diff --git a/lib/anacondatest.pm b/lib/anacondatest.pm
index c76cb494..6768538a 100644
--- a/lib/anacondatest.pm
+++ b/lib/anacondatest.pm
@@ -25,10 +25,21 @@ sub post_fail_hook {
 
     save_screenshot;
     $self->root_console();
+    # if we're in dracut, do things different
+    my $dracut = 0;
+    if (check_screen "root_console_dracut", 0) {
+        $dracut = 1;
+        script_run "dhclient";
+    }
     # if we don't have tar or a network connection, we'll try and at
     # least send out *some* kinda info via the serial line
     my $hostip = testapi::host_ip();
     if (script_run "ping -c 2 ${hostip}") {
+        if ($dracut) {
+            script_run 'printf "\n** RDSOSREPORT **\n" > /dev/' . $serialdev;
+            script_run "cat /run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt > /dev/${serialdev}";
+            return;
+        }
         script_run 'printf "\n** X.LOG **\n" > /dev/' . $serialdev;
         script_run "cat /tmp/X.log > /dev/${serialdev}";
         script_run 'printf "\n** ANACONDA.LOG **\n" > /dev/' . $serialdev;
@@ -52,6 +63,12 @@ sub post_fail_hook {
         return;
     }
 
+    if ($dracut) {
+        upload_logs "/run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt", failok=>1;
+        # that's all that's really useful, so...
+        return;
+    }
+
     upload_logs "/tmp/X.log", failok=>1;
     upload_logs "/tmp/anaconda.log", failok=>1;
     upload_logs "/tmp/packaging.log", failok=>1;
diff --git a/lib/installedtest.pm b/lib/installedtest.pm
index 6710ec60..90b86a3c 100644
--- a/lib/installedtest.pm
+++ b/lib/installedtest.pm
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ sub post_fail_hook {
         console_loadkeys_us;
     }
 
+    # if we're in dracut, do things different
+    my $dracut = 0;
+    if (check_screen "root_console_dracut", 0) {
+        $dracut = 1;
+        script_run "dhclient";
+    }
+
     # We can't rely on tar being in minimal installs, but we also can't
     # rely on dnf always working (it fails in emergency mode, not sure
     # why), so try it, then check if we have tar
@@ -46,6 +53,11 @@ sub post_fail_hook {
     # least send out *some* kinda info via the serial line
     my $hostip = testapi::host_ip();
     if ((script_run "rpm -q tar") || (script_run "ping -c 2 ${hostip}")) {
+        if ($dracut) {
+            script_run 'printf "\n** RDSOSREPORT **\n" > /dev/' . $serialdev;
+            script_run "cat /run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt > /dev/${serialdev}";
+            return;
+        }
         script_run 'printf "\n** IP ADDR **\n" > /dev/' . $serialdev;
         script_run "ip addr > /dev/${serialdev} 2>&1";
         script_run 'printf "\n** IP ROUTE **\n" > /dev/' . $serialdev;
@@ -57,6 +69,12 @@ sub post_fail_hook {
         return;
     }
 
+    if ($dracut) {
+        upload_logs "/run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt", failok=>1;
+        # that's all that's really useful, so...
+        return;
+    }
+
     # Note: script_run returns the exit code, so the logic looks weird.
     # We're testing that the directory exists and contains something.
     unless (script_run 'test -n "$(ls -A /var/tmp/abrt)" && cd /var/tmp/abrt && tar czvf tmpabrt.tar.gz *') {
diff --git a/needles/console/root_logged_in-dracut-20190116.json b/needles/console/root_logged_in-dracut-20190116.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..47e482db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/needles/console/root_logged_in-dracut-20190116.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "area": [
+    {
+      "type": "match",
+      "xpos": 1,
+      "height": 14,
+      "width": 72,
+      "ypos": 753
+    }
+  ],
+  "properties": [],
+  "tags": [
+    "root_logged_in",
+    "root_console",
+    "root_console_dracut",
+    "ENV-DISTRI-fedora"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/needles/console/root_logged_in-dracut-20190116.png b/needles/console/root_logged_in-dracut-20190116.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0ebc1254
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