diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/root.d/08-yum-chroot b/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/root.d/08-yum-chroot
index 0e5291e56..d2a3a8a6e 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/root.d/08-yum-chroot
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/root.d/08-yum-chroot
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ function _install_pkg_manager {
 sudo mkdir -p $TARGET_ROOT/proc $TARGET_ROOT/dev $TARGET_ROOT/sys
 sudo mount -t proc none $TARGET_ROOT/proc
 sudo mount --bind /dev $TARGET_ROOT/dev
-sudo mount --bind /dev/pts $TARGET_ROOT/dev/pts
+sudo mount -t devpts /dev/pts $TARGET_ROOT/dev/pts
 sudo mount -t sysfs none $TARGET_ROOT/sys
 
 # initalize rpmdb
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/zypper-minimal/root.d/08-zypper-chroot b/diskimage_builder/elements/zypper-minimal/root.d/08-zypper-chroot
index 7d139eb09..c2c8a9009 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/zypper-minimal/root.d/08-zypper-chroot
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/zypper-minimal/root.d/08-zypper-chroot
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ sudo zypper ${ZYPPER_TARGET_OPTS} refresh
 sudo mkdir -p $TARGET_ROOT/proc $TARGET_ROOT/dev $TARGET_ROOT/sys
 sudo mount -t proc none $TARGET_ROOT/proc
 sudo mount --bind /dev $TARGET_ROOT/dev
-sudo mount --bind /dev/pts $TARGET_ROOT/dev/pts
+sudo mount -t devpts /dev/pts $TARGET_ROOT/dev/pts
 sudo mount -t sysfs none $TARGET_ROOT/sys
 
 # Install filesystem, base and useful tools
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/lib/common-functions b/diskimage_builder/lib/common-functions
index 31a210469..a610474c6 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/lib/common-functions
+++ b/diskimage_builder/lib/common-functions
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ function mount_proc_dev_sys () {
     # supporting kernel file systems
     sudo mount -t proc none $TMP_MOUNT_PATH/proc
     sudo mount --bind /dev $TMP_MOUNT_PATH/dev
-    sudo mount --bind /dev/pts $TMP_MOUNT_PATH/dev/pts
+    sudo mount -t devpts /dev/pts $TMP_MOUNT_PATH/dev/pts
     sudo mount -t sysfs none $TMP_MOUNT_PATH/sys
 }