diff --git a/srcpkgs/dracut/files/kernel-hook-postinst b/srcpkgs/dracut/files/kernel-hook-postinst
index 2dd8c74c12b..c82b4729bb8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dracut/files/kernel-hook-postinst
+++ b/srcpkgs/dracut/files/kernel-hook-postinst
@@ -11,5 +11,12 @@ if [ ! -x usr/bin/dracut ]; then
 	exit 0
 fi
 
-dracut -q --force boot/initramfs-${VERSION}.img ${VERSION}
+if [ -x /bin/lz4 ]; then
+	args="--lz4"
+elif [ -x /bin/xz ]; then
+	args="--xz"
+elif [ -x /bin/bzip2 ]; then
+	args="--bzip2"
+fi
+dracut -q --force $args boot/initramfs-${VERSION}.img ${VERSION}
 exit $?
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dracut/template b/srcpkgs/dracut/template
index 443c2bcdddc..9ef532d5c17 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dracut/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dracut/template
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'dracut'
 pkgname=dracut
 version=038
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=meta
 hostmakedepends="libxslt docbook-xsl asciidoc"
-makedepends="psmisc cpio xz"
-depends="${makedepends}"
+depends="psmisc cpio lz4"
 conf_files="/etc/dracut.conf"
 make_dirs="
 	/etc/dracut.conf.d 0755 root root