diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ac5107ba5..078749098 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ RUN go mod download
 COPY . /go/node-feature-discovery
 
 ARG NFD_VERSION
+ARG HOSTMOUNT_PREFIX
 
 RUN go install \
-  -ldflags "-s -w -X sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/pkg/version.version=$NFD_VERSION" \
+  -ldflags "-s -w -X sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/pkg/version.version=$NFD_VERSION -X sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/source.pathPrefix=$HOSTMOUNT_PREFIX" \
   ./cmd/*
 RUN install -D -m644 nfd-worker.conf.example /etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/nfd-worker.conf
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6b09a4311..989489c62 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ IMAGE_TAG_NAME := $(VERSION)
 IMAGE_REPO := $(IMAGE_REGISTRY)/$(IMAGE_NAME)
 IMAGE_TAG := $(IMAGE_REPO):$(IMAGE_TAG_NAME)
 K8S_NAMESPACE := kube-system
+HOSTMOUNT_PREFIX := /host-
 KUBECONFIG :=
 E2E_TEST_CONFIG :=
 
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ all: image
 
 image: yamls
 	$(IMAGE_BUILD_CMD) --build-arg NFD_VERSION=$(VERSION) \
+		--build-arg HOSTMOUNT_PREFIX=$(HOSTMOUNT_PREFIX) \
 		-t $(IMAGE_TAG) \
 		$(IMAGE_BUILD_EXTRA_OPTS) ./
 
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ yamls: $(yaml_instances)
 	     -e s',^(\s*)name: node-feature-discovery # NFD namespace,\1name: ${K8S_NAMESPACE},' \
 	     -e s',^(\s*)image:.+$$,\1image: ${IMAGE_TAG},' \
 	     -e s',^(\s*)namespace:.+$$,\1namespace: ${K8S_NAMESPACE},' \
+	     -e s',^(\s*)mountPath: "/host-,\1mountPath: "${HOSTMOUNT_PREFIX},' \
 	     $< > $@
 
 mock:
diff --git a/source/config.go b/source/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1047c4314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package source
+
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+var (
+	pathPrefix = "/"
+	// BootPath is where the /boot directory of the system to be inspected is located
+	BootDir = HostDir(pathPrefix + "boot")
+	// EtcPath is where the /etc directory of the system to be inspected is located
+	EtcDir = HostDir(pathPrefix + "etc")
+	// SysfsPath is where the /sys directory of the system to be inspected is located
+	SysfsDir = HostDir(pathPrefix + "sys")
+)
+
+// HostDir is a helper for handling host system directories
+type HostDir string
+
+// Path returns a full path to a file under HostDir
+func (d HostDir) Path(elem ...string) string {
+	return filepath.Join(append([]string{string(d)}, elem...)...)
+}
diff --git a/source/cpu/cpu.go b/source/cpu/cpu.go
index 7244155a2..1c654273e 100644
--- a/source/cpu/cpu.go
+++ b/source/cpu/cpu.go
@@ -19,15 +19,10 @@ package cpu
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
-	"path"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/source"
 )
 
-const (
-	cpuDevicesBaseDir = "/sys/bus/cpu/devices"
-)
-
 // Configuration file options
 type cpuidConfig struct {
 	AttributeBlacklist []string `json:"attributeBlacklist,omitempty"`
@@ -137,14 +132,15 @@ func (s Source) Discover() (source.Features, error) {
 
 // Check if any (online) CPUs have thread siblings
 func haveThreadSiblings() (bool, error) {
-	files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(cpuDevicesBaseDir)
+
+	files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(source.SysfsDir.Path("bus/cpu/devices"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
 
 	for _, file := range files {
 		// Try to read siblings from topology
-		siblings, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path.Join(cpuDevicesBaseDir, file.Name(), "topology/thread_siblings_list"))
+		siblings, err := ioutil.ReadFile(source.SysfsDir.Path("bus/cpu/devices", file.Name(), "topology/thread_siblings_list"))
 		if err != nil {
 			return false, err
 		}
diff --git a/source/cpu/power_amd64.go b/source/cpu/power_amd64.go
index 0b23e93ec..94005fc9f 100644
--- a/source/cpu/power_amd64.go
+++ b/source/cpu/power_amd64.go
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
-	"path"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/pkg/cpuid"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/source"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -38,13 +38,14 @@ func discoverSSTBF() (bool, error) {
 	nominalBaseFrequency := int(freqInfo.EAX)
 
