diff --git a/eclass/acct-user.eclass b/eclass/acct-user.eclass
index e82f3c56db..ec4a4eaf39 100644
--- a/eclass/acct-user.eclass
+++ b/eclass/acct-user.eclass
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ elockuser() {
 		;;
 
 	*)
-		usermod -e 1 -L "$1" || die "Locking account $1 failed"
+		usermod -R ${ROOT} -e 1 -L "$1" || die "Locking account $1 failed"
 		;;
 	esac
 
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ eunlockuser() {
 
 	*)
 		# silence warning if account does not have a password
-		usermod -e "" -U "$1" 2>/dev/null || die "Unlocking account $1 failed"
+		usermod -R ${ROOT} -e "" -U "$1" 2>/dev/null || die "Unlocking account $1 failed"
 		;;
 	esac
 
diff --git a/eclass/user-info.eclass b/eclass/user-info.eclass
index 15e9238ab4..67b447d661 100644
--- a/eclass/user-info.eclass
+++ b/eclass/user-info.eclass
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ egetent() {
 		;;
 	*)
 		# ignore nscd output if we're not running as root
-		type -p nscd >/dev/null && nscd -i "${db}" 2>/dev/null
-		getent "${db}" "${key}"
+		chroot ${ROOT} type -p nscd >/dev/null && chroot ${EROOT} nscd -i "${db}" 2>/dev/null
+		chroot ${ROOT} getent "${db}" "${key}"
 		;;
 	esac
 }
diff --git a/eclass/user.eclass b/eclass/user.eclass
index b70698356a..d66b633b07 100644
--- a/eclass/user.eclass
+++ b/eclass/user.eclass
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ enewuser() {
 		;;
 
 	*)
-		useradd -M -N -r "${opts[@]}" "${euser}" || die
+		useradd -R ${ROOT} -M -N -r "${opts[@]}" "${euser}" || die
 		;;
 	esac
 
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ enewgroup() {
 			opts="-g ${egid}"
 		fi
 		# We specify -r so that we get a GID in the system range from login.defs
-		groupadd -r ${opts} "${egroup}" || die
+		groupadd -R ${ROOT} -r ${opts} "${egroup}" || die
 		;;
 	esac
 }
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ esethome() {
 		;;
 
 	*)
-		usermod -d "${ehome}" "${euser}" && return 0
+		usermod -R {ROOT} -d "${ehome}" "${euser}" && return 0
 		[[ $? == 8 ]] && eerror "${euser} is in use, cannot update home"
 		eerror "There was an error when attempting to update the home directory for ${euser}"
 		eerror "Please update it manually on your system (as root):"
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ esetshell() {
 		;;
 
 	*)
-		usermod -s "${eshell}" "${euser}" && return 0
+		usermod -R ${ROOT} -s "${eshell}" "${euser}" && return 0
 		[[ $? == 8 ]] && eerror "${euser} is in use, cannot update shell"
 		eerror "There was an error when attempting to update the shell for ${euser}"
 		eerror "Please update it manually on your system (as root):"
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ esetcomment() {
 		;;
 
 	*)
-		usermod -c "${ecomment}" "${euser}" && return 0
+		usermod -R ${ROOT} -c "${ecomment}" "${euser}" && return 0
 		[[ $? == 8 ]] && eerror "${euser} is in use, cannot update comment"
 		eerror "There was an error when attempting to update the comment for ${euser}"
 		eerror "Please update it manually on your system (as root):"
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ esetgroups() {
 		;;
 
 	*)
-		usermod "${opts[@]}" "${euser}" && return 0
+		usermod -R ${ROOT} "${opts[@]}" "${euser}" && return 0
 		[[ $? == 8 ]] && eerror "${euser} is in use, cannot update groups"
 		eerror "There was an error when attempting to update the groups for ${euser}"
 		eerror "Please update it manually on your system (as root):"