--- genkernel-9999-orig/defaults/linuxrc	2016-10-14 17:07:19.880734963 +1100
+++ genkernel-9999/defaults/linuxrc	2016-10-15 16:44:15.938771681 +1100
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@
 			got_good_root=0
 
 		# Check for a block device or /dev/nfs
-		elif [ -b "${REAL_ROOT}" ] || [ "${REAL_ROOT}" = "/dev/nfs" ]
+		elif [ -b "${REAL_ROOT}" ] || [ "${REAL_ROOT}" = "/dev/nfs" ] || [ "${ROOTFSTYPE}" = "zfs" ]
 		then
 			got_good_root=1