diff --git a/settings.conf b/settings.conf
index a1af122c1..c8d163974 100644
--- a/settings.conf
+++ b/settings.conf
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ install:
 - dummyprocess
 - dummypython
 - partition
+- mount
 #- unsquashfs
 - locale
 - keyboard
diff --git a/src/modules/mount/main.py b/src/modules/mount/main.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09c94cf74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/mount/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# encoding: utf-8
+# === This file is part of Calamares - <http://github.com/calamares> ===
+#
+#   Copyright 2014, Aurélien Gâteau <agateau@kde.org>
+#
+#   Calamares is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#   (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#   Calamares is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#   GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#   along with Calamares. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import libcalamares
+import tempfile
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+
+def mount( devicePath, mountPoint, fs ):
+    if not os.path.exists( mountPoint ):
+        os.makedirs( mountPoint )
+    subprocess.check_call( [ "mount", "-t", fs, devicePath, mountPoint ] )
+
+
+def mountPartitions( rootMountPoint, partitions ):
+    lst = [ x for x in partitions if x[ "mountPoint" ] == "/" ]
+    assert lst, "No root partition found"
+    root = lst[ 0 ]
+
+    mount( root[ "device" ], rootMountPoint, root[ "fs" ] )
+
+    for partition in partitions:
+        # Skip / and partitions which have no mount points
+        if partition[ "mountPoint" ] in ( "/", "" ):
+            continue
+        mount( partition[ "device" ], rootMountPoint + partition[ "mountPoint" ], partition[ "fs" ])
+
+
+def calamares_main():
+    rootMountPoint = tempfile.mkdtemp( prefix="calamares-root-" )
+    mountPartitions( rootMountPoint, libcalamares.global_storage.value( "partitions" ) )
+    libcalamares.global_storage.insert( "rootMountPoint", rootMountPoint )
+    return "all done, mounted at {}".format( rootMountPoint )
+
+
+def main( args ):
+    partitions = (
+        {
+            "device": "/dev/sdb1",
+            "mountPoint": "/",
+            "fs": "ext4",
+        },
+        {
+            "device": "/dev/sdb2",
+            "mountPoint": "/home",
+            "fs": "ext4",
+        },
+        {
+            "device": "/dev/sdb3",
+            "mountPoint": "",
+            "fs": "linuxswap",
+        },
+    )
+    rootMountPoint = "/tmp/mount"
+    mountPartitions( rootMountPoint, partitions )
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit( main( sys.argv ) )
diff --git a/src/modules/mount/module.conf b/src/modules/mount/module.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25f4d2fbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/mount/module.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Module metadata file for dummy process jobmodule
+# Syntax is YAML 1.2
+---
+type:       "job"
+name:       "mount"
+interface:  "python"
+requires:   []
+script:     "main.py"	#assumed relative to the current directory
+configuration: