diff --git a/elements/dracut-ramdisk/binary-deps.d/dracut-ramdisk b/elements/dracut-ramdisk/binary-deps.d/dracut-ramdisk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ecab2d65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/dracut-ramdisk/binary-deps.d/dracut-ramdisk
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+tail
+head
+awk
+ifconfig
+cut
+expr
+route
+ping
+tgtd
+tgtadm
+nc
+wget
+curl
+tftp
+grep
diff --git a/elements/dracut-ramdisk/post-install.d/99-build-dracut-ramdisk b/elements/dracut-ramdisk/post-install.d/99-build-dracut-ramdisk
index 0c5e3fca..0daf9b38 100755
--- a/elements/dracut-ramdisk/post-install.d/99-build-dracut-ramdisk
+++ b/elements/dracut-ramdisk/post-install.d/99-build-dracut-ramdisk
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ cp "$TMP_MOUNT_PATH/init" "$MODULE_PATH/80deploy-ramdisk/init.sh"
 # -o: Force omission of these dracut modules.  Our scripts are written for bash,
 #     so dash is not desirable, and plymouth was causing some issues on Ubuntu.
 dracut -N \
-    --install 'tail head awk ifconfig cut expr route ping tgtd tgtadm nc wget curl tftp grep' \
+    --install "$(cat /etc/dib_binary_deps)" \
     --kernel-cmdline "rd.shell rd.debug rd.neednet=1 rd.driver.pre=ahci" \
     --include "$TMP_MOUNT_PATH/init-func" /init-func \
     --kver "${KERNEL_VERSION}" \
diff --git a/elements/ramdisk/post-install.d/01-ensure-binaries b/elements/ramdisk-base/post-install.d/01-ensure-binaries
similarity index 100%
rename from elements/ramdisk/post-install.d/01-ensure-binaries
rename to elements/ramdisk-base/post-install.d/01-ensure-binaries