diff --git a/generic/initrd.scripts b/generic/initrd.scripts
index c1f5d15..d05ef5f 100644
--- a/generic/initrd.scripts
+++ b/generic/initrd.scripts
@@ -407,9 +407,13 @@ startVolumes() {
     then
 	if [ -e '/sbin/dmraid' ]
 	then
-	
 	    good_msg "Activating Device-Mapper RAID(s)"
-	    /sbin/dmraid -ay
+	    if [ '${DMRAID_OPTS}' = '' ]
+	    then
+		/sbin/dmraid -ay
+	    else
+		/sbin/dmraid -ay ${DMRAID_OPTS}
+	    fi
 	fi
     fi
 
diff --git a/generic/linuxrc b/generic/linuxrc
index 718e24b..b038066 100644
--- a/generic/linuxrc
+++ b/generic/linuxrc
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ do
       dodmraid)
 	  USE_DMRAID_NORMAL=1
 	  ;;
+      dodmraid\=*)
+	  DMRAID_OPTS=`parse_opt "${x}"`
+	  USE_DMRAID_NORMAL=1
+	  ;;
       doevms)
 	  USE_EVMS_NORMAL=1
 	  ;;