Hi everyone, I have found a workaround for the problem after searching a solution for several hours. The solution is based on <https://www.notinventedhere.org/articles/linux/debootstrapping-debian-jessie-without-systemd.html>.
We need to do a 2-stage hack and exclude systemd to work around the bug: $ fakechroot fakeroot debootstrap --variant=minbase --include sysvinit-core --foreign jessie debian-chroot http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian $ fakechroot fakeroot sed -i -e 's/systemd systemd-sysv //g' debian-chroot/debootstrap/required $ FAKECHROOT_CMD_SUBST=/bin/mount=/bin/true fakechroot fakeroot chroot debian-chroot debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage Enjoy your debian-chroot by running: $ fakechroot fakeroot chroot debian-chroot Cheers, Alex