diff --git a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/init b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/init
index 5a1ea200e5e..30526b1cd3e 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/init
+++ b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/init
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/busybox sh
 
+# For systemd to know how much time is spent in initramfs.
+if [ -x /bin/systemd-timestamp ]; then
+	RD_TIMESTAMP="$(/bin/systemd-timestamp)"
+fi
+
 echo "Starting up the initramfs, please wait..."
 
 [ -d /run ] || mkdir -m 0755 /run
@@ -272,5 +277,6 @@ mount -o move /proc ${rootmnt}/proc
 mount -o move /run ${rootmnt}/run
 
 # Chain to real filesystem
-exec switch_root ${rootmnt} ${init} "$@" <${rootmnt}/dev/console >${rootmnt}/dev/console
+exec env -i "RD_TIMESTAMP=$RD_TIMESTAMP" \
+	switch_root ${rootmnt} ${init} "$@" <${rootmnt}/dev/console >${rootmnt}/dev/console
 panic "Could not execute run-init."
diff --git a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/template b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/template
index 8328f0b2f1e..83002100bea 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/template
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'initramfs-tools'
 pkgname=initramfs-tools
-_localver=1		# This is the XBPS version
+_localver=2		# This is the XBPS version
 _distver=0.102		# This should match debian version
 version=${_distver}.${_localver}
-fulldepends="cpio util-linux gawk findutils sed grep gzip bzip2 xz udev busybox>=1.19.2 klibc-resume kbd>=1.15.3_5 kmod"
+noextract=yes
+noarch=yes
+triggers="initramfs-tools"
+fulldepends="cpio util-linux gawk findutils sed grep gzip bzip2 xz udev>=183 busybox>=1.19.2 klibc-resume kbd>=1.15.3_5 kmod"
 short_desc="Tools for generating an initramfs"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://code.google.com/p/xbps"
@@ -16,9 +19,6 @@ long_desc="
  space. Any boot loader with initrd support is able to load an
  initramfs archive."
 
-noextract=yes
-noarch=yes
-triggers="initramfs-tools"
 conf_files="
 /etc/$pkgname/initramfs.conf
 /etc/$pkgname/update-initramfs.conf
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ make_dirs="
 /var/lib/$pkgname				0755	0	0
 "
 
-
 do_install() {
 	# /etc config files
 	vinstall $FILESDIR/conf/initramfs.conf 644 etc/$pkgname