diff --git a/lib/src/install.rs b/lib/src/install.rs
index 96002fb6..abcd775c 100644
--- a/lib/src/install.rs
+++ b/lib/src/install.rs
@@ -1177,6 +1177,9 @@ pub(crate) async fn install_to_disk(mut opts: InstallToDiskOpts) -> Result<()> {
                 block_opts.device
             );
         }
+        if !crate::mount::is_same_as_host(Utf8Path::new("/dev"))? {
+            anyhow::bail!("Add `-v /dev:/dev` to `podman` when using --via-loopback");
+        }
     } else if !target_blockdev_meta.file_type().is_block_device() {
         anyhow::bail!("Not a block device: {}", block_opts.device);
     }
diff --git a/lib/src/mount.rs b/lib/src/mount.rs
index 431d4f13..93938ae7 100644
--- a/lib/src/mount.rs
+++ b/lib/src/mount.rs
@@ -57,3 +57,24 @@ pub(crate) fn mount(dev: &str, target: &Utf8Path) -> Result<()> {
         [dev, target.as_str()],
     )
 }
+
+/// If the fsid of the passed path matches the fsid of the same path rooted
+/// at /proc/1/root, it is assumed that these are indeed the same mounted
+/// filesystem between container and host.
+/// Path *should not* include a leading '/'. It will be stripped.
+#[context("Comparing filesystems at {path} and /proc/1/root/{path}")]
+pub(crate) fn is_same_as_host(path: &Utf8Path) -> Result<bool> {
+    let path = Utf8Path::new("/").join(path);
+
+    // Using statvfs instead of fs, since rustix will translate the fsid field
+    // for us.
+    let devstat = rustix::fs::statvfs(path.as_std_path())?;
+    let hostpath = Utf8Path::new("/proc/1/root").join(path.strip_prefix("/")?);
+    let hostdevstat = rustix::fs::statvfs(hostpath.as_std_path())?;
+    tracing::trace!(
+        "base mount id {:?}, host mount id {:?}",
+        devstat.f_fsid,
+        hostdevstat.f_fsid
+    );
+    Ok(devstat.f_fsid == hostdevstat.f_fsid)
+}