and this must be supplied
+ as workdir= at mount time.
+Author: Andy Whitcroft <apw@ubuntu.com>
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1398523
+
+---
+
+Index: schroot-1.6.10/etc/setup.d/05union
+===================================================================
+--- schroot-1.6.10.orig/etc/setup.d/05union
++++ schroot-1.6.10/etc/setup.d/05union
+@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@ if [ -n "${CHROOT_UNION_TYPE}" ] && [ "$
+             fatal "$CHROOT_UNION_OVERLAY_DIRECTORY does not exist, and could not be created"
+         fi
+ 
++        case "${CHROOT_UNION_TYPE_MODE}" in
++            overlayfs-workdir)
++                mkdir "${CHROOT_UNION_OVERLAY_DIRECTORY}_work"
++                if [ ! -d "${CHROOT_UNION_OVERLAY_DIRECTORY}_work" ]; then
++                    fatal "${CHROOT_UNION_OVERLAY_DIRECTORY}_work does not exist, and could not be created"
++                fi
++                ;;
++        esac
++
+         mkdir "${CHROOT_UNION_UNDERLAY_DIRECTORY}"
+         if [ ! -d "$CHROOT_UNION_UNDERLAY_DIRECTORY" ]; then
+             fatal "$CHROOT_UNION_UNDERLAY_DIRECTORY does not exist, and could not be created"
+@@ -40,6 +49,21 @@ if [ -n "${CHROOT_UNION_TYPE}" ] && [ "$
+         if [ ! -d "${CHROOT_UNION_OVERLAY_DIRECTORY}" ]; then
+             fatal "Missing overlay directory for session: can't recover"
+         fi
++
++        case "${CHROOT_UNION_TYPE_MODE}" in
++            overlayfs-workdir)
++                # Note that for an existing chroot created on older version
++                # this may not exist, no data is carried in this directory so
++                # we can simply create it here.
++                if [ ! -d "${CHROOT_UNION_OVERLAY_DIRECTORY}_work" ]; then
++                    mkdir "${CHROOT_UNION_OVERLAY_DIRECTORY}_work"
++                    if [ ! -d "${CHROOT_UNION_OVERLAY_DIRECTORY}_work" ]; then
++                        fatal "${CHROOT_UNION_OVERLAY_DIRECTORY}_work does not exist, and could not be created"
++                    fi
++                fi
++                ;;
++        esac
++
+         if [ ! -d "${CHROOT_UNION_UNDERLAY_DIRECTORY}" ]; then
+             fatal "Missing underlay directory for session: can't recover"
+         fi
+@@ -50,6 +74,12 @@ if [ -n "${CHROOT_UNION_TYPE}" ] && [ "$
+             if [ -d "${CHROOT_UNION_OVERLAY_DIRECTORY}" ]; then
+                 rm -rf "${CHROOT_UNION_OVERLAY_DIRECTORY}"
+             fi
++            case "${CHROOT_UNION_TYPE_MODE}" in
++                overlayfs-workdir)
++                    info "Purging ${CHROOT_UNION_OVERLAY_DIRECTORY}_work"
++                    rm -rf "${CHROOT_UNION_OVERLAY_DIRECTORY}_work"
++                    ;;
++            esac
+ 
+             # For safety, use rmdir rather than rm -rf in case
+             # umount failed.
+Index: schroot-1.6.10/etc/setup.d/10mount
+===================================================================
+--- schroot-1.6.10.orig/etc/setup.d/10mount
++++ schroot-1.6.10/etc/setup.d/10mount
+@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ do_mount_fs_union()
+ {
+     # Prepare mount options (branch config) for union type
+     if [ -z "$CHROOT_UNION_MOUNT_OPTIONS" ]; then
+-        case $CHROOT_UNION_TYPE in
++        case $CHROOT_UNION_TYPE_MODE in
+             unionfs)
+                 CHROOT_UNION_MOUNT_OPTIONS="dirs=${CHROOT_UNION_OVERLAY_DIRECTORY}=rw,${CHROOT_UNION_UNDERLAY_DIRECTORY}=ro"
+                 ;;
+@@ -122,10 +122,13 @@ do_mount_fs_union()
+             overlayfs)
+                 CHROOT_UNION_MOUNT_OPTIONS="lowerdir=${CHROOT_UNION_UNDERLAY_DIRECTORY},upperdir=${CHROOT_UNION_OVERLAY_DIRECTORY}"
+                 ;;
++            overlayfs-workdir)
++                CHROOT_UNION_MOUNT_OPTIONS="lowerdir=${CHROOT_UNION_UNDERLAY_DIRECTORY},upperdir=${CHROOT_UNION_OVERLAY_DIRECTORY},workdir=${CHROOT_UNION_OVERLAY_DIRECTORY}_work"
++                ;;
+         esac
+     fi
+ 
+-    info "Using '$CHROOT_UNION_TYPE' for filesystem union"
++    info "Using '$CHROOT_UNION_TYPE_MODE' for filesystem union"
+ 
+     # Try mounting fs
+     mount -t "$CHROOT_UNION_TYPE" -o "$CHROOT_UNION_MOUNT_OPTIONS" "$CHROOT_NAME" "$1"
+Index: schroot-1.6.10/etc/setup.d/common-data
+===================================================================
+--- schroot-1.6.10.orig/etc/setup.d/common-data
++++ schroot-1.6.10/etc/setup.d/common-data
+@@ -32,3 +32,14 @@ case "$(uname -s)" in
+         DEVTYPE="-b"
+         ;;
+ esac
++
++
++# Linux v3.18 and later overlayfs format changes.
++CHROOT_UNION_TYPE_MODE="${CHROOT_UNION_TYPE}"
++case "${CHROOT_UNION_TYPE}" in
++    overlayfs)
++        if dpkg --compare-versions `uname -r` ge 3.18.0; then
++            CHROOT_UNION_TYPE_MODE="overlayfs-workdir"
++        fi
++        ;;
++esac
diff -Nru schroot-1.6.8/debian/patches/series schroot-1.6.8/debian/patches/series
--- schroot-1.6.8/debian/patches/series	1969-12-31 18:00:00.000000000 -0600
+++ schroot-1.6.8/debian/patches/series	2015-10-14 12:01:40.000000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+overlayfs-v1-workdir-support.patch