diff --git a/dracut-functions.sh b/dracut-functions.sh
index 89438b29..4ea3204d 100755
--- a/dracut-functions.sh
+++ b/dracut-functions.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,51 @@ fi
 # Generic substring function.  If $2 is in $1, return 0.
 strstr() { [[ $1 = *$2* ]]; }
 
+# helper function for check() in module-setup.sh
+# to check for required installed binaries
+# issues a standardized warning message
+require_binaries() {
+    local _module_name="${moddir##*/}"
+    local _ret=0
+
+    if [[ "$1" = "-m" ]]; then
+        _module_name="$2"
+        shift 2
+    fi
+
+    for cmd in "$@"; do
+        if ! find_binary "$cmd" &>/dev/null; then
+            dwarning "$_module_name: Could not find command '$cmd'!"
+            ((_ret++))
+        fi
+    done
+    return $_ret
+}
+
+require_any_binary() {
+    local _module_name="${moddir##*/}"
+    local _ret=1
+
+    if [[ "$1" = "-m" ]]; then
+        _module_name="$2"
+        shift 2
+    fi
+
+    for cmd in "$@"; do
+        if find_binary "$cmd" &>/dev/null; then
+            _ret=0
+            break
+        fi
+    done
+
+    if (( $_ret != 0 )); then
+        dwarning "$_module_name: Could not find any command of '$@'!"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    return 0
+}
+
 # find a binary.  If we were not passed the full path directly,
 # search in the usual places to find the binary.
 find_binary() {
@@ -1055,7 +1100,7 @@ module_check() {
         . $_moddir/module-setup.sh
         is_func check || return 0
         [ $_forced -ne 0 ] && unset hostonly
-        check $hostonly
+        moddir=$_moddir check $hostonly
         _ret=$?
         unset check depends cmdline install installkernel
     fi
@@ -1081,7 +1126,7 @@ module_check_mount() {
         unset check depends cmdline install installkernel
         check() { false; }
         . $_moddir/module-setup.sh
-        check 0
+        moddir=$_moddir check 0
         _ret=$?
         unset check depends cmdline install installkernel
     fi
@@ -1105,7 +1150,7 @@ module_depends() {
         unset check depends cmdline install installkernel
         depends() { true; }
         . $_moddir/module-setup.sh
-        depends
+        moddir=$_moddir depends
         _ret=$?
         unset check depends cmdline install installkernel
         return $_ret
@@ -1126,7 +1171,7 @@ module_cmdline() {
         unset check depends cmdline install installkernel
         cmdline() { true; }
         . $_moddir/module-setup.sh
-        cmdline
+        moddir=$_moddir cmdline
         _ret=$?
         unset check depends cmdline install installkernel
         return $_ret
@@ -1147,7 +1192,7 @@ module_install() {
         unset check depends cmdline install installkernel
         install() { true; }
         . $_moddir/module-setup.sh
-        install
+        moddir=$_moddir install
         _ret=$?
         unset check depends cmdline install installkernel
         return $_ret
@@ -1168,7 +1213,7 @@ module_installkernel() {
         unset check depends cmdline install installkernel
         installkernel() { true; }
         . $_moddir/module-setup.sh
-        installkernel
+        moddir=$_moddir installkernel
         _ret=$?
         unset check depends cmdline install installkernel
         return $_ret
diff --git a/modules.d/00bash/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/00bash/module-setup.sh
index e874e73d..109642ac 100755
--- a/modules.d/00bash/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/00bash/module-setup.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # ex: ts=8 sw=4 sts=4 et filetype=sh
 
 check() {
-    [ -x /bin/bash ]
+    require_binaries /bin/bash
 }
 
 depends() {
diff --git a/modules.d/00bootchart/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/00bootchart/module-setup.sh
index 72b60633..f03fc540 100755
--- a/modules.d/00bootchart/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/00bootchart/module-setup.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 check() {
     [[ "$mount_needs" ]] && return 1
-    [ -x /sbin/bootchartd ] || return 1
+    require_binaries /sbin/bootchartd || return 1
     return 255
 }
 
diff --git a/modules.d/00dash/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/00dash/module-setup.sh
index dfd4d7bf..9a2a92fc 100755
--- a/modules.d/00dash/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/00dash/module-setup.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # ex: ts=8 sw=4 sts=4 et filetype=sh
 
