diff --git a/build-image.sh b/build-image.sh
index dbcac0dbc..9c52f8c6b 100755
--- a/build-image.sh
+++ b/build-image.sh
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ sed -i '/CheckSpace/s/^/#/g' /etc/pacman.conf
 # update package databases
 pacman --noconfirm -Syy
 
+# Avoid mkintcpio being auto-installed while installing the kernel (we want dracut)
+pacman -S --noconfirm dracut
+
 # install kernel package
 if [ "$KERNEL_PACKAGE_ORIGIN" == "local" ] ; then
 	pacman --noconfirm -U --overwrite '*' \
@@ -193,7 +196,6 @@ cp -r /var/lib/pacman/local /usr/var/lib/pacman/
 if [ ${KERNEL_PACKAGE} != 'linux' ] ; then
 	mv /boot/vmlinuz-${KERNEL_PACKAGE} /boot/vmlinuz-linux
 	mv /boot/initramfs-${KERNEL_PACKAGE}.img /boot/initramfs-linux.img
-	mv /boot/initramfs-${KERNEL_PACKAGE}-fallback.img /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
 fi
 
 # clean up/remove unnecessary files
diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 737cad967..c71a87dd1 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ export USER_SERVICES="\
 "
 
 export FILES_TO_DELETE="\
-	/boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img \
 	/usr/share/SFML \
 	/usr/share/doc \
 	/usr/share/gtk-doc \
diff --git a/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/00-chimeraos.conf b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/00-chimeraos.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5161f4889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/00-chimeraos.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+early_microcode="yes"
+compress="xz -9e --check=crc32 -v"
+
+omit_dracutmodules+=" squash "
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/10-chimeraos_use-fstab.conf b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/10-chimeraos_use-fstab.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d27cd7f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/10-chimeraos_use-fstab.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+add_dracutmodules+=" rootfs-block "
+
+# Use the fstab file in the initramfs
+use_fstab="yes"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/20-chimeraos_plymouth.conf b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/20-chimeraos_plymouth.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86ca5bc92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/20-chimeraos_plymouth.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+omit_dracutmodules+=" plymouth "
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/30-chimeraos_include-filesystems.conf b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/30-chimeraos_include-filesystems.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b5e6f601
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/30-chimeraos_include-filesystems.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+add_dracutmodules+=" overlayfs "
+add_dracutmodules+=" btrfs "
+add_drivers+=" nvme vfat "
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/40-chimeraos_exclude-encryption.conf b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/40-chimeraos_exclude-encryption.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c8821fba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/40-chimeraos_exclude-encryption.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+omit_dracutmodules+=" systemd-pcrphase systemd-cryptsetup crypt tpm2-tss "
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/50-chimeraos_exclude-mdraid.conf b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/50-chimeraos_exclude-mdraid.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..005023b38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/50-chimeraos_exclude-mdraid.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+omit_dracutmodules+=" mdraid "
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/60-chimeraos_exclude-networking.conf b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/60-chimeraos_exclude-networking.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31d886880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/60-chimeraos_exclude-networking.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+omit_dracutmodules+=" cifs "
+omit_dracutmodules+=" nfs "
+omit_dracutmodules+=" network "
+omit_dracutmodules+=" network-manager "
+omit_dracutmodules+=" connman "
+omit_dracutmodules+=" network-legacy "
+omit_dracutmodules+=" network-wicked "
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/60-dracut-remove.hook b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/60-dracut-remove.hook
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2b1271bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/60-dracut-remove.hook
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Trigger]
+Type = Path
+Operation = Remove
+Target = usr/lib/modules/*/pkgbase
+
+[Action]
+Description = Removing linux initcpios...
