diff --git a/cmd/ctr/snapshot.go b/cmd/ctr/snapshot.go
index 386269d44..ab5f2ea4b 100644
--- a/cmd/ctr/snapshot.go
+++ b/cmd/ctr/snapshot.go
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 	"text/tabwriter"
 
+	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/progress"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/rootfs"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/snapshot"
+	digest "github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
 )
@@ -21,6 +24,7 @@ var snapshotCommand = cli.Command{
 		listSnapshotCommand,
 		usageSnapshotCommand,
 		removeSnapshotCommand,
+		prepareSnapshotCommand,
 	},
 }
 
@@ -193,3 +197,43 @@ var removeSnapshotCommand = cli.Command{
 		return nil
 	},
 }
+
+var prepareSnapshotCommand = cli.Command{
+	Name:      "prepare",
+	Usage:     "prepare gets mount commands for digest",
+	ArgsUsage: "[flags] <digest> <target>",
+	Flags:     []cli.Flag{},
+	Action: func(clicontext *cli.Context) error {
+		ctx, cancel := appContext(clicontext)
+		defer cancel()
+
+		if clicontext.NArg() != 2 {
+			return cli.ShowSubcommandHelp(clicontext)
+		}
+
+		dgst, err := digest.Parse(clicontext.Args().Get(0))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		target := clicontext.Args().Get(1)
+
+		logrus.Infof("preparing mounts %s", dgst.String())
+
+		client, err := newClient(clicontext)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		snapshotter := client.SnapshotService()
+		mounts, err := snapshotter.Prepare(ctx, target, dgst.String())
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		for _, m := range mounts {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "mount -t %s %s %s -o %s\n", m.Type, m.Source, target, strings.Join(m.Options, ","))
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	},
+}
diff --git a/cmd/dist/rootfs.go b/cmd/dist/rootfs.go
index fccb300fa..d5f90630c 100644
--- a/cmd/dist/rootfs.go
+++ b/cmd/dist/rootfs.go
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/log"
 	digest "github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
@@ -16,7 +14,6 @@ var rootfsCommand = cli.Command{
 	Usage: "rootfs setups a rootfs",
 	Subcommands: []cli.Command{
 		rootfsUnpackCommand,
-		rootfsPrepareCommand,
 	},
 }
 
@@ -71,43 +68,3 @@ var rootfsUnpackCommand = cli.Command{
 		return nil
 	},
 }
-
-var rootfsPrepareCommand = cli.Command{
-	Name:      "prepare",
-	Usage:     "prepare gets mount commands for digest",
-	ArgsUsage: "[flags] <digest> <target>",
-	Flags:     []cli.Flag{},
-	Action: func(clicontext *cli.Context) error {
-		ctx, cancel := appContext(clicontext)
-		defer cancel()
-
-		if clicontext.NArg() != 2 {
-			return cli.ShowSubcommandHelp(clicontext)
-		}
-
-		dgst, err := digest.Parse(clicontext.Args().Get(0))
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		target := clicontext.Args().Get(1)
-
-		log.G(ctx).Infof("preparing mounts %s", dgst.String())
-
-		client, err := getClient(clicontext)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		snapshotter := client.SnapshotService()
-		mounts, err := snapshotter.Prepare(ctx, target, dgst.String())
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		for _, m := range mounts {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "mount -t %s %s %s -o %s\n", m.Type, m.Source, target, strings.Join(m.Options, ","))
-		}
-
-		return nil
-	},
-}