diff --git a/drivers/overlay/mount.go b/drivers/overlay/mount.go
index cf37f80079..de47951d4a 100644
--- a/drivers/overlay/mount.go
+++ b/drivers/overlay/mount.go
@@ -8,14 +8,16 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/reexec"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
 func init() {
-	reexec.Register("storage-mountfrom", mountFromMain)
+	reexec.Register("storage-mountfrom", mountOverlayFromMain)
 }
 
 func fatal(err error) {
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ type mountOptions struct {
 	Flag   uint32
 }
 
-func mountFrom(dir, device, target, mType string, flags uintptr, label string) error {
+func mountOverlayFrom(dir, device, target, mType string, flags uintptr, label string) error {
 	options := &mountOptions{
 		Device: device,
 		Target: target,
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ func mountFrom(dir, device, target, mType string, flags uintptr, label string) e
 }
 
 // mountfromMain is the entry-point for storage-mountfrom on re-exec.
-func mountFromMain() {
+func mountOverlayFromMain() {
 	runtime.LockOSThread()
 	flag.Parse()
 
@@ -77,11 +79,96 @@ func mountFromMain() {
 		fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	if err := os.Chdir(flag.Arg(0)); err != nil {
+	// Mount the arguments passed from the specified directory. Some of the
+	// paths mentioned in the values we pass to the kernel are relative to
+	// the specified directory.
+	homedir := flag.Arg(0)
+	if err := os.Chdir(homedir); err != nil {
 		fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	if err := unix.Mount(options.Device, options.Target, options.Type, uintptr(options.Flag), options.Label); err != nil {
+	pageSize := unix.Getpagesize()
+	if len(options.Label) < pageSize {
+		if err := unix.Mount(options.Device, options.Target, options.Type, uintptr(options.Flag), options.Label); err != nil {
+			fatal(err)
+		}
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+
+	// Those arguments still took up too much space.  Open the diff
+	// directories and use their descriptor numbers as lowers, using
+	// /proc/self/fd as the current directory.
+
+	// Split out the various options, since we need to manipulate the
+	// paths, but we don't want to mess with other options.
+	var upperk, upperv, workk, workv, lowerk, lowerv, labelk, labelv, others string
+	for _, arg := range strings.Split(options.Label, ",") {
+		kv := strings.SplitN(arg, "=", 2)
+		switch kv[0] {
+		case "upperdir":
+			upperk = "upperdir="
+			upperv = kv[1]
+		case "workdir":
+			workk = "workdir="
+			workv = kv[1]
+		case "lowerdir":
+			lowerk = "lowerdir="
+			lowerv = kv[1]
+		case "label":
+			labelk = "label="
+			labelv = kv[1]
+		default:
+			if others == "" {
+				others = arg
+			} else {
+				others = others + "," + arg
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Make sure upperdir, workdir, and the target are absolute paths.
+	if upperv != "" && !filepath.IsAbs(upperv) {
+		upperv = filepath.Join(homedir, upperv)
+	}
+	if workv != "" && !filepath.IsAbs(workv) {
+		workv = filepath.Join(homedir, workv)
+	}
+	if !filepath.IsAbs(options.Target) {
+		options.Target = filepath.Join(homedir, options.Target)
+	}
+
+	// Get a descriptor for each lower, and use that descriptor's name as
+	// the new value for the list of lowers, because it's shorter.
+	if lowerv != "" {
+		lowers := strings.Split(lowerv, ":")
+		for i := range lowers {
+			lowerFd, err := unix.Open(lowers[i], unix.O_RDONLY, 0)
+			if err != nil {
+				fatal(err)
+			}
+			lowers[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%d", lowerFd)
+		}
+		lowerv = strings.Join(lowers, ":")
+	}
+
+	// Reconstruct the Label field.
+	options.Label = upperk + upperv + "," + workk + workv + "," + lowerk + lowerv + "," + labelk + labelv + "," + others
+	options.Label = strings.ReplaceAll(options.Label, ",,", ",")
+
+	// Okay, try this, if we managed to make the arguments fit.
+	var err error
+	if len(options.Label) < pageSize {
+		if err := os.Chdir("/proc/self/fd"); err != nil {
+			fatal(err)
+		}
+		err = unix.Mount(options.Device, options.Target, options.Type, uintptr(options.Flag), options.Label)
+	} else {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("cannot mount layer, mount data %q too large %d >= page size %d", options.Label, len(options.Label), pageSize)
+	}
+
+	// Clean up.
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "creating overlay mount to %s, mount_data=%q\n", options.Target, options.Label)
 		fatal(err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/overlay/overlay.go b/drivers/overlay/overlay.go
index 0e4a93bf2b..2558dc402c 100644
--- a/drivers/overlay/overlay.go
+++ b/drivers/overlay/overlay.go
@@ -73,20 +73,22 @@ const (
 // or root directory. Mounts are always done relative to root and
 // referencing the symbolic links in order to ensure the number of
 // lower directories can fit in a single page for making the mount
-// syscall. A hard upper limit of 128 lower layers is enforced to ensure
+// syscall. A hard upper limit of 500 lower layers is enforced to ensure
 // that mounts do not fail due to length.
 