+When = PreTransaction
+Exec = /usr/local/bin/dracut-remove.sh
+NeedsTargets
diff --git a/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/70-chimeraos_exclude-nvdimm.conf b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/70-chimeraos_exclude-nvdimm.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f43be9e75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/70-chimeraos_exclude-nvdimm.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+omit_dracutmodules+=" nvdimm "
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/80-chimeraos_exclude-qemu.conf b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/80-chimeraos_exclude-qemu.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c81c924f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/80-chimeraos_exclude-qemu.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+omit_dracutmodules+=" qemu "
+omit_dracutmodules+=" qemu-net "
+omit_dracutmodules+=" virtiofs "
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/90-chimeraos_exclude-bluetooth.conf b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/90-chimeraos_exclude-bluetooth.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d2871ce3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/90-chimeraos_exclude-bluetooth.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+omit_dracutmodules+=" bluetooth "
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/90-dracut-install.hook b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/90-dracut-install.hook
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d96895b68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/90-dracut-install.hook
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Trigger]
+Type = Path
+Operation = Install
+Operation = Upgrade
+Target = usr/lib/modules/*/pkgbase
+
+[Action]
+Description = Updating linux initcpios (with dracut!)...
+When = PostTransaction
+Exec = /usr/local/bin/dracut-install.sh
+Depends = dracut
+NeedsTargets
diff --git a/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/PKGBUILD b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/PKGBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1126c615
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+# Maintainer: Denis Benato <benato.denis96@gmail.com>
+
+pkgname=chimeraos-dracut-cfg
+pkgver=0.0.1
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="Dracut-specific configuration for chimeraos"
+arch=('any')
+url="https://github.com/ChimeraOS/chimeraos"
+license=('MIT')
+depends=(
+    'dracut' # regenerate the initramfs
+    #'plymouth' # support for boot animations
+    'binutils' # allow usage of --strip
+)
+source=(
+    "dracut-install.sh"
+    "dracut-remove.sh"
+    "00-chimeraos.conf"
+    "10-chimeraos_use-fstab.conf"
+    "20-chimeraos_plymouth.conf"
+    "30-chimeraos_include-filesystems.conf"
+    "40-chimeraos_exclude-encryption.conf"
+    "50-chimeraos_exclude-mdraid.conf"
+    "60-chimeraos_exclude-networking.conf"
+    "70-chimeraos_exclude-nvdimm.conf"
+    "80-chimeraos_exclude-qemu.conf"
+    "90-chimeraos_exclude-bluetooth.conf"
+    "60-dracut-remove.hook"
+    "90-dracut-install.hook"
+)
+sha256sums=(
+    '827d59e8fda5c16b3fc45eb89ce7cd5be6c40d35dd8fe9a8d5ea825a63d3a089' # dracut-install.sh
+    'daefb58a0bf6df48cceaf4f7a898c17ca1f24e18cd7981b19f5f2034499592ed' # dracut-remove.sh
+    '1f356cc895156064cec63f589ea49acc59a4faab94b7ebe99dc904893da85907' # 00-chimeraos.conf
+    '7886062a7293d2e6bd6e975c4a8aaae63342af366479db8adf1b75860081cf53' # 10-chimeraos_use-fstab.conf
+    '103cf3322954202c3f0f740cd9079546d059f919c8b1b07ac703ec6f94cf17fb' # 20-chimeraos_plymouth.conf
