diff --git a/man/kernel-install.xml b/man/kernel-install.xml
index b3aed1b8df0..613f01b85c3 100644
--- a/man/kernel-install.xml
+++ b/man/kernel-install.xml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
             <filename>$BOOT/<replaceable>ENTRY-TOKEN</replaceable>/<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>/linux</filename>.
             If <replaceable>INITRD-FILE</replaceable>s are provided, it also copies them to
             <filename>$BOOT/<replaceable>ENTRY-TOKEN</replaceable>/<replaceable>KERNEL_VERSION</replaceable>/<replaceable>INITRD-FILE</replaceable></filename>.
-            It also creates a boot loader entry according to the <ulink
+            This can also be used to prepend microcode before the actual initrd. It also creates a boot loader entry according to the <ulink
             url="https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/boot_loader_specification">Boot Loader Specification</ulink> (Type #1) in
             <filename>$BOOT/loader/entries/<replaceable>ENTRY-TOKEN</replaceable>-<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>.conf</filename>.
             The title of the entry is the <replaceable>PRETTY_NAME</replaceable> parameter specified in
@@ -351,7 +351,9 @@
 
       <para><varname>$KERNEL_INSTALL_STAGING_AREA</varname> is set for plugins to a path to a directory.
       Plugins may drop files in that directory, and they will be installed as part of the loader entry, based
-      on the file name and extension.</para>
+      on the file name and extension: Files named <filename>initrd*</filename> will be installed as <replaceable>INITRD-FILE</replaceable>s, 
+      and files named <filename>microcode*</filename> will be prepended before <replaceable>INITRD-FILE</replaceable>s.</para>
+      
     </refsect2>
 
     <refsect2>
diff --git a/src/kernel-install/90-loaderentry.install.in b/src/kernel-install/90-loaderentry.install.in
index f4ba4708bac..800bb05d02b 100755
--- a/src/kernel-install/90-loaderentry.install.in
+++ b/src/kernel-install/90-loaderentry.install.in
@@ -117,10 +117,13 @@ chown root:root "$KERNEL_DEST" || :
 
 shift "$INITRD_OPTIONS_SHIFT"
 # All files listed as arguments, and staged files starting with "initrd" are installed as initrds.
-for initrd in "$@" "${KERNEL_INSTALL_STAGING_AREA}"/initrd*; do
+for initrd in "${KERNEL_INSTALL_STAGING_AREA}/microcode*" "${@}" "${KERNEL_INSTALL_STAGING_AREA}/initrd*"; do
     [ -f "$initrd" ] || {
-        [ "$initrd" = "${KERNEL_INSTALL_STAGING_AREA}/initrd*" ] && continue
-        echo "Error: initrd '$initrd' not a file." >&2
+        case "$initrd" in
+            "${KERNEL_INSTALL_STAGING_AREA}/initrd*" | "${KERNEL_INSTALL_STAGING_AREA}/microcode*")
+            continue ;;
+        esac
+        echo "Error: '$initrd' is not a file." >&2
         exit 1
     }
 
@@ -153,7 +156,7 @@ mkdir -p "${LOADER_ENTRY%/*}" || {
     echo "linux      $KERNEL_ENTRY"
 
     have_initrd=
-    for initrd in "${@}" "${KERNEL_INSTALL_STAGING_AREA}"/initrd*; do
+    for initrd in "${KERNEL_INSTALL_STAGING_AREA}/microcode*" "${@}" "${KERNEL_INSTALL_STAGING_AREA}/initrd*"; do
         [ -f "$initrd" ] || continue
         echo "initrd     $ENTRY_DIR/${initrd##*/}"
         have_initrd=yes