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diff --git a/disk/part.c b/disk/part.c
index b3097e32f0..baceb19c60 100644
--- a/disk/part.c
+++ b/disk/part.c
@@ -510,6 +510,25 @@ int get_device_and_partition(const char *ifname, const char *dev_part_str,
int part;
disk_partition_t tmpinfo;
+ /*
+ * Special-case a psuedo block device "hostfs", to allow access to the
+ * host's own filesystem.
+ */
+ if (0 == strcmp(ifname, "hostfs")) {
+ *dev_desc = NULL;
+ info->start = 0;
+ info->size = 0;
+ info->blksz = 0;
+ info->bootable = 0;
+ strcpy((char *)info->type, BOOT_PART_TYPE);
+ strcpy((char *)info->name, "Sandbox host");
+#ifdef CONFIG_PARTITION_UUIDS
+ info->uuid[0] = 0;
+#endif
+
+ return 0;
+ }
+
/* If no dev_part_str, use bootdevice environment variable */
if (!dev_part_str || !strlen(dev_part_str) ||
!strcmp(dev_part_str, "-"))