diff --git a/pkg/manifest/anaconda_installer_iso_tree.go b/pkg/manifest/anaconda_installer_iso_tree.go
index 02bb67e8e5..8fc5461deb 100644
--- a/pkg/manifest/anaconda_installer_iso_tree.go
+++ b/pkg/manifest/anaconda_installer_iso_tree.go
@@ -155,10 +155,10 @@ func (p *AnacondaInstallerISOTree) serialize() osbuild.Pipeline {
 	pipeline.AddStage(osbuild.NewMkdirStage(&osbuild.MkdirStageOptions{
 		Paths: []osbuild.MkdirStagePath{
 			{
-				Path: "images",
+				Path: "/images",
 			},
 			{
-				Path: "images/pxeboot",
+				Path: "/images/pxeboot",
 			},
 		},
 	}))
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func (p *AnacondaInstallerISOTree) serialize() osbuild.Pipeline {
 		pipeline.AddStage(osbuild.NewMkdirStage(&osbuild.MkdirStageOptions{
 			Paths: []osbuild.MkdirStagePath{
 				{
-					Path: "LiveOS",
+					Path: "/LiveOS",
 				},
 			},
 		}))
diff --git a/pkg/manifest/coi_iso_tree.go b/pkg/manifest/coi_iso_tree.go
index 19101136ed..269f977373 100644
--- a/pkg/manifest/coi_iso_tree.go
+++ b/pkg/manifest/coi_iso_tree.go
@@ -98,10 +98,10 @@ func (p *CoreOSISOTree) serialize() osbuild.Pipeline {
 	pipeline.AddStage(osbuild.NewMkdirStage(&osbuild.MkdirStageOptions{
 		Paths: []osbuild.MkdirStagePath{
 			{
-				Path: "images",
+				Path: "/images",
 			},
 			{
-				Path: "images/pxeboot",
+				Path: "/images/pxeboot",
 			},
 		},
 	}))
diff --git a/pkg/manifest/iso_rootfs.go b/pkg/manifest/iso_rootfs.go
index 7078306e98..69de52b34a 100644
--- a/pkg/manifest/iso_rootfs.go
+++ b/pkg/manifest/iso_rootfs.go
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ func (p *ISORootfsImg) serialize() osbuild.Pipeline {
 	pipeline.AddStage(osbuild.NewMkdirStage(&osbuild.MkdirStageOptions{
 		Paths: []osbuild.MkdirStagePath{
 			{
-				Path: "LiveOS",
+				Path: "/LiveOS",
 			},
 		},
 	}))
 	pipeline.AddStage(osbuild.NewTruncateStage(&osbuild.TruncateStageOptions{
-		Filename: "LiveOS/rootfs.img",
+		Filename: "/LiveOS/rootfs.img",
 		Size:     fmt.Sprintf("%d", p.Size),
 	}))