diff --git a/build-tests/x86/tumbleweed/test-image-disk/appliance.kiwi b/build-tests/x86/tumbleweed/test-image-disk/appliance.kiwi
index 0c9c1759f21..508a374f8c9 100644
--- a/build-tests/x86/tumbleweed/test-image-disk/appliance.kiwi
+++ b/build-tests/x86/tumbleweed/test-image-disk/appliance.kiwi
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <bootloader-theme>openSUSE</bootloader-theme>
     </preferences>
     <preferences profiles="Standard">
-        <type image="oem" filesystem="btrfs" kernelcmdline="console=ttyS0" firmware="efi" installiso="true" bootpartition="false" btrfs_root_is_snapshot="true" installboot="install">
+        <type image="oem" filesystem="btrfs" kernelcmdline="console=ttyS0 rd.kiwi.install.partition_based rd.kiwi.oem.force_resize" firmware="efi" installiso="true" bootpartition="false" btrfs_root_is_snapshot="true" installboot="install">
             <bootloader name="grub2" console="serial" timeout="10"/>
             <oemconfig>
                 <oem-unattended>true</oem-unattended>
diff --git a/dracut/modules.d/55kiwi-dump/kiwi-dump-image.sh b/dracut/modules.d/55kiwi-dump/kiwi-dump-image.sh
index fbbd5401815..8d02aafd5b3 100755
--- a/dracut/modules.d/55kiwi-dump/kiwi-dump-image.sh
+++ b/dracut/modules.d/55kiwi-dump/kiwi-dump-image.sh
@@ -59,6 +59,25 @@ function sort_disk_entries {
     echo "${list_items_sorted[*]}"
 }
 
+function load_ramdisk_driver {
+    declare kiwi_oemramdisksize=${kiwi_oemramdisksize}
+    local rd_size
+    local custom_rd_size
+    local modfile=/etc/modprobe.d/99-brd.conf
+    custom_rd_size=$(getarg ramdisk_size=)
+    if [ -n "${custom_rd_size}" ];then
+        rd_size="${custom_rd_size}"
+    elif [ -n "${kiwi_oemramdisksize}" ];then
+        rd_size="${kiwi_oemramdisksize}"
+    fi
+    mkdir -p /etc/modprobe.d
+    if [ -n "${rd_size}" ];then
+        echo "options brd rd_size=${rd_size}" > ${modfile}
+    fi
+    modprobe brd
+    udev_pending
+}
+
 function get_disk_list {
     declare kiwi_oemdevicefilter=${kiwi_oemdevicefilter}
     declare kiwi_oemmultipath_scan=${kiwi_oemmultipath_scan}
@@ -66,7 +85,6 @@ function get_disk_list {
     declare kiwi_install_volid=${kiwi_install_volid}
     declare kiwi_oemunattended=${kiwi_oemunattended}
     declare kiwi_oemunattended_id=${kiwi_oemunattended_id}
-    declare kiwi_oemramdisksize=${kiwi_oemramdisksize}
     local disk_id="by-id"
     local disk_size
     local disk_device
@@ -108,21 +126,7 @@ function get_disk_list {
     if getargbool 0 rd.kiwi.ramdisk; then
         # target should be a ramdisk on request. Thus actively
         # load the ramdisk block driver and support custom sizes
-        local rd_size
-        local custom_rd_size
-        local modfile=/etc/modprobe.d/99-brd.conf
-        custom_rd_size=$(getarg ramdisk_size=)
-        if [ -n "${custom_rd_size}" ];then
-            rd_size="${custom_rd_size}"
-        elif [ -n "${kiwi_oemramdisksize}" ];then
-            rd_size="${kiwi_oemramdisksize}"
-        fi
-        mkdir -p /etc/modprobe.d
-        if [ -n "${rd_size}" ];then
-            echo "options brd rd_size=${rd_size}" > ${modfile}
-        fi
-        modprobe brd
-        udev_pending
+        load_ramdisk_driver
         # target should be a ramdisk on request. Thus instruct
         # lsblk to list only ramdisk devices (Major=1)
         blk_opts="-I 1 ${blk_opts}"
@@ -378,9 +382,11 @@ function dump_image {
     image_source="$(echo "${image_source_files}" | cut -f1 -d\|)"
     image_basename=$(basename "${image_source}")
     local progress=/dev/install_progress
+    local image_source_file=/image.raw
     local load_text="Loading ${image_basename}..."
     local title_text="Installation..."
     local dump
+    local copy
     local parttable
     local count_32k
     local image_size
@@ -393,9 +399,21 @@ function dump_image {
 
