diff --git a/prog/weave-kube/launch.sh b/prog/weave-kube/launch.sh
index 458386f4..1e029c16 100755
--- a/prog/weave-kube/launch.sh
+++ b/prog/weave-kube/launch.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ set -e
 IPALLOC_RANGE=${IPALLOC_RANGE:-10.32.0.0/12}
 HTTP_ADDR=${WEAVE_HTTP_ADDR:-127.0.0.1:6784}
 STATUS_ADDR=${WEAVE_STATUS_ADDR:-0.0.0.0:6782}
+HOST_ROOT=${HOST_ROOT:-/host}
 
 # Check if the IP range overlaps anything existing on the host
 /usr/bin/weaveutil netcheck $IPALLOC_RANGE weave
@@ -101,15 +102,16 @@ done
 
 # Install CNI plugin binary to typical CNI bin location
 # with fall-back to CNI directory used by kube-up on GCI OS
-if mkdir -p /opt/cni/bin ; then
-    export WEAVE_CNI_PLUGIN_DIR=/opt/cni/bin
-elif mkdir -p /host_home/kubernetes/bin ; then
-    export WEAVE_CNI_PLUGIN_DIR=/host_home/kubernetes/bin
-else
-    echo "Failed to install the Weave CNI plugin" >&2
-    exit 1
+if ! mkdir -p $HOST_ROOT/opt/cni/bin ; then
+    if mkdir -p $HOST_ROOT/home/kubernetes/bin ; then
+        export WEAVE_CNI_PLUGIN_DIR=$HOST_ROOT/home/kubernetes/bin
+    else
+        echo "Failed to install the Weave CNI plugin" >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
 fi
-mkdir -p /etc/cni/net.d
+mkdir -p $HOST_ROOT/etc/cni/net.d
+export HOST_ROOT
 /home/weave/weave --local setup-cni
 
 # Expose the weave network so host processes can communicate with pods
diff --git a/prog/weave-kube/weave-daemonset.yaml b/prog/weave-kube/weave-daemonset.yaml
index 22a6b813..67fd64be 100644
--- a/prog/weave-kube/weave-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/prog/weave-kube/weave-daemonset.yaml
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ spec:
             - name: weavedb
               mountPath: /weavedb
             - name: cni-bin
-              mountPath: /opt
+              mountPath: /host/opt
             - name: cni-bin2
-              mountPath: /host_home
+              mountPath: /host/home
             - name: cni-conf
-              mountPath: /etc
+              mountPath: /host/etc
           resources:
             requests:
               cpu: 10m