diff --git a/sys-kernel/dracut/dracut-9999.ebuild b/sys-kernel/dracut/dracut-9999.ebuild
index 8bbef8760f9df..ac29cf44513bd 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/dracut/dracut-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-kernel/dracut/dracut-9999.ebuild
@@ -153,6 +153,24 @@ src_install() {
 	dodoc dracut.html
 }
 
+pkg_preinst() {
+	# Remove directory/symlink conflicts
+	# https://bugs.gentoo.org/943007
+	local save_nullglob=$(shopt -p nullglob)
+	shopt -s nullglob
+	local module
+	for module in "${EROOT}"/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/{80test,80test-makeroot,80test-root}; do
+		if [[ ! -L ${module} && -d ${module} ]]; then
+			rm -rv "${module}" || die
+		fi
+		local backups=( "${module}".backup.* )
+		if [[ ${#backups[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
+			rm -v "${backups[@]}" || die
+		fi
+	done
+	eval "${save_nullglob}"
+}
+
 pkg_postinst() {
 	optfeature "Networking support" net-misc/networkmanager
 	optfeature "Legacy networking support" net-misc/curl "net-misc/dhcp[client]" \