 check() {
-    [ -x /bin/dash ]
+    require_binaries /bin/dash
 }
 
 depends() {
diff --git a/modules.d/00systemd-bootchart/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/00systemd-bootchart/module-setup.sh
index 3eb4de1e..eb6f383c 100755
--- a/modules.d/00systemd-bootchart/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/00systemd-bootchart/module-setup.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 check() {
     [[ "$mount_needs" ]] && return 1
-    [ -x $systemdutildir/systemd-bootchart ] || return 1
+    require_binaries $systemdutildir/systemd-bootchart || return 1
     return 255
 }
 
diff --git a/modules.d/02caps/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/02caps/module-setup.sh
index c9d94eeb..73eb215b 100755
--- a/modules.d/02caps/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/02caps/module-setup.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # ex: ts=8 sw=4 sts=4 et filetype=sh
 
 check() {
-    type -P capsh >/dev/null 2>&1
+    require_binaries capsh
 }
 
 depends() {
@@ -11,9 +11,13 @@ depends() {
 }
 
 install() {
-    inst_hook pre-pivot 00 "$moddir/caps.sh"
-    inst $(type -P capsh 2>/dev/null) /usr/sbin/capsh
-    # capsh wants bash and we need bash also
-    inst /bin/bash
+    if ! dracut_module_included "systemd"; then
+        inst_hook pre-pivot 00 "$moddir/caps.sh"
+        inst $(type -P capsh 2>/dev/null) /usr/sbin/capsh
+        # capsh wants bash and we need bash also
+        inst /bin/bash
+    else
+        dwarning "caps: does not work with systemd in the initramfs"
+    fi
 }
 
diff --git a/modules.d/03modsign/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/03modsign/module-setup.sh
index 730cd86e..bed5cfe1 100755
--- a/modules.d/03modsign/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/03modsign/module-setup.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com>
 
 check() {
-    [[ -x /usr/bin/keyctl ]] || return 1
+    require_binaries keyctl || return 1
 
     # do not include module in hostonly mode,
     # if no keys are present
diff --git a/modules.d/05busybox/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/05busybox/module-setup.sh
index edcc8daa..c35ab2e9 100755
--- a/modules.d/05busybox/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/05busybox/module-setup.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # ex: ts=8 sw=4 sts=4 et filetype=sh
 
 check() {
-    type -P busybox >/dev/null || return 1
+    require_binaries busybox || return 1
 
     return 255
 }
diff --git a/modules.d/10i18n/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/10i18n/module-setup.sh
index 413ee123..2c0a275c 100755
--- a/modules.d/10i18n/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/10i18n/module-setup.sh
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@
 check() {
     [[ "$mount_needs" ]] && return 1
 
-    for i in setfont loadkeys kbd_mode; do
-        type -P "$i" >/dev/null || return 1
-    done
+    require_binaries setfont loadkeys kbd_mode || return 1
 
     return 0
 }
diff --git a/modules.d/40network/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/40network/module-setup.sh
index a52e881b..3134b5ff 100755
--- a/modules.d/40network/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/40network/module-setup.sh
@@ -5,12 +5,7 @@
 check() {
     local _program
 
-    for _program in ip arping dhclient ; do
-        if ! type -P $_program >/dev/null; then
-            derror "Could not find program \"$_program\" required by network."
-            return 1
-        fi
-    done
+    require_binaries ip arping dhclient || return 1
 
     return 255
 }
diff --git a/modules.d/45url-lib/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/45url-lib/module-setup.sh
index b5cf36f2..f2d068b3 100755
--- a/modules.d/45url-lib/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/45url-lib/module-setup.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # module-setup for url-lib
 
 check() {
-    command -v curl >/dev/null || return 1
+    require_binaries curl || return 1
     return 255
 }
 
diff --git a/modules.d/50plymouth/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/50plymouth/module-setup.sh
index e0e69367..961c1e39 100755
--- a/modules.d/50plymouth/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/50plymouth/module-setup.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 check() {
     [[ "$mount_needs" ]] && return 1
-    type -P plymouthd >/dev/null && type -P plymouth >/dev/null
+    require_binaries plymouthd plymouth
 }
 
 depends() {
diff --git a/modules.d/90btrfs/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/90btrfs/module-setup.sh
index a2805946..4804f58b 100755
--- a/modules.d/90btrfs/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/90btrfs/module-setup.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ check() {
     local _rootdev
     # if we don't have btrfs installed on the host system,
     # no point in trying to support it in the initramfs.
-    type -P btrfs >/dev/null || return 1
+    require_binaries btrfs || return 1
 
