diff --git a/scripts/chroot.sh b/scripts/chroot.sh
index 77505181dc570d383d93d49c17bb7f96aad54596..8f395d297baef29445dacd38b6a1b5fc76e08b83 100755
--- a/scripts/chroot.sh
+++ b/scripts/chroot.sh
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ check_defines
 
 if [ "x${host_arch}" != "xarmv7l" ] ; then
 	sudo cp $(which qemu-arm-static) ${tempdir}/usr/bin/
+	warn_qemu_will_fail=1
 fi
 
 echo "Log: Running: debootstrap second-stage in [${tempdir}]"
@@ -398,6 +399,13 @@ cat > ${DIR}/chroot_script.sh <<-__EOF__
 		echo "Log: (chroot) package [\${pkg}] was not installed... (add to base_pkg_list if functionality is really needed)"
 	}
 
+	qemu_warning () {
+		if [ "${warn_qemu_will_fail}" ] ; then
+			echo "Log: (chroot) Warning, qemu can fail here... (run on real armv7l hardware for production images)"
+			echo "Log: (chroot): [\${qemu_command}]"
+		fi
+	}
+
 	stop_init () {
 		cat > /usr/sbin/policy-rc.d <<EOF
 		#!/bin/sh
@@ -614,6 +622,8 @@ cat > ${DIR}/chroot_script.sh <<-__EOF__
 
 			if [ "x\${pkg_is_not_installed}" = "x" ] ; then
 				mkdir -p /opt/boot-scripts/ || true
+				qemu_command="git clone git://github.com/RobertCNelson/boot-scripts.git /opt/boot-scripts/ || true"
+				qemu_warning
 				git clone git://github.com/RobertCNelson/boot-scripts.git /opt/boot-scripts/ || true
 				chown -R ${user_name}:${user_name} /opt/boot-scripts/
 			else
@@ -631,10 +641,14 @@ cat > ${DIR}/chroot_script.sh <<-__EOF__
 			if [ "x${release}" = "xwheezy" ] ; then
 				apt-get -y -t wheezy-backports install nodejs-legacy
 
+				qemu_command="curl https://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh"
+				qemu_warning
 				curl https://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
 
 				mkdir -p /opt/cloud9/ || true
-				clone git clone https://github.com/ajaxorg/cloud9.git /opt/cloud9/ || true
+				qemu_command="git clone https://github.com/ajaxorg/cloud9.git /opt/cloud9/ || true"
+				qemu_warning
+				git clone https://github.com/ajaxorg/cloud9.git /opt/cloud9/ || true
 				chown -R ${user_name}:${user_name} /opt/cloud9/
 			fi
 		else