diff --git a/manifest.yaml b/manifest.yaml
index ff0b0fa342..3b9adedc34 100644
--- a/manifest.yaml
+++ b/manifest.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ repos:
 
 include: manifests/fedora-coreos.yaml
 
+ostree-layers:
+  - overlay/08ostree-prepare-root
+
 # Ship this in rawhide because we want to enable it in the future, also
 # to shake out any integration issues.
 packages:
diff --git a/overlay.d/08ostree-prepare-root/usr/lib/ostree/prepare-root.conf b/overlay.d/08ostree-prepare-root/usr/lib/ostree/prepare-root.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50579f10d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlay.d/08ostree-prepare-root/usr/lib/ostree/prepare-root.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[composefs]
+enabled = true
+