     # select dump method
     if [ -n "${image_from_remote}" ];then
-        dump=dump_remote_image
+        if getargbool 0 rd.kiwi.install.partition_based; then
+            copy=dump_remote_image
+            dump=dump_local_image_partition_based
+        else
+            dump=dump_remote_image
+        fi
     else
-        dump=dump_local_image
+        if getargbool 0 rd.kiwi.install.partition_based; then
+            if getargbool 0 rd.kiwi.install.clone_local; then
+                copy=dump_local_image
+            fi
+            dump=dump_local_image_partition_based
+        else
+            dump=dump_local_image
+        fi
     fi
 
     # setup blocks and blocksize to retain last
@@ -440,6 +458,18 @@ function dump_image {
     then
         # dump with dialog based progress information
         setup_progress_fifo ${progress}
+        if [ -n "${copy}" ];then
+            eval \
+                "${copy}" \
+                "${image_source}" \
+                "${image_source_file}" \
+                "${count}" \
+                "${block_size}" \
+                "${progress}" \
+            &
+            run_progress_dialog "${load_text}" "${title_text}"
+            image_source="${image_source_file}"
+        fi
         eval \
             "${dump}" \
             "${image_source}" \
@@ -451,6 +481,18 @@ function dump_image {
         run_progress_dialog "${load_text}" "${title_text}"
     else
         # dump with silently blocked console
+        if [ -n "${copy}" ];then
+            if ! eval \
+                "${copy}" \
+                "${image_source}" \
+                "${image_source_file}" \
+                "${count}" \
+                "${block_size}"
+            then
+                report_and_quit "Failed to copy image"
+            fi
+            image_source="${image_source_file}"
+        fi
         if ! eval \
             "${dump}" \
             "${image_source}" \
@@ -563,6 +605,147 @@ function dump_local_image {
     fi
 }
 
+function clone_partition_table {
+    local image_source=$1
+    local image_target=$2
+    fetch_local_partition_table "${image_source}"
+    sfdisk "${image_target}" < /tmp/parttable
+    # clone MBR bootloader code
+    dd if="${image_source}" of="${image_target}" bs=1 count=446
+    partx -u "${image_target}"
+    udev_pending
+}
+
+function btrfs_seed_device_on_target {
+    local source_device=$1
+    local target_device=$2
+    local seed=/seed
+    if [ -n "${source_device}" ]; then
+        mkdir -p "${seed}"
+        if getargbool 0 rd.kiwi.install.clone_local; then
+            btrfstune -S 1 "${source_device}"
+        fi
+        mount "${source_device}" "${seed}"
+        btrfs device add "${target_device}" "${seed}"
+        umount "${seed}"
+        mount "${target_device}" "${seed}"
+        btrfs device delete "${source_device}" "${seed}"
+        umount "${seed}"
+    fi
+}
+
+function btrfs_replay_uuid {
+    local target_device=$1
+    local uuid=$2
+    if [ -n "${uuid}" ];then
+        btrfstune -f -U "${uuid}" "${target_device}"
+    fi
+}
+
+function clean_partition_map {
+    local source_disk=$1
+    kpartx -d "${source_disk}" && losetup -d "${source_disk}"
+}
+
+function dump_local_image_partition_based {
+    local image_source=$1
+    local image_target=$2
+    local count=$3
+    local block_size=$4
+    local progress=$5
+    local source_disk
+    local device_index=0
+    local source_device_array
+    local target_device_array
+    local btrfs_source_device_array
+    local btrfs_target_device_array
+    local btrfs_source_uuid_array
+    local filesystem
+    local part
+    # no partial dump in partition based mode
+    unset count
+
+    # clone partition table to target
+    clone_partition_table "${image_source}" "${image_target}"
+
+    # map source image partitions
+    source_disk=$(losetup --show --find "${image_source}")
+    kpartx -a "${source_disk}"
+
+    # walk through source image partitions and store them
+    for part in $(
+        lsblk -p -n -r --sort SIZE -o NAME,TYPE "${source_disk}" |\
+        grep part | cut -f1 -d" "
+    );do
+        filesystem=$(blkid "${part}" -s TYPE -o value)
+        uuid=$(blkid "${part}" -s UUID -o value)
+        if [ "${filesystem}" = "btrfs" ];then
+            btrfs_source_device_array[device_index]=${part}
+            btrfs_source_uuid_array[device_index]=${uuid}
+        else
+            source_device_array[device_index]=${part}
+        fi
+        device_index=$((device_index + 1))
+    done
+
+    # walk through target image partitions and store them
+    device_index=0
+    for part in $(
+        lsblk -p -n -r --sort SIZE -o NAME,TYPE "${image_target}" |\
+        grep part | cut -f1 -d" "
+    );do
+        if [ -n "${btrfs_source_device_array[${device_index}]}" ];then
+            btrfs_target_device_array[device_index]=${part}
+        else
+            target_device_array[device_index]=${part}
+        fi
+        device_index=$((device_index + 1))
+    done
+
+    # seed/sprout for btrfs based partitions
+    for ((index=0; index<device_index; index++)); do
+        (
+            btrfs_seed_device_on_target \
+                "${btrfs_source_device_array[${index}]}" \
+                "${btrfs_target_device_array[${index}]}"
+        ) 2>>/seed.log
+    done
+
+    # dump standard partitions...
+    if [ -e "${progress}" ];then
+        (
+            for ((index=0; index<device_index; index++)); do
+                if [ -n "${source_device_array[${index}]}" ];then
+                    pv -n "${source_device_array[${index}]}" |\
+                        dd \
+                        bs="${block_size}" \
+                        of="${target_device_array[${index}]}" &>/dev/null
+                fi
+            done
+            clean_partition_map "${source_disk}" &>/dev/null
+            for ((index=0; index<device_index; index++)); do
+                btrfs_replay_uuid \
+                    "${btrfs_target_device_array[${index}]}" \
+                    "${btrfs_source_uuid_array[${index}]}" &>/dev/null
+            done
+        ) 2>"${progress}"
+    else
+        for ((index=0; index<device_index; index++)); do
+            if [ -n "${source_device_array[${index}]}" ];then
+                dd \
+                    if="${source_device_array[${index}]}" bs="${block_size}" \
+                    of="${target_device_array[${index}]}" &>/dev/null
+            fi
+        done
+        clean_partition_map "${source_disk}" &>/dev/null
+        for ((index=0; index<device_index; index++)); do
+            btrfs_replay_uuid \
+                "${btrfs_target_device_array[${index}]}" \
+                "${btrfs_source_uuid_array[${index}]}" &>/dev/null
+        done
+    fi
+}
+
 function dump_remote_image {
     local image_source=$1
     local image_target=$2
@@ -746,6 +929,10 @@ fi
 
