Hi, It seems that the new version 2.19-3 of fakechroot solved this bug.
$ dpkg -l dbus libdbus-1-3 fakeroot fakechroot debootstrap ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-==================================-======================-======================-============================================ ii debootstrap 1.0.87 all Bootstrap a basic Debian system ii fakechroot 2.19-3 all gives a fake chroot environment - utilities ii fakeroot 1.21-3.1 amd64 tool for simulating superuser privileges dpkg-query: no packages found matching dbus dpkg-query: no packages found matching libdbus-1-3 $ fakechroot fakeroot debootstrap --variant=fakechroot --include=dbus sid mychroot [ ... ] I: Base system installed successfully. $ echo $? 0 Regards, JH Chatenet