diff --git a/bootstrapvz/common/assets/init.d/expand-root b/bootstrapvz/common/assets/init.d/expand-root
index cf3053b..01cab4d 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/common/assets/init.d/expand-root
+++ b/bootstrapvz/common/assets/init.d/expand-root
@@ -13,15 +13,17 @@
 prog=$(basename $0)
 logger="logger -t $prog"
 
-hash growpart 2> /dev/null || {
-	$logger "growpart was not found on PATH. Unable to expand size."
+growpart="growpart"
+
+hash $growpart 2> /dev/null || {
+	$logger "$growpart was not found on PATH. Unable to expand size."
 	exit 1
 }
 
 root_device_path="/dev/xvda"
 root_index="0"
 
-growpart $root_device_path $root_index || {
+$growpart $root_device_path $root_index || {
 	$logger "growpart failed. Unable to expand size."
 	exit 1
 }
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/initd.py b/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/initd.py
index 5ad65f6..43bf67d 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/initd.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/initd.py
@@ -66,3 +66,5 @@ class AdjustExpandRootScript(Task):
 
 		root_device_path = 'root_device_path="{device}"'.format(device=info.volume.device_path)
 		sed_i(script, '^root_device_path="/dev/xvda"$', root_device_path)
+
+		sed_i(script, '^growpart="growpart"$', 'growpart-workaround')
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/providers/ec2/tasks/packages.py b/bootstrapvz/providers/ec2/tasks/packages.py
index 56f5b4c..4d51280 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/providers/ec2/tasks/packages.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/providers/ec2/tasks/packages.py
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ class AddWorkaroundGrowpart(Task):
 		from shutil import copy
 		from . import assets
 		src = os.path.join(assets, 'bin/growpart')
-		dst = os.path.join(info.root, 'usr/bin/growpart')
+		dst = os.path.join(info.root, 'usr/bin/growpart-workaround')
 		copy(src, dst)