diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
index 5979b52650..1a83c01ea8 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
@@ -166,6 +166,10 @@ class QemuRunner:
         if self.tmpfsdir:
             env["RUNQEMU_TMPFS_DIR"] = self.tmpfsdir
 
+        if self.native_sysroot:
+            # Needed by runqemu-export-rootfs (avoid a second tinfoil connection)
+            env["OECORE_NATIVE_SYSROOT"] = self.native_sysroot
+
         if not launch_cmd:
             launch_cmd = 'runqemu %s' % ('snapshot' if discard_writes else '')
             if self.use_kvm:
diff --git a/scripts/runqemu-export-rootfs b/scripts/runqemu-export-rootfs
index 150513bc50..ff19a0ccc9 100755
--- a/scripts/runqemu-export-rootfs
+++ b/scripts/runqemu-export-rootfs
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ PSEUDO_LOCALSTATEDIR="$NFS_EXPORT_DIR/../$(basename $NFS_EXPORT_DIR).pseudo_stat
 export PSEUDO_LOCALSTATEDIR
 PSEUDO_INCLUDE_PATHS="$NFS_EXPORT_DIR"
 export PSEUDO_INCLUDE_PATHS
+# Enable pseudo
+export PSEUDO_DISABLED=0
 
 if [ ! -d "$PSEUDO_LOCALSTATEDIR" ]; then
 	echo "Error: $PSEUDO_LOCALSTATEDIR does not exist."