diff --git a/lib/namespace b/lib/namespace
index 105e34be8..a02d45402 100644
--- a/lib/namespace
+++ b/lib/namespace
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ mount -a /srv/mntexport /mnt/exportfs
 
 # standard bin
 bind /$cputype/bin /bin
+bind $rootdir'/rc' /rc
 bind -a /rc/bin /bin
 
 # internal networks
diff --git a/sys/man/3/root b/sys/man/3/root
index 431ace960..4da16216f 100644
--- a/sys/man/3/root
+++ b/sys/man/3/root
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ root \- the root file system
 .B /net
 .B /net.alt
 .B /proc
+.B /rc
 .B /root
 .B /srv
 .fi
diff --git a/sys/src/9/boot/boot.c b/sys/src/9/boot/boot.c
index 51daee7a0..1aaae6542 100644
--- a/sys/src/9/boot/boot.c
+++ b/sys/src/9/boot/boot.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ main(int, char *argv[])
 	buf[1+read(open("/env/cputype", OREAD|OCEXEC), buf+1, sizeof buf - 6)] = '\0';
 	strcat(buf, bin);
 	bind(buf, bin, MAFTER);
+	bind("/root/rc", "/rc", MREPL);
 	bind("/rc/bin", bin, MAFTER);
 
 	exec("/bin/bootrc", argv);
diff --git a/sys/src/9/port/devroot.c b/sys/src/9/port/devroot.c
index d125cd368..2ddd7f5f8 100644
--- a/sys/src/9/port/devroot.c
+++ b/sys/src/9/port/devroot.c
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ rootreset(void)
 	addrootdir("net");
 	addrootdir("net.alt");
 	addrootdir("proc");
+	addrootdir("rc");
 	addrootdir("root");
 	addrootdir("srv");
 	addrootdir("shr");