diff --git a/dracut.cmdline.7.asc b/dracut.cmdline.7.asc
index 545bab42..2c7fd91f 100644
--- a/dracut.cmdline.7.asc
+++ b/dracut.cmdline.7.asc
@@ -790,13 +790,14 @@ of your compressed filesystem image tarball.
 =====================
 
 **root=**live:__<url>__::
-Boots a live image retrieved from __<url>__.  Valid handlers: __http, httpd, ftp, tftp__.
+Boots a live image retrieved from __<url>__.  Valid handlers: __http, https, ftp, torrent, tftp__.
 +
 [listing]
 .Example
 --
 root=live:http://example.com/liveboot.img
 root=live:ftp://ftp.example.com/liveboot.img
+root=live:torrent://example.com/liveboot.img.torrent
 --
 
 **rd.live.debug=**1::
diff --git a/modules.d/45url-lib/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/45url-lib/module-setup.sh
index 1b785c24..c87f7186 100755
--- a/modules.d/45url-lib/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/45url-lib/module-setup.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ depends() {
 install() {
     local _dir _crt _found _lib
     inst_simple "$moddir/url-lib.sh" "/lib/url-lib.sh"
+    inst_multiple -o ctorrent
     inst_multiple curl
     # also install libs for curl https
     inst_libdir_file "libnsspem.so*"
diff --git a/modules.d/45url-lib/url-lib.sh b/modules.d/45url-lib/url-lib.sh
index c9d143a2..d9cebd4d 100755
--- a/modules.d/45url-lib/url-lib.sh
+++ b/modules.d/45url-lib/url-lib.sh
@@ -82,6 +82,36 @@ set_http_header() {
     echo "header = \"$1: $2\"" >> $CURL_HOME/.curlrc
 }
 
+### TORRENT ##########################################################
+
+ctorrent_args="-E 0 -e 0"
+
+ctorrent_fetch_url() {
+    local url="$1" outloc="$2"
+    url=${url#*//}
+    torrent_outloc="$outloc.torrent"
+    echo "$url" > /proc/self/fd/0
+    if [ -n "$outloc" ]; then
+        curl $curl_args --output - -- "$url" > "$torrent_outloc" || return $?
+    else
+        local outdir="$(mkuniqdir /tmp torrent_fetch_url)"
+        ( cd "$outdir"; curl $curl_args --remote-name "$url" || return $? )
+        torrent_outloc="$outdir/$(ls -A $outdir)"
+        outloc=${torrent_outloc%.*}
+    fi
+    if ! [ -f "$torrent_outloc" ]; then
+        warn "Downloading '$url' failed!"
+        return 253
+    fi
+    ctorrent $ctorrent_args -s $outloc $torrent_outloc >&2
+    if ! [ -f "$outloc" ]; then
+        warn "Torrent download of '$url' failed!"
+        return 253
+    fi
+    if [ -z "$2" ]; then echo "$outloc" ; fi
+}
+add_url_handler ctorrent_fetch_url torrent
+
 ### NFS ##############################################################
 
 [ -e /lib/nfs-lib.sh ] && . /lib/nfs-lib.sh