diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/disable-nouveau/dracut.conf.d/disable-nouveau.conf b/diskimage_builder/elements/disable-nouveau/dracut.conf.d/disable-nouveau.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32c5e6d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/disable-nouveau/dracut.conf.d/disable-nouveau.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+omit_drivers+=" nouveau "
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-regenerate/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-regenerate/README.rst
index 759d6b11..9649b494 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-regenerate/README.rst
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-regenerate/README.rst
@@ -16,3 +16,7 @@ a yaml blob with the following format::
       - <package4>
 
 By default, this element will bring lvm and crypt modules.
+
+Also adds the ability to copy specific files into /etc/dracut.conf.d directory
+to allow any dracut settings to be configured. To achieve that the files to be
+copied need to be placed inside an specific dracut.d directory of the element.
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-regenerate/extra-data.d/50-dracut-conf b/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-regenerate/extra-data.d/50-dracut-conf
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b02c0bed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-regenerate/extra-data.d/50-dracut-conf
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ ${DIB_DEBUG_TRACE:-1} -gt 1 ]; then
+    set -x
+fi
+set -eu
+set -o pipefail
+
+if [ ! -d $TMP_MOUNT_PATH/etc/dracut.conf.d ]; then
+    sudo mkdir -p $TMP_MOUNT_PATH/etc/dracut.conf.d
+fi
+
+eval declare -A image_elements=($(get_image_element_array))
+
+for i in "${!image_elements[@]}"; do
+    element=$i
+    element_dir=${image_elements[$i]}
+
+    if [ -d "${element_dir}/dracut.conf.d/" ]; then
+        echo "Copying dracut config from ${element_dir}"
+        sudo cp ${element_dir}/dracut.conf.d/*.conf $TMP_MOUNT_PATH/etc/dracut.conf.d/
+    fi
+done
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-regenerate/finalise.d/50-dracut-regenerate b/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-regenerate/finalise.d/50-dracut-regenerate
index e30de8a7..7bf8d172 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-regenerate/finalise.d/50-dracut-regenerate
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-regenerate/finalise.d/50-dracut-regenerate
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
+import glob
 import logging
 import os
 import re
@@ -52,8 +53,10 @@ def main():
         # second, compose the list of modules to boot
         modules_to_boot.append(dracut_object.get('name', None))
 
-    # regenerate dracut with the list of installed modules
-    if len(modules_to_boot) > 0:
+    conf_overrides = glob.glob('/etc/dracut.conf.d/*.conf')
+
+    # regenerate dracut with the list of installed modules and conf overrides
+    if modules_to_boot or conf_overrides:
         cmdline = ["select-boot-kernel-initrd"]
         logging.debug("Calling: %s" % cmdline)
         subp = subprocess.Popen(cmdline, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
@@ -67,10 +70,12 @@ def main():
         kernel_search = re.match("vmlinuz-(.*)", kernel_set[0])
         kernel_version = "%s" % kernel_search.groups(1)
         ramdisk_path = "/boot/%s" % kernel_set[1].strip()
-        modules_to_boot = ' ' .join(modules_to_boot)
 
-        cmdline = ['dracut', '--force', '--add', modules_to_boot,
-                   '-f', ramdisk_path, kernel_version]
+        cmdline = ['dracut', '--force']
+        if modules_to_boot:
+            modules_to_boot = ' ' .join(modules_to_boot)
+            cmdline += ['--add', modules_to_boot]
+        cmdline += ['-f', ramdisk_path, kernel_version]
         logging.debug("Calling: %s" % cmdline)
         subp = subprocess.Popen(cmdline, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
         out, err = subp.communicate()