diff --git a/packages/initramfs/linux-initramfs/install b/packages/initramfs/linux-initramfs/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..74893f4157
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/initramfs/linux-initramfs/install
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+. config/options $1
+
+VER=`ls $BUILD/linux*/modules/lib/modules`
+LINUX_MODULES_DIR=`echo $BUILD/linux*/modules/lib/modules/$VER/kernel`
+
+if [ -n "$INITRAMFS_MODULES" ]; then
+  mkdir -p $INSTALL/etc
+  mkdir -p $INSTALL/lib/modules
+
+  for i in $INITRAMFS_MODULES; do
+    module=`find $LINUX_MODULES_DIR -name $i.ko`
+    if [ -n "$module" ]; then
+      echo $i >> $INSTALL/etc/modules
+      cp $module $INSTALL/lib/modules/`basename $module`
+    fi
+  done
+fi
diff --git a/packages/initramfs/linux-initramfs/meta b/packages/initramfs/linux-initramfs/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..610d2d64d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/initramfs/linux-initramfs/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="linux-initramfs"
+PKG_VERSION=""
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.kernel.org"
+PKG_URL=""
+PKG_DEPENDS=""
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="initramfs"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="linux: initramfs kernel module support"
+PKG_LONGDESC="Support for loading kernel modules during early boot."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
diff --git a/packages/initramfs/meta b/packages/initramfs/meta
index f1aa3b5598..d29fe1fefc 100644
--- a/packages/initramfs/meta
+++ b/packages/initramfs/meta
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.openelec.tv"
 PKG_URL=""
-PKG_DEPENDS="eglibc-initramfs busybox-initramfs diskdev_cmds-initramfs"
+PKG_DEPENDS="eglibc-initramfs busybox-initramfs diskdev_cmds-initramfs linux-initramfs"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain eglibc-initramfs busybox-initramfs"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="initramfs"