     [[ $hostonly ]] || [[ $mount_needs ]] && {
         for fs in ${host_fs_types[@]}; do
diff --git a/modules.d/90crypt/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/90crypt/module-setup.sh
index 272e527d..dbc87a43 100755
--- a/modules.d/90crypt/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/90crypt/module-setup.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 check() {
     local _rootdev
     # if cryptsetup is not installed, then we cannot support encrypted devices.
-    type -P cryptsetup >/dev/null || return 1
+    require_binaries cryptsetup || return 1
 
     [[ $hostonly ]] || [[ $mount_needs ]] && {
         for fs in "${host_fs_types[@]}"; do
diff --git a/modules.d/90dm/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/90dm/module-setup.sh
index 1fd92987..ed94f436 100755
--- a/modules.d/90dm/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/90dm/module-setup.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # ex: ts=8 sw=4 sts=4 et filetype=sh
 
 check() {
-    type -P dmsetup >/dev/null || return 1
+    require_binaries dmsetup || return 1
     return 255
 }
 
diff --git a/modules.d/90dmraid/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/90dmraid/module-setup.sh
index b230cb0e..8ca69aa8 100755
--- a/modules.d/90dmraid/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/90dmraid/module-setup.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ check() {
     local _rootdev
     # if we don't have dmraid installed on the host system, no point
     # in trying to support it in the initramfs.
-    type -P dmraid >/dev/null || return 1
+    require_binaries dmraid || return 1
 
     [[ $hostonly ]] || [[ $mount_needs ]] && {
         for dev in "${!host_fs_types[@]}"; do
diff --git a/modules.d/90lvm/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/90lvm/module-setup.sh
index 0c5890a7..5ec62812 100755
--- a/modules.d/90lvm/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/90lvm/module-setup.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 check() {
     # No point trying to support lvm if the binaries are missing
-    type -P lvm >/dev/null || return 1
+    require_binaries lvm || return 1
 
     [[ $hostonly ]] || [[ $mount_needs ]] && {
         for fs in "${host_fs_types[@]}"; do
diff --git a/modules.d/90mdraid/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/90mdraid/module-setup.sh
index 815a3ebc..2092daea 100755
--- a/modules.d/90mdraid/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/90mdraid/module-setup.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 check() {
     local _rootdev
     # No mdadm?  No mdraid support.
-    type -P mdadm >/dev/null || return 1
+    require_binaries mdadm || return 1
 
     [[ $hostonly ]] || [[ $mount_needs ]] && {
         for dev in "${!host_fs_types[@]}"; do
diff --git a/modules.d/90multipath/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/90multipath/module-setup.sh
index feb58dcd..d37f9587 100755
--- a/modules.d/90multipath/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/90multipath/module-setup.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 check() {
     local _rootdev
     # if there's no multipath binary, no go.
-    type -P multipath >/dev/null || return 1
+    require_binaries multipath || return 1
 
     is_mpath() {
         local _dev=$1
diff --git a/modules.d/91crypt-gpg/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/91crypt-gpg/module-setup.sh
index 43a5a000..17b58f1a 100755
--- a/modules.d/91crypt-gpg/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/91crypt-gpg/module-setup.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # GPG support is optional
 check() {
-    type -P gpg >/dev/null || return 1
+    require_binaries gpg || return 1
 
     return 255
 }
diff --git a/modules.d/91crypt-loop/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/91crypt-loop/module-setup.sh
index c14fd45a..d0a49567 100644
--- a/modules.d/91crypt-loop/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/91crypt-loop/module-setup.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# -*- mode: shell-script; indent-tabs-mode: nil; sh-basic-offset: 4; -*-
+# ex: ts=8 sw=4 sts=4 et filetype=sh
+
+# called by dracut
 check() {
-	type -P losetup >/dev/null || return 1
-	
-	return 255
+    require_binaries losetup || return 1
+
+    return 255
 }
 
