diff --git a/update_chroot b/update_chroot
index a16de44b36..19bcd8cec6 100755
--- a/update_chroot
+++ b/update_chroot
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 # Script must run inside the chroot
 assert_inside_chroot "$@"
 
+# Do not run as root
+assert_not_root_user
+
 # Flags
 DEFINE_boolean usepkg $FLAGS_TRUE \
   "Use binary packages to bootstrap."
@@ -29,6 +32,9 @@ eval set -- "${FLAGS_ARGV}"
 # so will die prematurely if 'set -e' is specified before now.
 set -e
 
+# Run version hooks as pre-update
+${SCRIPTS_DIR}/run_chroot_version_hooks
+
 info "Updating chroot"
 
 EMERGE_FLAGS="-uDNv --with-bdeps=y"