 	// Loop over all CPUs in the system
-	files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(cpuDevicesBaseDir)
+	files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(source.SysfsDir.Path("bus/cpu/devices"))
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
 	for _, file := range files {
 		// Try to read effective base frequency of each cpu in the system
-		filePath := path.Join(cpuDevicesBaseDir, file.Name(), "cpufreq/base_frequency")
+		filePath := source.SysfsDir.Path("bus/cpu/devices", file.Name(), "cpufreq/base_frequency")
 		data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filePath)
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
 			// Ignore missing file and continue to check other CPUs
diff --git a/source/cpu/pstate.go b/source/cpu/pstate.go
index 550ebaedc..9b8c1e023 100644
--- a/source/cpu/pstate.go
+++ b/source/cpu/pstate.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"runtime"
+
+	"sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/source"
 )
 
 // Discover p-state related features such as turbo boost.
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ func detectPstate() (map[string]string, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Only looking for turbo boost for now...
-	bytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile("/sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo")
+	bytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(source.SysfsDir.Path("devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't detect whether turbo boost is enabled: %s", err.Error())
 	}
diff --git a/source/internal/pci_utils.go b/source/internal/pci_utils.go
index a2794aa32..067b2a8ec 100644
--- a/source/internal/pci_utils.go
+++ b/source/internal/pci_utils.go
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
+
+	"sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/source"
 )
 
 type PciDeviceInfo map[string]string
@@ -72,10 +74,10 @@ func readPciDevInfo(devPath string, deviceAttrSpec map[string]bool) (PciDeviceIn
 // "class" attribute is considered mandatory.
 // DetectPci() will fail if the retrieval of a mandatory attribute fails.
 func DetectPci(deviceAttrSpec map[string]bool) (map[string][]PciDeviceInfo, error) {
-	const basePath = "/sys/bus/pci/devices/"
+	sysfsBasePath := source.SysfsDir.Path("bus/pci/devices")
 	devInfo := make(map[string][]PciDeviceInfo)
 
-	devices, err := ioutil.ReadDir(basePath)
+	devices, err := ioutil.ReadDir(sysfsBasePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ func DetectPci(deviceAttrSpec map[string]bool) (map[string][]PciDeviceInfo, erro
 
 	// Iterate over devices
 	for _, device := range devices {
-		info, err := readPciDevInfo(path.Join(basePath, device.Name()), deviceAttrSpec)
+		info, err := readPciDevInfo(path.Join(sysfsBasePath, device.Name()), deviceAttrSpec)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Print(err)
 			continue
diff --git a/source/iommu/iommu.go b/source/iommu/iommu.go
index 3f90d62fe..9dfe0080a 100644
--- a/source/iommu/iommu.go
+++ b/source/iommu/iommu.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func (s Source) Discover() (source.Features, error) {
 	features := source.Features{}
 
 	// Check if any iommu devices are available
-	devices, err := ioutil.ReadDir("/sys/class/iommu/")
+	devices, err := ioutil.ReadDir(source.SysfsDir.Path("class/iommu/"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to check for IOMMU support: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/source/kernel/kernel.go b/source/kernel/kernel.go
index e2b9a34e0..37c301c77 100644
--- a/source/kernel/kernel.go
+++ b/source/kernel/kernel.go
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func parseKconfig() (map[string]string, error) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		// Read kconfig
-		raw, err = ioutil.ReadFile("/host-boot/config-" + uname)
+		raw, err = ioutil.ReadFile(source.BootDir.Path("config-" + uname))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/source/kernel/selinux.go b/source/kernel/selinux.go
index bf34ebe7d..9a67d3b45 100644
--- a/source/kernel/selinux.go
+++ b/source/kernel/selinux.go
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@ package kernel
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
+
+	"sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/source"
 )
 
