diff --git libsemanage-2.4/src/direct_api.c libsemanage-2.4/src/direct_api.c
index b0ed338..ba5f475 100644
--- libsemanage-2.4/src/direct_api.c
+++ libsemanage-2.4/src/direct_api.c
@@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ static int semanage_direct_install_file(semanage_handle_t * sh,
 	int in_fd = -1;
 	char *path = NULL;
 	char *filename;
-	char *lang_ext;
+	char *lang_ext = NULL;
 	char *separator;
 
 	if ((in_fd = open(install_filename, O_RDONLY)) == -1) {
@@ -1387,17 +1387,20 @@ static int semanage_direct_install_file(semanage_handle_t * sh,
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
 		*separator = '\0';
+		lang_ext = separator + 1;
 	}
 
 	separator = strrchr(filename, '.');
 	if (separator == NULL) {
-		ERR(sh, "Module does not have a valid extension.");
-		retval = -1;
-		goto cleanup;
+		if (lang_ext == NULL) {
+			ERR(sh, "Module does not have a valid extension.");
+			retval = -1;
+			goto cleanup;
+		}
+	} else {
+		*separator = '\0';
+		lang_ext = separator + 1;
 	}
-	*separator = '\0';
-
-	lang_ext = separator + 1;
 
 	retval = semanage_direct_install(sh, data, data_len, filename, lang_ext);
 
diff --git libsemanage-2.4/tests/test_utilities.c libsemanage-2.4/tests/test_utilities.c
index 4d25b07..32cc33c 100644
--- libsemanage-2.4/tests/test_utilities.c
+++ libsemanage-2.4/tests/test_utilities.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ void test_slurp_file_filter(void);
 
 char fname[] = {
 	'T', 'E', 'S', 'T', '_', 'T', 'E', 'M', 'P', '_', 'X', 'X', 'X', 'X',
-	'X', 'X'
+	'X', 'X', '\0'
 };
 int fd;
 FILE *fptr;
diff --git libsemanage-2.4/utils/semanage_migrate_store libsemanage-2.4/utils/semanage_migrate_store
index 03b492e..6584002 100755
--- libsemanage-2.4/utils/semanage_migrate_store
+++ libsemanage-2.4/utils/semanage_migrate_store
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ def rebuild_policy():
 
 
 def oldroot_path():
-	return "/etc/selinux"
+	return "%s/etc/selinux" % ROOT
 
 def oldstore_path(store):
 	return "%s/%s/modules/active" % (oldroot_path(), store)
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ def disabledmodules_path(store):
 	return "%s/disabled" % newmodules_path(store)
 
 def newroot_path():
-	return PATH
+	return "%s%s" % (ROOT, PATH)
 
 def newstore_path(store):
 	return "%s/%s/active" % (newroot_path(), store)
@@ -260,6 +260,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 			  help="Disable rebuilding policy after migration (default: no)")
 	parser.add_option("-P", "--path", dest="path",
 			  help="Set path for the policy store (default: /var/lib/selinux)")
+	parser.add_option("-r", "--root", dest="root",
+			  help="Set an alternative root for the migration (default: /)")
 
 	(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -272,6 +274,10 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 	if PATH is None:
 		PATH = "/var/lib/selinux"
 
+	ROOT = options.root
+	if ROOT is None:
+		ROOT = ""
+
 	# List of paths that go in the active 'root'
 	TOPPATHS = [
 		"commit_num",