 depends() {
-	echo crypt
+    echo crypt
 }
 
 installkernel() {
-	    instmods loop
+    instmods loop
 }
 
 install() {
-	inst_multiple losetup
-	inst "$moddir/crypt-loop-lib.sh" "/lib/dracut-crypt-loop-lib.sh"
-        dracut_need_initqueue
+    inst_multiple losetup
+    inst "$moddir/crypt-loop-lib.sh" "/lib/dracut-crypt-loop-lib.sh"
+    dracut_need_initqueue
 }
diff --git a/modules.d/95cifs/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/95cifs/module-setup.sh
index c17b973a..9e36f87f 100755
--- a/modules.d/95cifs/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/95cifs/module-setup.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 check() {
     # If our prerequisites are not met, fail anyways.
-    type -P mount.cifs >/dev/null || return 1
+    require_binaries mount.cifs || return 1
 
     [[ $hostonly ]] || [[ $mount_needs ]] && {
         for fs in ${host_fs_types[@]}; do
diff --git a/modules.d/95dasd/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/95dasd/module-setup.sh
index 3b8396db..70b2fcc8 100755
--- a/modules.d/95dasd/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/95dasd/module-setup.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 check() {
     local _arch=$(uname -m)
     [ "$_arch" = "s390" -o "$_arch" = "s390x" ] || return 1
+    require_binaries normalize_dasd_arg || return 1
     return 0
 }
 
diff --git a/modules.d/95dasd_mod/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/95dasd_mod/module-setup.sh
index 9c9eeead..d20764eb 100755
--- a/modules.d/95dasd_mod/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/95dasd_mod/module-setup.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 check() {
     local _arch=$(uname -m)
     [ "$_arch" = "s390" -o "$_arch" = "s390x" ] || return 1
+    require_binaries grep sed seq
 
     return 0
 }
diff --git a/modules.d/95fcoe-uefi/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/95fcoe-uefi/module-setup.sh
index c91f7754..0fb06e23 100755
--- a/modules.d/95fcoe-uefi/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/95fcoe-uefi/module-setup.sh
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
 
 # called by dracut
 check() {
-    for i in dcbtool fipvlan lldpad ip readlink; do
-        type -P $i >/dev/null || return 1
-    done
+    require_binaries dcbtool fipvlan lldpad ip readlink || return 1
     return 0
 }
 
diff --git a/modules.d/95fcoe/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/95fcoe/module-setup.sh
index 3ffaf5a5..8c6290d4 100755
--- a/modules.d/95fcoe/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/95fcoe/module-setup.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,7 @@
 # ex: ts=8 sw=4 sts=4 et filetype=sh
 
 check() {
-    for i in dcbtool fipvlan lldpad ip readlink; do
-        type -P $i >/dev/null || return 1
-    done
-
+    require_binaries dcbtool fipvlan lldpad ip readlink || return 1
     return 0
 }
 
diff --git a/modules.d/95iscsi/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/95iscsi/module-setup.sh
index c6901c08..49f9a0ed 100755
--- a/modules.d/95iscsi/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/95iscsi/module-setup.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 check() {
     local _rootdev
     # If our prerequisites are not met, fail anyways.
-    type -P iscsistart hostname iscsi-iname >/dev/null || return 1
+    require_binaries iscsistart hostname iscsi-iname || return 1
 
     # If hostonly was requested, fail the check if we are not actually
     # booting from root.
diff --git a/modules.d/95nbd/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/95nbd/module-setup.sh
index 3ac00f60..7e8a416c 100755
--- a/modules.d/95nbd/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/95nbd/module-setup.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 check() {
     local _rootdev
     # If our prerequisites are not met, fail.
-    type -P nbd-client >/dev/null || return 1
+    require_binaries nbd-client || return 1
 
     # if an nbd device is not somewhere in the chain of devices root is
     # mounted on, fail the hostonly check.
diff --git a/modules.d/95nfs/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/95nfs/module-setup.sh
index 75beb746..02838a49 100755
--- a/modules.d/95nfs/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/95nfs/module-setup.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 check() {
     # If our prerequisites are not met, fail anyways.
-    type -P rpcbind >/dev/null || type -P portmap >/dev/null || return 1
-    type -P rpc.statd mount.nfs mount.nfs4 umount >/dev/null || return 1
+    require_any_binary rpcbind portmap || return 1
+    require_binaries rpc.statd mount.nfs mount.nfs4 umount || return 1
 