+    '676b4a216cd3787882edf2e5bdaebce4577a11dbae176f81bab1c1b72917fc09' # 30-chimeraos_include-filesystems.conf
+    '8b4247161bb9158bf382517bb061360c184315e71fea244420d8db99d2730129' # 40-chimeraos_exclude-encryption.conf
+    '84cccef9706590795b37b4d949c0a34e6ee7ba34ee7ff01a8c808a2fe3ff7f89' # 50-chimeraos_exclude-mdraid.conf
+    'e1f9caf3878e65ca28951642ad02c1b167eacba777b4ccc893f6b8702a6d474e' # 60-chimeraos_exclude-networking.conf
+    '5822aa5a698577937820ab2565a203492b6af81434bf1423664ef68bba8c1617' # 70-chimeraos_exclude-nvdimm.conf
+    'b126149ca9f79bb1deb7ec640f4452dd61f4214558f954b7bc9196c5e9ca6ef0' # 80-chimeraos_exclude-qemu.conf
+    'e983493fe3e7d9395dd8d1c8949150144c8d4318ff17ff2aca004235734c8299' # 90-chimeraos_exclude-bluetooth.conf
+    '41c996bf7ef90e6a81690c4a06cbef89167882a036699834fe22637a1a184982' # 60-dracut-remove.hook
+    'df94baaf97d110f65f1443dd7063fe0e8ec1f73b5baf142c6ff08c260e571fcb' # 90-dracut-install.hook
+)
+
+package() {
+    mkdir -p "$pkgdir/etc/dracut.conf.d/"
+    mkdir -p "$pkgdir/usr/local/bin/"
+    mkdir -p "$pkgdir/usr/share/libalpm/hooks"
+    
+    install -m 755 "$srcdir/dracut-install.sh" "$pkgdir/usr/local/bin"
+    install -m 755 "$srcdir/dracut-remove.sh" "$pkgdir/usr/local/bin"
+
+    install -m 644 "$srcdir/60-dracut-remove.hook" "$pkgdir/usr/share/libalpm/hooks"
+    install -m 644 "$srcdir/90-dracut-install.hook" "$pkgdir/usr/share/libalpm/hooks"
+
+    install -m 644 "$srcdir/00-chimeraos.conf" "$pkgdir/etc/dracut.conf.d"
+    install -m 644 "$srcdir/10-chimeraos_use-fstab.conf" "$pkgdir/etc/dracut.conf.d"
+    install -m 644 "$srcdir/20-chimeraos_plymouth.conf" "$pkgdir/etc/dracut.conf.d"
+    install -m 644 "$srcdir/30-chimeraos_include-filesystems.conf" "$pkgdir/etc/dracut.conf.d"
+    install -m 644 "$srcdir/40-chimeraos_exclude-encryption.conf" "$pkgdir/etc/dracut.conf.d"
+    install -m 644 "$srcdir/50-chimeraos_exclude-mdraid.conf" "$pkgdir/etc/dracut.conf.d"
+    install -m 644 "$srcdir/60-chimeraos_exclude-networking.conf" "$pkgdir/etc/dracut.conf.d"
+    install -m 644 "$srcdir/70-chimeraos_exclude-nvdimm.conf" "$pkgdir/etc/dracut.conf.d"
+    install -m 644 "$srcdir/80-chimeraos_exclude-qemu.conf" "$pkgdir/etc/dracut.conf.d"
+    install -m 644 "$srcdir/90-chimeraos_exclude-bluetooth.conf" "$pkgdir/etc/dracut.conf.d"
+
+    install -m 644 "$srcdir/60-dracut-remove.hook" "$pkgdir/etc/dracut.conf.d"
+    install -m 644 "$srcdir/90-dracut-install.hook" "$pkgdir/etc/dracut.conf.d"
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/dracut-install.sh b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/dracut-install.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ea9e4325
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/dracut-install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+args=('--force' '--strip' '--aggressive-strip' '--reproducible')
+
+while read -r line; do
+	if [[ "$line" == 'usr/lib/modules/'+([^/])'/pkgbase' ]]; then
+		read -r pkgbase < "/${line}"
+		kver="${line#'usr/lib/modules/'}"
+		kver="${kver%'/pkgbase'}"
+
+		install -Dm0644 "/${line%'/pkgbase'}/vmlinuz" "/boot/vmlinuz-${pkgbase}"
+		dracut --no-hostonly --no-hostonly-cmdline "${args[@]}" "/boot/initramfs-${pkgbase}.img" --kver "$kver"
+		#dracut --no-hostonly "${args[@]}" "/boot/initramfs-${pkgbase}-fallback.img" --kver "$kver"
+	fi
+done
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/dracut-remove.sh b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/dracut-remove.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..789f7a259
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/chimeraos-dracut-cfg/dracut-remove.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+while read -r line; do
