diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index cb2b4ba..837e430 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ RUN apt-get -y update && \
     apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends \
         git vim parted \
         quilt coreutils qemu-user-static debootstrap zerofree zip dosfstools \
-        bsdtar libcap2-bin rsync grep udev xz-utils curl xxd file kmod bc\
+        libarchive-tools libcap2-bin rsync grep udev xz-utils curl xxd file kmod bc\
         binfmt-support ca-certificates qemu-utils kpartx \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f0a757a..62938e9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ To install the required dependencies for `pi-gen` you should run:
 
 ```bash
 apt-get install coreutils quilt parted qemu-user-static debootstrap zerofree zip \
-dosfstools bsdtar libcap2-bin grep rsync xz-utils file git curl bc \
+dosfstools libarchive-tools libcap2-bin grep rsync xz-utils file git curl bc \
 qemu-utils kpartx
 ```
 
diff --git a/build-docker.sh b/build-docker.sh
index 9538a8b..01fd517 100755
--- a/build-docker.sh
+++ b/build-docker.sh
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ fi
 CONTAINER_NAME=${CONTAINER_NAME:-pigen_work}
 CONTINUE=${CONTINUE:-0}
 PRESERVE_CONTAINER=${PRESERVE_CONTAINER:-0}
+PIGEN_DOCKER_OPTS=${PIGEN_DOCKER_OPTS:-""}  
 
 if [ -z "${IMG_NAME}" ]; then
 	echo "IMG_NAME not set in 'config'" 1>&2
diff --git a/depends b/depends
index cb029fd..eeb2490 100644
--- a/depends
+++ b/depends
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ zerofree
 zip
 mkdosfs:dosfstools
 capsh:libcap2-bin
-bsdtar
+bsdtar:libarchive-tools
 grep
 rsync
 xz:xz-utils
diff --git a/scripts/common b/scripts/common
index 6586052..2733fd8 100644
--- a/scripts/common
+++ b/scripts/common
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ bootstrap(){
 
 	capsh --drop=cap_setfcap -- -c "'${BOOTSTRAP_CMD}' $BOOTSTRAP_STR" || true
 
-	if [ -d "$2/debootstrap" ]; then
-		rmdir "$2/debootstrap"
+	if [ -d "$2/debootstrap" ] && ! rmdir "$2/debootstrap"; then
+		cp "$2/debootstrap/debootstrap.log" "${STAGE_WORK_DIR}"
+		log "bootstrap failed: please check ${STAGE_WORK_DIR}/debootstrap.log"
+		return 1
 	fi
 }
 export -f bootstrap