 // Detect if selinux has been enabled in the kernel
 func SelinuxEnabled() (bool, error) {
-	status, err := ioutil.ReadFile("/host-sys/fs/selinux/enforce")
+	status, err := ioutil.ReadFile(source.SysfsDir.Path("fs/selinux/enforce"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("Failed to detect the status of selinux, please check if the system supports selinux and make sure /sys on the host is mounted into the container: %s", err.Error())
 	}
diff --git a/source/memory/memory.go b/source/memory/memory.go
index c1a769df0..0e5e6d685 100644
--- a/source/memory/memory.go
+++ b/source/memory/memory.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (s Source) Discover() (source.Features, error) {
 func isNuma() (bool, error) {
 	// Find out how many nodes are online
 	// Multiple nodes is a sign of NUMA
-	bytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile("/sys/devices/system/node/online")
+	bytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(source.SysfsDir.Path("devices/system/node/online"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func detectNvdimm() (map[string]bool, error) {
 	features := make(map[string]bool)
 
 	// Check presence of physical devices
-	devices, err := ioutil.ReadDir("/sys/class/nd/")
+	devices, err := ioutil.ReadDir(source.SysfsDir.Path("class/nd"))
 	if err == nil {
 		if len(devices) > 0 {
 			features["present"] = true
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func detectNvdimm() (map[string]bool, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Check presence of DAX-configured regions
-	devices, err = ioutil.ReadDir("/sys/bus/nd/devices/")
+	devices, err = ioutil.ReadDir(source.SysfsDir.Path("bus/nd/devices"))
 	if err == nil {
 		for _, d := range devices {
 			if strings.HasPrefix(d.Name(), "dax") {
diff --git a/source/network/network.go b/source/network/network.go
index 63bf9c854..58fb1a4b8 100644
--- a/source/network/network.go
+++ b/source/network/network.go
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ func (s Source) Discover() (source.Features, error) {
 	// iterating through network interfaces to obtain their respective number of virtual functions
 	for _, netInterface := range netInterfaces {
 		if strings.Contains(netInterface.Flags.String(), "up") && !strings.Contains(netInterface.Flags.String(), "loopback") {
-			totalVfsPath := "/sys/class/net/" + netInterface.Name + "/device/sriov_totalvfs"
-			totalBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(totalVfsPath)
+			totalBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(source.SysfsDir.Path("class/net", netInterface.Name, "device/sriov_totalvfs"))
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Printf("SR-IOV not supported for network interface: %s: %v", netInterface.Name, err)
 				continue
@@ -60,8 +59,7 @@ func (s Source) Discover() (source.Features, error) {
 				log.Printf("SR-IOV capability is detected on the network interface: %s", netInterface.Name)
 				log.Printf("%d maximum supported number of virtual functions on network interface: %s", t, netInterface.Name)
 				features["sriov.capable"] = true
-				numVfsPath := "/sys/class/net/" + netInterface.Name + "/device/sriov_numvfs"
-				numBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(numVfsPath)
+				numBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(source.SysfsDir.Path("class/net", netInterface.Name, "device/sriov_numvfs"))
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Printf("SR-IOV not configured for network interface: %s: %s", netInterface.Name, err)
 					continue
diff --git a/source/storage/storage.go b/source/storage/storage.go
index 77f15283d..4e385df09 100644
--- a/source/storage/storage.go
+++ b/source/storage/storage.go
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ func (s Source) Discover() (source.Features, error) {
 	features := source.Features{}
 
 	// Check if there is any non-rotational block devices attached to the node
-	blockdevices, err := ioutil.ReadDir("/sys/block/")
+	blockdevices, err := ioutil.ReadDir(source.SysfsDir.Path("block"))
 	if err == nil {
 		for _, bdev := range blockdevices {
-			fname := "/sys/block/" + bdev.Name() + "/queue/rotational"
+			fname := source.SysfsDir.Path("block", bdev.Name(), "queue/rotational")
 			bytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fname)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't read rotational status: %s", err.Error())
diff --git a/source/system/system.go b/source/system/system.go
index 750a5d824..dab3ce89e 100644
--- a/source/system/system.go
+++ b/source/system/system.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (s Source) Discover() (source.Features, error) {
 func parseOSRelease() (map[string]string, error) {
 	release := map[string]string{}
 
-	f, err := os.Open("/host-etc/os-release")
+	f, err := os.Open(source.EtcDir.Path("os-release"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}