+	if [[ "$line" == 'usr/lib/modules/'+([^/])'/pkgbase' ]]; then
+		read -r pkgbase < "/${line}"
+		rm -f "/boot/vmlinuz-${pkgbase}"
+		rm -f "/boot/initramfs-${pkgbase}.img"
+		#rm -f "/boot/initramfs-${pkgbase}-fallback.img"
+	fi
+done
diff --git a/pkgs/chimeraos-fake-mkinitcpio/PKGBUILD b/pkgs/chimeraos-fake-mkinitcpio/PKGBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34a112296
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/chimeraos-fake-mkinitcpio/PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+pkgname=chimeraos-fake-mkinitcpio
+pkgver=39.2
+pkgrel=2
+pkgdesc="A stub implementation of mkinitcpio that does nothing except providing the executable that does nothing"
+arch=('any')
+url='https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/mkinitcpio/mkinitcpio'
+license=('GPL-2.0-only')
+depends=()
+provides=('initramfs')
+conflicts=('mkinitcpio')
+source=('mkinitcpio')
+b2sums=('4b40ab2908ab1ad57e72e22f6f74f4d22d3bb09a42d64956a64c48cf0dadb645da4c4e3edb31fa3068c909a1f03c0fa9fd534cb7159d6d56526d5dbb3104b9b0')
+
+package() {
+    mkdir -p "$pkgdir/usr/bin"
+    install -m 755 "$srcdir/mkinitcpio" "$pkgdir/usr/bin"
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/chimeraos-fake-mkinitcpio/mkinitcpio b/pkgs/chimeraos-fake-mkinitcpio/mkinitcpio
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c7ed9888
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/chimeraos-fake-mkinitcpio/mkinitcpio
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# The pre-refactor frzr will call the target image mkinitcpio.
+# We want to avoid generating an error, yet we want this tool to do nothing as
+# device-quirks is now installed in a deployment migration.
+echo "[WARNING] Fake mkinitcpio called."
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/initcpio/hooks/frzr-etc b/rootfs/etc/initcpio/hooks/frzr-etc
deleted file mode 100644
index c06e3a805..000000000
--- a/rootfs/etc/initcpio/hooks/frzr-etc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/ash
-run_latehook() {
-  local rootfs realtab frzropts frzrsrc
-  rootfs="/new_root"
-  realtab="${rootfs}/etc/fstab"
-
-  if [ -f "${realtab}" ]; then
-    # read values from fstab
-    frzrsrc=$(findmnt -snero source --tab-file="$realtab" -T /frzr_root)
-    frzropts=$(findmnt -snero options --tab-file="$realtab" -T /frzr_root)
-
-    if [ -z "${frzropts}" ]; then
-      mount "${frzrsrc}" ${rootfs}/frzr_root
-    else
-      mount -o "${frzropts}" "${frzrsrc}" ${rootfs}/frzr_root
-    fi
-  else
-    # fallback, when not found in fstab
-    mount /dev/disk/by-label/frzr_root \${rootfs}/frzr_root
-  fi
-
-  # mount etc from frzr_root as overlay
-  mount -t overlay overlay -o lowerdir=${rootfs}/etc,upperdir=${rootfs}/frzr_root/etc,workdir=${rootfs}/frzr_root/.etc,index=off ${rootfs}/etc
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/initcpio/install/frzr-etc b/rootfs/etc/initcpio/install/frzr-etc
deleted file mode 100644
index 3de4d3ae6..000000000
--- a/rootfs/etc/initcpio/install/frzr-etc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-build() {
-	  add_binary findmnt
-    add_runscript
-}
-help() {
-    cat <<HELPEOF
-This provides a support for mounting the overlay for /etc
-via a late running hook.
-HELPEOF
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/mkinitcpio.conf b/rootfs/etc/mkinitcpio.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 55abe136c..000000000
--- a/rootfs/etc/mkinitcpio.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# vim:set ft=sh
-
-MODULES=(dm_mod ext4 sha256 sha512 overlay)
-BINARIES=()
-FILES=()
-HOOKS=(microcode systemd modconf kms keyboard sd-vconsole block filesystems fsck)
-COMPRESSION="xz"
-COMPRESSION_OPTIONS=(-v -9e)