diff --git a/system-config/kernel-grub2.install b/system-config/kernel-grub2.install
index 71f0a36..466e637 100755
--- a/system-config/kernel-grub2.install
+++ b/system-config/kernel-grub2.install
@@ -2,10 +2,17 @@
 
 COMMAND="$1"
 KVER="$2"
+BOOT_DIR_ABS="$3"
 
 case "$COMMAND" in
     add)
-        dracut -f "/boot/initramfs-${KVER}.img" "$KVER"
+        if [ ! -e "/boot/initramfs-${KVER}.img" ]; then
+            if [ -e "$BOOT_DIR_ABS"/initrd ]; then
+                cp "$BOOT_DIR_ABS"/initrd "/boot/initramfs-${KVER}.img"
+            else
+                dracut "/boot/initramfs-${KVER}.img" "$KVER"
+            fi
+        fi
         ;;
     remove)
         rm -f "/boot/initramfs-${KVER}.img"
diff --git a/system-config/kernel-xen-efi.install b/system-config/kernel-xen-efi.install
index 842eac3..005dd18 100755
--- a/system-config/kernel-xen-efi.install
+++ b/system-config/kernel-xen-efi.install
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ case "$COMMAND" in
         fi
 
         cp "/boot/vmlinuz-$KVER" "$EFI_DIR/"
-        dracut -f "$EFI_DIR/initramfs-${KVER}.img" "$KVER"
+        if [ -e "/boot/initramfs-${KVER}.img" ]; then
+            cp -f "/boot/initramfs-${KVER}.img" "$EFI_DIR/"
+        else
+            dracut -f "$EFI_DIR/initramfs-${KVER}.img" "$KVER"
+        fi
         ;;
     remove)
         # don't care about changing default= line - yum should prevent removing