diff --git a/0001-switchroot-remount-Neuter-sysroot.readonly-for-now.patch b/0001-switchroot-remount-Neuter-sysroot.readonly-for-now.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..980dca9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-switchroot-remount-Neuter-sysroot.readonly-for-now.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From e35b82fb891daee823fcce421ae8f1442b630ea2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jonathan Lebon <jonathan@jlebon.com>
+Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 16:18:45 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] switchroot/remount: Neuter sysroot.readonly for now
+
+We're hitting issues with the read-only remounts racing with various
+services coming up. Let's neuter it for now until we rework how it
+works.
+
+See: https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-tracker/issues/488
+---
+ src/switchroot/ostree-remount.c | 5 ++++-
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/switchroot/ostree-remount.c b/src/switchroot/ostree-remount.c
+index 326b104f..00e21296 100644
+--- a/src/switchroot/ostree-remount.c
++++ b/src/switchroot/ostree-remount.c
+@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@ sysroot_is_configured_ro (void)
+   if (!g_key_file_load_from_file (keyfile, config_path, 0, NULL))
+     return false;
+ 
+-  return g_key_file_get_boolean (keyfile, "sysroot", "readonly", NULL);
++  if (g_key_file_get_boolean (keyfile, "sysroot", "readonly", NULL))
++    puts ("Ignoring sysroot.readonly config; see https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-tracker/issues/488.");
++
++  return false;
+ }
+ 
+ int
+-- 
+2.25.4
+