diff --git a/dracut/Makefile.am b/dracut/Makefile.am
index dc303b5240d..a7dfa4a23e3 100644
--- a/dracut/Makefile.am
+++ b/dracut/Makefile.am
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ dist_dracut_SCRIPTS = module-setup.sh \
                       python-deps \
                       kickstart_version.py \
                       anaconda-lib.sh \
+                      apply-dracut-updates.sh \
                       parse-anaconda-options.sh \
                       parse-anaconda-repo.sh \
                       parse-anaconda-kickstart.sh \
diff --git a/dracut/apply-dracut-updates.sh b/dracut/apply-dracut-updates.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..190a6dbb912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dracut/apply-dracut-updates.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# apply-dracut-updates.sh - run a well-known script injected into initramfs
+
+echo "Applying anaocnda dracut updates: '/upd-dracut.sh d'"
+/upd-dracut.sh d
diff --git a/dracut/module-setup.sh b/dracut/module-setup.sh
index b1972e9b316..9683d958f65 100755
--- a/dracut/module-setup.sh
+++ b/dracut/module-setup.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ install() {
 
     # anaconda
     inst "$moddir/anaconda-lib.sh" "/lib/anaconda-lib.sh"
+    inst_hook cmdline 24 "$moddir/apply-dracut-updates.sh"
     inst_hook cmdline 25 "$moddir/parse-anaconda-options.sh"
     inst_hook cmdline 26 "$moddir/parse-anaconda-kickstart.sh"
     inst_hook cmdline 27 "$moddir/parse-anaconda-repo.sh"