 const (
 	linkDir   = "l"
 	lowerFile = "lower"
-	maxDepth  = 128
+	maxDepth  = 500
 
 	// idLength represents the number of random characters
 	// which can be used to create the unique link identifier
 	// for every layer. If this value is too long then the
 	// page size limit for the mount command may be exceeded.
 	// The idLength should be selected such that following equation
-	// is true (512 is a buffer for label metadata).
+	// is true (512 is a buffer for label metadata, 128 is the
+	// number of lowers we want to be able to use without having
+	// to use bind mounts to get all the way to the kernel limit).
 	// ((idLength + len(linkDir) + 1) * maxDepth) <= (pageSize - 512)
 	idLength = 26
 )
@@ -1378,7 +1380,8 @@ func (d *Driver) get(id string, disableShifting bool, options graphdriver.MountO
 
 	// absLowers is the list of lowers as absolute paths, which works well with additional stores.
 	absLowers := []string{}
-	// relLowers is the list of lowers as paths relative to the driver's home directory.
+	// relLowers is the list of lowers as paths relative to the driver's home directory.  If
+	// additional stores are being used, some of these will still be absolute paths.
 	relLowers := []string{}
 
 	// Check if $link/../diff{1-*} exist.  If they do, add them, in order, as the front of the lowers
@@ -1435,6 +1438,7 @@ func (d *Driver) get(id string, disableShifting bool, options graphdriver.MountO
 						perms = os.FileMode(st2.Mode())
 						permsKnown = true
 					}
+					l = lower
 					break
 				}
 				lower = ""
@@ -1606,13 +1610,12 @@ func (d *Driver) get(id string, disableShifting bool, options graphdriver.MountO
 			return nil
 		}
 	} else if len(mountData) >= pageSize {
-		// Use relative paths and mountFrom when the mount data has exceeded
+		// Use (possibly) relative paths and mountFrom when the mount data has exceeded
 		// the page size. The mount syscall fails if the mount data cannot
 		// fit within a page and relative links make the mount data much
-		// smaller at the expense of requiring a fork exec to chroot.
+		// smaller at the expense of requiring a fork exec to chdir().
 
 		workdir = path.Join(id, "work")
-		//FIXME: We need to figure out to get this to work with additional stores
 		if readWrite {
 			diffDir := path.Join(id, "diff")
 			opts = fmt.Sprintf("lowerdir=%s,upperdir=%s,workdir=%s", strings.Join(relLowers, ":"), diffDir, workdir)
@@ -1623,11 +1626,8 @@ func (d *Driver) get(id string, disableShifting bool, options graphdriver.MountO
 			opts = fmt.Sprintf("%s,%s", opts, strings.Join(optsList, ","))
 		}
 		mountData = label.FormatMountLabel(opts, options.MountLabel)
-		if len(mountData) >= pageSize {
-			return "", fmt.Errorf("cannot mount layer, mount label %q too large %d >= page size %d", options.MountLabel, len(mountData), pageSize)
-		}
 		mountFunc = func(source string, target string, mType string, flags uintptr, label string) error {
-			return mountFrom(d.home, source, target, mType, flags, label)
+			return mountOverlayFrom(d.home, source, target, mType, flags, label)
 		}
 		mountTarget = path.Join(id, "merged")
 	}
diff --git a/tests/layers.bats b/tests/layers.bats
index 5e1a4c70b4..80ec896372 100644
--- a/tests/layers.bats
+++ b/tests/layers.bats
@@ -5,18 +5,54 @@ load helpers
 
 @test "allow storing images with more than 127 layers" {
     LAYER=""
-    for i in {0..150}; do
+    LIMIT=300
+    for i in $(seq 0 ${LIMIT}); do
         echo "Layer: $i"
 
         # Create a layer.
         run storage --debug=false create-layer "$LAYER"
+        echo "$output"
         [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
         [ "$output" != "" ]
         LAYER="$output"
+        run storage --debug=false mount "$LAYER"
+        echo "$output"
+        [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+        [ "$output" != "" ]
+        ROOTFS="$output"
+        touch "${ROOTFS}"/$i
+        run storage --debug=false unmount "$LAYER"
+        echo "$output"
+        [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
     done
 
     # Create the image
-    run storage --debug=false create-image --name test-image "$LAYER"
+    run storage --debug=false create-image "$LAYER"
+    echo "$output"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "$output" != "" ]
+    IMAGE="$output"
+
+    # Make sure the image has all of the content.
+    run storage --debug=false create-container "$IMAGE"
+    echo "$output"
     [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
     [ "$output" != "" ]
+    CONTAINER="$output"
+
+    run storage --debug=false mount "$CONTAINER"
+    echo "$output"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "$output" != "" ]
+    ROOTFS="$output"
+    for i in $(seq 0 ${LIMIT}); do
+        if ! test -r "${ROOTFS}"/$i ; then
+            echo File from layer $i of ${LIMIT} was not visible after mounting
+            false
+        fi
+    done
+
+    run storage --debug=false unmount "$CONTAINER"
+    echo "$output"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
 }