diff --git a/init b/init
index b12743c8..0b158dc2 100755
--- a/init
+++ b/init
@@ -14,9 +14,17 @@ emergency_shell()
 }
 
 getarg() {
+    local o;
     for o in $(< /proc/cmdline); do
 	[[ $o == $1 ]] && { echo $o; break; }
     done
+    return 1
+}
+
+source_all() {
+    local f
+    [[ -d $1 ]] || return
+    for f in "$d"/*; do; . "$f"; done
 }
 
 echo "Starting initrd..."
@@ -67,12 +75,8 @@ esac
 tries=0
 echo "Waiting up to 30 seconds for $root to become available"
 udevadm settle --timeout=30
-[[ -f /cryptroot ]] && {
-    echo "Encrypted root detected."
-    cryptopts=$(< /cryptroot)
-    /sbin/cryptsetup luksOpen $cryptopts || emergency_shell
-    udevadm settle --timeout=30
-}
+source_all /pre-mount
+
 echo "Trying to mount rootfs $root"
 [[ -e $root ]] || emergency_shell
 ln -s "$root" /dev/root    
diff --git a/pre-mount/50cryptroot b/pre-mount/50cryptroot
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39e6e6ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pre-mount/50cryptroot
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+[[ -f /cryptroot ]] || return
+echo "Encrypted root detected."
+cryptopts=$(< /cryptroot)
+/sbin/cryptsetup luksOpen $cryptopts || emergency_shell
+udevadm settle --timeout=30
diff --git a/pre-mount/99resume b/pre-mount/99resume
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7eacd387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pre-mount/99resume
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+resume=$(getarg 'resume=*') || return
+resume=${resume#resume=}
+[[ -b $resume ]] || return
+# parsing the output of ls is Bad, but until there is a better way...
+read x x x x maj min x < <(ls -lH "$resume")
+echo "${maj/,/}:$min"> /sys/power/resume