diff --git a/dissect/target/filesystem.py b/dissect/target/filesystem.py
index e965aadb4..14efdb509 100644
--- a/dissect/target/filesystem.py
+++ b/dissect/target/filesystem.py
@@ -840,11 +840,12 @@ def hash(self, algos: Optional[list[str] | list[Callable]] = None) -> tuple[str]
 class VirtualDirectory(FilesystemEntry):
     """Virtual directory implementation. Backed by a dict."""
 
-    def __init__(self, fs, path):
+    def __init__(self, fs, path, stat: fsutil.stat_result | None = None):
         super().__init__(fs, path, None)
         self.up = None
         self.top = None
         self.entries = {}
+        self._stat = stat
 
     def __getitem__(self, item) -> FilesystemEntry:
         if not self.fs.case_sensitive:
@@ -903,19 +904,19 @@ def scandir(self) -> Iterator[FilesystemEntry]:
                     continue
                 yield entry
 
-    def _stat(self) -> fsutil.stat_result:
+    def _fake_stat(self) -> fsutil.stat_result:
         path_addr = fsutil.generate_addr(self.path, alt_separator=self.fs.alt_separator)
         return fsutil.stat_result([stat.S_IFDIR, path_addr, id(self.fs), 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0])
 
     def stat(self, follow_symlinks: bool = True) -> fsutil.stat_result:
         if self.top:
             return self.top.stat(follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
-        return self._stat()
+        return self._stat if self._stat else self._fake_stat()
 
     def lstat(self) -> fsutil.stat_result:
         if self.top:
             return self.top.lstat()
-        return self._stat()
+        return self._stat if self._stat else self._fake_stat()
 
     def is_dir(self, follow_symlinks: bool = True) -> bool:
         return True
@@ -1148,7 +1149,7 @@ def get(self, path: str, relentry: Optional[FilesystemEntry] = None) -> Filesyst
 
         return entry
 
-    def makedirs(self, path: str) -> VirtualDirectory:
+    def makedirs(self, path: str, stat: fsutil.stat_result | None = None) -> VirtualDirectory:
         """Create virtual directories into the VFS from the given path."""
         path = fsutil.normalize(path, alt_separator=self.alt_separator).strip("/")
         directory = self.root
@@ -1159,7 +1160,11 @@ def makedirs(self, path: str) -> VirtualDirectory:
         parts = path.split("/")
         for i, part in enumerate(parts):
             if part not in directory:
-                vdir = VirtualDirectory(self, fsutil.join(*parts[: i + 1], alt_separator=self.alt_separator))
+                vdir = VirtualDirectory(
+                    fs=self,
+                    path=fsutil.join(*parts[: i + 1], alt_separator=self.alt_separator),
+                    stat=stat if i + 1 == len(parts) else None,
+                )
                 vdir.up = directory
 
                 directory.add(part, vdir)
@@ -1175,6 +1180,23 @@ def map_fs(self, vfspath: str, fs: Filesystem) -> None:
 
     mount = map_fs
 
+    def map_vdir(self, vfspath: str, tpath: pathlib.Path) -> None:
+        """Recursively map a directory from a target into the VFS."""
+        if not isinstance(tpath, pathlib.Path):
+            raise ValueError("Argument %s should be a Path or TargetPath instance", tpath)
+
+        vfspath = fsutil.normalize(vfspath, alt_separator=self.alt_separator).strip("/")
+
+        for path in tpath.rglob("*"):
+            relpath = str(path).replace(str(tpath), "")
+            relpath = fsutil.normalize(relpath, alt_separator=os.path.sep)
+
+            if path.is_dir():
+                self.makedirs(relpath, stat=path.lstat())
+
+            else:
+                self.map_file_entry(relpath, path.get())
+
     def map_dir(self, vfspath: str, realpath: str) -> None:
         """Recursively map a directory from the host machine into the VFS."""
         vfspath = fsutil.normalize(vfspath, alt_separator=self.alt_separator).strip("/")
diff --git a/dissect/target/filesystems/overlay.py b/dissect/target/filesystems/overlay.py
index a5600281a..e17be08c9 100644
--- a/dissect/target/filesystems/overlay.py
+++ b/dissect/target/filesystems/overlay.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def __init__(self, path: Path, *args, **kwargs):
         # base_path is /foo/bar/image/overlay2/layerdb/mounts/<id> so we traverse up to /foo/bar to get to the root.
         root = path.parents[4]
 
-        layers = []
+        layers: list[tuple[str, Path]] = []
         parent_layer = path.joinpath("parent").read_text()
 
         # iterate over all image layers
@@ -96,15 +96,16 @@ def __init__(self, path: Path, *args, **kwargs):
                 )
                 continue
 
+            layer_fs = VirtualFilesystem()
+
             # mount points can be files
             if layer.is_file():
-                layer_fs = VirtualFilesystem()
-                layer_fs.map_file_fh(dest, layer.open("rb"))
+                layer_fs.map_file_entry(dest, layer.get())
 
             # regular overlay2 layers are directories
             # mount points can be directories too
             else:
-                layer_fs = DirectoryFilesystem(layer)
+                layer_fs.map_vdir("/", layer)
 
             log.info("Adding layer %s to destination %s", layer, dest)
             self.append_layer().mount("/" if layer.is_file() else dest, layer_fs)