diff --git a/jobs/garden/spec b/jobs/garden/spec
index 25f889c79..e2ce9655b 100644
--- a/jobs/garden/spec
+++ b/jobs/garden/spec
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ packages:
   - runc
   - shadow
   - busybox
+  - busybox-tar
   - tar
 
 properties:
diff --git a/manifests/garden-groot-lite.yml b/manifests/garden-groot-lite.yml
index d2dd97ccb..983a1f3bb 100644
--- a/manifests/garden-groot-lite.yml
+++ b/manifests/garden-groot-lite.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ director_uuid: <%= `bosh target lite > /dev/null 2>&1 && bosh status --uuid` %>
 releases:
   - name: garden-runc
     version: latest
-  - name: grootfs
+  - name: grootfs-release
     version: latest
 
 jobs:
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     instances: 1
     templates:
       - name: grootfs
-        release: grootfs
+        release: grootfs-release
       - name: garden
         release: garden-runc
     resource_pool: garden
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: garden
     properties:
       garden:
+        default_container_rootfs: /var/vcap/packages/busybox-tar/busybox.tar
         graph_cleanup_threshold_in_mb: 1024
         listen_network: tcp
         listen_address: 0.0.0.0:7777
diff --git a/packages/busybox-tar/packaging b/packages/busybox-tar/packaging
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fef6886fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/busybox-tar/packaging
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+set -e -x
+
+# to generate a new busybox tarball:
+#
+# docker run -i -t -cidfile=busybox.cid busybox echo foo
+# docker export $(cat busybox.cid) > busybox.tar.gz
+#
+# to add it to the release:
+#
+# cd garden-runc-release
+# bosh add blob busybox.tar.gz busybox
+# bosh upload blobs
+
+mkdir ${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/busybox
+tar zxf busybox/busybox.tar.gz -C ${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/busybox
+pushd ${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/busybox
+  tar cf busybox.tar *
+popd
+mv ${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/busybox/busybox.tar ${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/busybox.tar
+rm -rf ${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/busybox
+
diff --git a/packages/busybox-tar/spec b/packages/busybox-tar/spec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69161e3d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/busybox-tar/spec
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+name: busybox-tar
+
+files:
+  - busybox/busybox.tar.gz