diff --git a/commands/newroot/Makefile b/commands/newroot/Makefile
index db80764d0..d23bb9dc2 100644
--- a/commands/newroot/Makefile
+++ b/commands/newroot/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-PROG=	newroot
+SCRIPTS= newroot.sh
 MAN=
 
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>
diff --git a/commands/newroot/newroot.c b/commands/newroot/newroot.c
deleted file mode 100644
index e6ea8cc27..000000000
--- a/commands/newroot/newroot.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-/*
-newroot.c
-
-Replace the current root with a new one
-*/
-
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <sys/mount.h>
-
-void usage(void) {
-	fprintf(stderr, "Usage: newroot [-i] <block-special>\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "-i: copy mfs binary from boot image to memory\n");
-	exit(1);	
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-	int r;
-	char *dev;
-	int mountflags;
-
-	r = 0;
-	mountflags = 0; /* !read-only */
-	
-	if (argc != 2 && argc != 3) usage();
-	if(argc == 2) {
-		dev = argv[1];
-	} else if(argc == 3) {
-		/* -i flag was supposedly entered. Verify.*/		
-		if(strcmp(argv[1], "-i") != 0) usage();
-		mountflags |= MS_REUSE;
-		dev = argv[2];
-	}
-	
-	r = mount(dev, "/", mountflags, NULL, NULL);
-	if (r != 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "newroot: mount failed: %s\n",strerror(errno));
-		exit(1);
-	}
-	
-	return 0;
-}
diff --git a/commands/newroot/newroot.sh b/commands/newroot/newroot.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0689fc323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/newroot/newroot.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Actually, newroot is just like mounting on the root
+exec mount "$*" /
+
diff --git a/drivers/ramdisk/Makefile b/drivers/ramdisk/Makefile
index f8728f30b..197faf5ea 100644
--- a/drivers/ramdisk/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/ramdisk/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Makefile for ramdisk image
 
-PROGRAMS=at_wini bios_wini cdprobe dev2name floppy loadramdisk newroot \
+PROGRAMS=at_wini bios_wini cdprobe dev2name floppy loadramdisk mount newroot \
 	pci sh service sysenv mfs
 EXTRA=system.conf passwd rs.single
 
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ loadramdisk:  ../../commands/loadramdisk/loadramdisk
 ../../commands/loadramdisk/loadramdisk:
 	$(MAKE) -C ../../commands/loadramdisk
 
+mount:  ../../commands/mount/mount
+	install -s ../../commands/$@/$@ $@
+
+../../commands/mount/mount:
+	$(MAKE) -C ../../commands/mount
+
 newroot:  ../../commands/newroot/newroot
 	install -s ../../commands/$@/$@ $@
 
diff --git a/drivers/ramdisk/proto b/drivers/ramdisk/proto
index 48d802286..cef0f0c68 100644
--- a/drivers/ramdisk/proto
+++ b/drivers/ramdisk/proto
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ d--755 0 0
 		cdprobe ---755 0 0 cdprobe
 		dev2name ---755 0 0 dev2name
 		loadramdisk ---755 0 0 loadramdisk
+		mount ---755 0 0 mount
 		newroot ---755 0 0 newroot
 		sh ---755 0 0 sh
 		service ---755 0 0 service