     [[ $hostonly ]] || [[ $mount_needs ]] && {
         for fs in ${host_fs_types[@]}; do
diff --git a/modules.d/95ssh-client/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/95ssh-client/module-setup.sh
index c7d8ee24..6b441075 100755
--- a/modules.d/95ssh-client/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/95ssh-client/module-setup.sh
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 # fixme: assume user is root
 
 check() {
-    # If our prerequisites are not met, fail.
-    type -P ssh >/dev/null || return 1
-    type -P scp >/dev/null || return 1
     [[ $mount_needs ]] && return 1
 
+    # If our prerequisites are not met, fail.
+    require_binaries ssh scp  || return 1
+
     if [[ $sshkey ]]; then
         [ ! -f $sshkey ] && {
             derror "ssh key: $sshkey is not found!"
diff --git a/modules.d/95udev-rules/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/95udev-rules/module-setup.sh
index 094479a3..fdea8c6d 100755
--- a/modules.d/95udev-rules/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/95udev-rules/module-setup.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 install() {
     local _i
 
-    # Fixme: would be nice if we didn't have to know which rules to grab....
+    # Fixme: would be nice if we didn't have to guess, which rules to grab....
     # ultimately, /lib/initramfs/rules.d or somesuch which includes links/copies
     # of the rules we want so that we just copy those in would be best
     inst_multiple udevadm cat uname blkid \
diff --git a/modules.d/95zfcp/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/95zfcp/module-setup.sh
index 99066958..d19eba4c 100755
--- a/modules.d/95zfcp/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/95zfcp/module-setup.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ check() {
     arch=$(uname -m)
     [ "$arch" = "s390" -o "$arch" = "s390x" ] || return 1
 
+    require_binaries zfcp_cio_free grep sed seq || return 1
+
     return 0
 }
 
diff --git a/modules.d/95znet/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/95znet/module-setup.sh
index 16f84938..b052ec37 100755
--- a/modules.d/95znet/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/95znet/module-setup.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ check() {
     arch=$(uname -m)
     [ "$arch" = "s390" -o "$arch" = "s390x" ] || return 1
 
+    require_binaries znet_cio_free grep sed seq readlink || return 1
+
     return 0
 }
 
diff --git a/modules.d/97biosdevname/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/97biosdevname/module-setup.sh
index 4a0b4f41..fd4d4632 100755
--- a/modules.d/97biosdevname/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/97biosdevname/module-setup.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 check() {
     [[ "$mount_needs" ]] && return 1
-    type -P biosdevname >/dev/null || return 1
+    require_binaries biosdevname || return 1
     return 0
 }
 
diff --git a/modules.d/97masterkey/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/97masterkey/module-setup.sh
index a94c4f53..cda6e809 100755
--- a/modules.d/97masterkey/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/97masterkey/module-setup.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 check() {
     [[ $hostonly ]] && {
-        [ -x "/bin/keyctl" ] || return 1
+        require_binaries keyctl uname || return 1
     }
 
     return 255
diff --git a/modules.d/98systemd/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/98systemd/module-setup.sh
index aae0319a..d0271f15 100755
--- a/modules.d/98systemd/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/98systemd/module-setup.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 check() {
     [[ $mount_needs ]] && return 1
-    if [[ -x $systemdutildir/systemd ]]; then
+    if require_binaries $systemdutildir/systemd; then
         SYSTEMD_VERSION=$($systemdutildir/systemd --version | { read a b a; echo $b; })
         (( $SYSTEMD_VERSION >= 198 )) && return 0
        return 255
diff --git a/modules.d/99img-lib/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/99img-lib/module-setup.sh
index 28bfc2aa..a951b930 100755
--- a/modules.d/99img-lib/module-setup.sh
+++ b/modules.d/99img-lib/module-setup.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 # module-setup for img-lib
 
 check() {
-    for cmd in tar gzip dd; do
-        command -v $cmd >/dev/null || return 1
-    done
+    require_binaries tar gzip dd bash || return 1
     return 255
 }