@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (

 	"path"

 	"path/filepath"

 	"strings"

+	"syscall"

 	"time"

 )

@@ -212,6 +213,13 @@ func setupInitLayer(initLayer string) error {

 		// "var/run": "dir",

 		// "var/lock": "dir",

 	} {

+		parts := strings.Split(pth, "/")

+		prev := "/"

+		for _, p := range parts[1:] {

+			prev = path.Join(prev, p)

+			syscall.Unlink(path.Join(initLayer, prev))

+		}

+

 		if _, err := os.Stat(path.Join(initLayer, pth)); err != nil {

 			if os.IsNotExist(err) {

 				switch typ {