diff --git a/pkg/container/container.go b/pkg/container/container.go
index b85e0587..eb62a394 100644
--- a/pkg/container/container.go
+++ b/pkg/container/container.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/lxc/go-lxc"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	embed_exec "stackerbuild.io/stacker/pkg/embed-exec"
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ func New(sc types.StackerConfig, name string) (*Container, error) {
 		return nil, errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
 
-	lxcC, err := lxc.NewContainer(name, sc.RootFSDir)
+	uniqname := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", name, uuid.NewString())
+	lxcC, err := lxc.NewContainer(uniqname, sc.RootFSDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/test/concurrent.bats b/test/concurrent.bats
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..58e2d5d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/concurrent.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+load helpers
+
+function setup() {
+    stacker_setup
+}
+
+function teardown() {
+    cleanup
+}
+
+@test "concurrent w aliased rootdir" {
+    cat > stacker.yaml <<"EOF"
+robertos:
+    from:
+        type: oci
+        url: ${{BUSYBOX_OCI}}
+    run: |
+      sleep ${{SNOOZ}} # make sure they have time to conflict
+EOF
+
+    mkdir -p 1/roots 1/stacker 2/roots 2/stacker aliased-rootsdir
+    chmod -R 777 1 2
+
+    # simulate shared CI infra where name of sandbox dir is same despite backing store being different
+
+    mount --bind 1/roots aliased-rootsdir
+    ${ROOT_DIR}/stacker --debug --roots-dir=aliased-rootsdir --stacker-dir=1/stacker --oci-dir=1/oci --log-file=1.log build --substitute BUSYBOX_OCI=${BUSYBOX_OCI} --substitute SNOOZ=15 &
+
+    sleep 5
+
+    unshare -m bash <<EOF
+        mount --bind 2/roots aliased-rootsdir
+        ${ROOT_DIR}/stacker --debug --roots-dir=aliased-rootsdir --stacker-dir=2/stacker --oci-dir=2/oci --log-file=2.log \
+            build --substitute BUSYBOX_OCI=${BUSYBOX_OCI} --substitute SNOOZ=0
+EOF
+
+}