diff --git a/contrib/perf.py b/contrib/perf.py
--- a/contrib/perf.py
+++ b/contrib/perf.py
@@ -495,7 +495,9 @@
     repocleartagscache = repocleartagscachefunc(repo)
     def t():
         repo.changelog = mercurial.changelog.changelog(svfs)
-        repo.manifestlog = mercurial.manifest.manifestlog(svfs, repo)
+        rootmanifest = mercurial.manifest.manifestrevlog(svfs)
+        repo.manifestlog = mercurial.manifest.manifestlog(svfs, repo,
+                                                          rootmanifest)
         repocleartagscache()
         return len(repo.tags())
     timer(t)
diff --git a/mercurial/bundlerepo.py b/mercurial/bundlerepo.py
--- a/mercurial/bundlerepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/bundlerepo.py
@@ -364,14 +364,16 @@
         self.manstart = self._cgunpacker.tell()
         return c
 
-    def _constructmanifest(self):
+    @localrepo.unfilteredpropertycache
+    def manifestlog(self):
         self._cgunpacker.seek(self.manstart)
         # consume the header if it exists
         self._cgunpacker.manifestheader()
         linkmapper = self.unfiltered().changelog.rev
-        m = bundlemanifest(self.svfs, self._cgunpacker, linkmapper)
+        rootstore = bundlemanifest(self.svfs, self._cgunpacker, linkmapper)
         self.filestart = self._cgunpacker.tell()
-        return m
+
+        return manifest.manifestlog(self.svfs, self, rootstore)
 
     def _consumemanifest(self):
         """Consumes the manifest portion of the bundle, setting filestart so the
diff --git a/mercurial/localrepo.py b/mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -994,15 +994,10 @@
         return changelog.changelog(self.svfs,
                                    trypending=txnutil.mayhavepending(self.root))
 
-    def _constructmanifest(self):
-        # This is a temporary function while we migrate from manifest to
-        # manifestlog. It allows bundlerepo and unionrepo to intercept the
-        # manifest creation.
-        return manifest.manifestrevlog(self.svfs)
-
     @storecache('00manifest.i')
     def manifestlog(self):
-        return manifest.manifestlog(self.svfs, self)
+        rootstore = manifest.manifestrevlog(self.svfs)
+        return manifest.manifestlog(self.svfs, self, rootstore)
 
     @repofilecache('dirstate')
     def dirstate(self):
diff --git a/mercurial/manifest.py b/mercurial/manifest.py
--- a/mercurial/manifest.py
+++ b/mercurial/manifest.py
@@ -1609,7 +1609,7 @@
     of the list of files in the given commit. Consumers of the output of this
     class do not care about the implementation details of the actual manifests
     they receive (i.e. tree or flat or lazily loaded, etc)."""
-    def __init__(self, opener, repo):
+    def __init__(self, opener, repo, rootstore):
         usetreemanifest = False
         cachesize = 4
 
@@ -1620,7 +1620,7 @@
 
         self._treemanifests = usetreemanifest
 
-        self._rootstore = repo._constructmanifest()
+        self._rootstore = rootstore
         self._rootstore._setupmanifestcachehooks(repo)
         self._narrowmatch = repo.narrowmatch()
 
diff --git a/mercurial/statichttprepo.py b/mercurial/statichttprepo.py
--- a/mercurial/statichttprepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/statichttprepo.py
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@
         self._filecache = {}
         self.requirements = requirements
 
-        self.manifestlog = manifest.manifestlog(self.svfs, self)
+        rootmanifest = manifest.manifestrevlog(self.svfs)
+        self.manifestlog = manifest.manifestlog(self.svfs, self, rootmanifest)
         self.changelog = changelog.changelog(self.svfs)
         self._tags = None
         self.nodetagscache = None
diff --git a/mercurial/unionrepo.py b/mercurial/unionrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/unionrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/unionrepo.py
@@ -208,6 +208,12 @@
     def changelog(self):
         return unionchangelog(self.svfs, self.repo2.svfs)
 
+    @localrepo.unfilteredpropertycache
+    def manifestlog(self):
+        rootstore = unionmanifest(self.svfs, self.repo2.svfs,
+                                  self.unfiltered()._clrev)
+        return manifest.manifestlog(self.svfs, self, rootstore)
+
     def _clrev(self, rev2):
         """map from repo2 changelog rev to temporary rev in self.changelog"""
         node = self.repo2.changelog.node(rev2)
diff --git a/tests/test-check-interfaces.py b/tests/test-check-interfaces.py
--- a/tests/test-check-interfaces.py
+++ b/tests/test-check-interfaces.py
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
     checkzobject(fl, allowextra=True)
 
     # Conforms to imanifestlog.
-    ml = manifest.manifestlog(vfs, repo)
+    ml = manifest.manifestlog(vfs, repo, manifest.manifestrevlog(repo.svfs))
     checkzobject(ml)
     checkzobject(repo.manifestlog)