diff --git a/build_image.sh b/build_image.sh
index 9635201ae0..cd8c26da12 100755
--- a/build_image.sh
+++ b/build_image.sh
@@ -67,8 +67,11 @@ elif [ "$IMAGE_TYPE" = "raw" ]; then
     echo "Creating SONiC raw partition : $OUTPUT_RAW_IMAGE of size $RAW_IMAGE_DISK_SIZE MB"
     fallocate -l "$RAW_IMAGE_DISK_SIZE"M $OUTPUT_RAW_IMAGE
 
+    # ensure proc is mounted
+    sudo mount proc /proc -t proc || true
+
     ## Generate a partition dump that can be used to 'dd' in-lieu of using the onie-nos-installer
-    ## Run the installer 
+    ## Run the installer
     ## The 'build' install mode of the installer is used to generate this dump.
     sudo chmod a+x $OUTPUT_ONIE_IMAGE
     sudo ./$OUTPUT_ONIE_IMAGE