diff --git a/base/mkinitramfs/install/D%sbindir_mkinitramfs.sh b/base/mkinitramfs/install/D%sbindir_mkinitramfs.sh
index 68df8a2b2..a0333dd00 100644
--- a/base/mkinitramfs/install/D%sbindir_mkinitramfs.sh
+++ b/base/mkinitramfs/install/D%sbindir_mkinitramfs.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../mkinitramfs/install/D%sbindir_mkinitramfs.sh
-# Copyright (C) 2007 - 2008 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2007 - 2009 The OpenSDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
 #
@@ -16,11 +16,12 @@
 root=
 kernever=
 template=
+suffix=
 running=
 
 mkinitrd_usage() {
 	cat <<EOT
-Usage: ${0##*/} [ -R <root> ] [ -T <template> ] [<kernelver>]
+Usage: ${0##*/} [ -R <root> ] [ -T <template> ] [ -s <suffix>] [<kernelver>]
 	root.....: location of the sandbox to work in (default: /)
 	template.: file to use as template for this image
 	           (default: \$root/boot/initrd.img)
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
 	case "$1" in
 		-R)	root="$2"; shift ;;
 		-T)	template="$2"; shift ;;
+		-s)	suffix="$2"; shift ;;
 		[0-9]*)	kernelver="$1" ;;
 		*)	mkinitrd_usage; exit 1 ;; 
 	esac
@@ -128,7 +130,7 @@ if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 
 	# repack if everything went well
 	if [ $errno -eq 0 ]; then
-		initrd=boot/initrd-$kernelver.img
+		initrd="boot/initrd-${suffix:-$kernelver}.img"
 
 		echo "Expanded size: $( du -sh . | cut -d' ' -f1 )"
 		echo "Repacking '$tmpdir' into \$root/$initrd"