 export_image_metadata "${image_source_files}"
 
+if getargbool 0 rd.kiwi.install.partition_based; then
+    export kiwi_oemskipverify=true
+fi
+
 if getargbool 0 rd.kiwi.install.pxe; then
     dump_image "${image_source_files}" "${image_target}" "remote_image"
 else
diff --git a/dracut/modules.d/55kiwi-dump/module-setup.sh b/dracut/modules.d/55kiwi-dump/module-setup.sh
index a042729fffa..85a153009dd 100755
--- a/dracut/modules.d/55kiwi-dump/module-setup.sh
+++ b/dracut/modules.d/55kiwi-dump/module-setup.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ install() {
     declare systemdutildir=${systemdutildir}
     inst_multiple \
         tr lsblk dd sha256sum sha512sum head pv kexec \
-        basename awk kpartx sort mount mountpoint readlink
+        basename awk kpartx sort mount mountpoint readlink \
+        btrfs btrfstune mount umount
 
     inst_hook pre-udev 30 "${moddir}/kiwi-installer-genrules.sh"
 
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ install() {
 
     inst_hook cmdline 30 "${moddir}/parse-kiwi-install.sh"
     inst_hook pre-mount 30 "${moddir}/kiwi-dump-image.sh"
-    inst_hook mount 30 "${moddir}/kiwi-mount-ramdisk.sh" 
+    inst_hook mount 30 "${moddir}/kiwi-mount-ramdisk.sh"
 
     inst_script "${moddir}/kiwi-ramdisk-deployment-generator.sh" \
         "${systemdutildir}/system-generators/dracut-kiwi-ramdisk-generator"
diff --git a/kiwi/builder/disk.py b/kiwi/builder/disk.py
index 5c7b9a07bc4..919309a32c3 100644
--- a/kiwi/builder/disk.py
+++ b/kiwi/builder/disk.py
@@ -1000,6 +1000,13 @@ def _build_main_system(
                     if system:
                         self._setup_property_root_is_readonly_snapshot(system)
 
+            # set btrfs seed
+            if self._install_image_requested() and \
+               self.volume_manager_name == 'btrfs':
+                Command.run(
+                    ['btrfstune', '-S', '1', device_map['root'].get_device()]
+                )
+
             # call edit_boot_install script
             boot_device = device_map['root']
             if 'boot' in device_map: