diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d2fb0bf9..5dfa5d8e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -154,9 +154,9 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "blockdev"
+name = "bootc-blockdev"
 version = "0.0.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/containers/bootc?rev=9a586935e3c88a3802ea4308b0ec364b6448c59e#9a586935e3c88a3802ea4308b0ec364b6448c59e"
+source = "git+https://github.com/containers/bootc?rev=69264e0836c07d2203b29b780cdb8c6dcddfffbc#69264e0836c07d2203b29b780cdb8c6dcddfffbc"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bootc-utils",
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "bootc-utils"
 version = "0.0.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/containers/bootc?rev=9a586935e3c88a3802ea4308b0ec364b6448c59e#9a586935e3c88a3802ea4308b0ec364b6448c59e"
+source = "git+https://github.com/containers/bootc?rev=69264e0836c07d2203b29b780cdb8c6dcddfffbc#69264e0836c07d2203b29b780cdb8c6dcddfffbc"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "rustix",
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tempfile",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ version = "0.2.26"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bincode",
- "blockdev",
+ "bootc-blockdev",
  "bootc-utils",
  "camino",
  "cap-std-ext",
@@ -660,6 +661,15 @@ version = "0.4.25"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "04cbf5b083de1c7e0222a7a51dbfdba1cbe1c6ab0b15e29fff3f6c077fd9cd9f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "matchers"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8263075bb86c5a1b1427b5ae862e8889656f126e9f77c484496e8b47cf5c5558"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-automata 0.1.10",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "maybe-owned"
 version = "0.3.4"
@@ -751,6 +761,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "minimal-lexical",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nu-ansi-term"
+version = "0.46.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77a8165726e8236064dbb45459242600304b42a5ea24ee2948e18e023bf7ba84"
+dependencies = [
+ "overload",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
 version = "0.2.17"
@@ -843,6 +863,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "overload"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b15813163c1d831bf4a13c3610c05c0d03b39feb07f7e09fa234dac9b15aaf39"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-lite"
 version = "0.2.16"
@@ -917,8 +943,17 @@ checksum = "b544ef1b4eac5dc2db33ea63606ae9ffcfac26c1416a2806ae0bf5f56b201191"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
- "regex-automata",
- "regex-syntax",
+ "regex-automata 0.4.8",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.5",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.1.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c230d73fb8d8c1b9c0b3135c5142a8acee3a0558fb8db5cf1cb65f8d7862132"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-syntax 0.6.29",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -929,9 +964,15 @@ checksum = "368758f23274712b504848e9d5a6f010445cc8b87a7cdb4d7cbee666c1288da3"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
- "regex-syntax",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.5",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.6.29"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f162c6dd7b008981e4d40210aca20b4bd0f9b60ca9271061b07f78537722f2e1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-syntax"
 version = "0.8.5"
@@ -1017,6 +1058,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sharded-slab"
+version = "0.1.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f40ca3c46823713e0d4209592e8d6e826aa57e928f09752619fc696c499637f6"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook-registry"
 version = "1.4.2"
@@ -1026,6 +1076,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "smallvec"
+version = "1.13.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3c5e1a9a646d36c3599cd173a41282daf47c44583ad367b8e6837255952e5c67"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.11.1"
@@ -1082,6 +1138,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "1.1.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8b9ef9bad013ada3808854ceac7b46812a6465ba368859a37e2100283d2d719c"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
 version = "1.43.0"
@@ -1126,6 +1192,36 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e672c95779cf947c5311f83787af4fa8fffd12fb27e4993211a84bdfd9610f9c"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
+ "valuable",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-log"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ee855f1f400bd0e5c02d150ae5de3840039a3f54b025156404e34c23c03f47c3"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-subscriber"
+version = "0.3.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e8189decb5ac0fa7bc8b96b7cb9b2701d60d48805aca84a238004d665fcc4008"
+dependencies = [
+ "matchers",
+ "nu-ansi-term",
+ "once_cell",
+ "regex",
+ "sharded-slab",
+ "smallvec",
+ "thread_local",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-log",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1156,6 +1252,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "valuable"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ba73ea9cf16a25df0c8caa16c51acb937d5712a8429db78a3ee29d5dcacd3a65"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vcpkg"
 version = "0.2.15"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4c12716d..27c12cd7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
 bincode = "1.3.2"
-bootc-blockdev = { git = "https://github.com/containers/bootc", rev = "9a586935e3c88a3802ea4308b0ec364b6448c59e", package = "blockdev" }
-bootc-utils = { git = "https://github.com/containers/bootc", rev = "9a586935e3c88a3802ea4308b0ec364b6448c59e" }
+bootc-blockdev = { git = "https://github.com/containers/bootc", rev = "69264e0836c07d2203b29b780cdb8c6dcddfffbc" }
+bootc-utils = { git = "https://github.com/containers/bootc", rev = "69264e0836c07d2203b29b780cdb8c6dcddfffbc" }
 cap-std-ext = "4.0.4"
 camino = "1.1.9"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.39", features = ["serde"] }
diff --git a/src/bios.rs b/src/bios.rs
index 2e85f01c..fa549c40 100644
--- a/src/bios.rs
+++ b/src/bios.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 use anyhow::{bail, Result};
+#[cfg(target_arch = "powerpc64")]
+use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::io::prelude::*;
 use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
 use std::path::Path;
@@ -12,6 +14,31 @@ use crate::packagesystem;
 // grub2-install file path
 pub(crate) const GRUB_BIN: &str = "usr/sbin/grub2-install";
 
+#[cfg(target_arch = "powerpc64")]
+fn target_device(device: &str) -> Result<Cow<str>> {
+    const PREPBOOT_GUID: &str = "9E1A2D38-C612-4316-AA26-8B49521E5A8B";
+    /// We make a best-effort to support MBR partitioning too.
+    const PREPBOOT_MBR_TYPE: &str = "41";
+
+    // Here we use lsblk to see if the device has any partitions at all
+    let dev = bootc_blockdev::list_dev(device.into())?;
+    if dev.children.is_some() {
+        return Ok(device.into());
+    };
+    drop(dev);
+    // If it does, directly call `sfdisk` and bypass lsblk because inside a container
+    // we may not have all the cached udev state (that I think is in /run).
+    let device = bootc_blockdev::partitions_of(device.into())?;
+    let prepdev = device
+        .partitions
+        .iter()
+        .find(|p| matches!(p.parttype.as_str(), PREPBOOT_GUID | PREPBOOT_MBR_TYPE))
+        .ok_or_else(|| {
+            anyhow::anyhow!("Failed to find PReP partition with GUID {PREPBOOT_GUID}")
+        })?;
+    Ok(prepdev.path().as_str().to_owned().into())
+}
+
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub(crate) struct Bios {}
 
@@ -54,10 +81,13 @@ impl Bios {
             .arg(device);
 
         #[cfg(target_arch = "powerpc64")]
-        cmd.args(&["--target", "powerpc-ieee1275"])
-            .args(&["--boot-directory", boot_dir.to_str().unwrap()])
-            .arg("--no-nvram")
-            .arg(device);
+        {
+            let device = target_device(device)?;
+            cmd.args(&["--target", "powerpc-ieee1275"])
+                .args(&["--boot-directory", boot_dir.to_str().unwrap()])
+                .arg("--no-nvram")
+                .arg(&*device);
+        }
 
         let cmdout = cmd.output()?;
         if !cmdout.status.success() {