diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 788122d2aa..10c87ddcd4 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ include $(top_srcdir)/config/tgz.am
 
 SUBDIRS = include rpm
 if CONFIG_USER
-SUBDIRS += dracut udev etc man scripts lib cmd contrib
+SUBDIRS += udev etc man scripts lib cmd contrib
 endif
 if CONFIG_KERNEL
 SUBDIRS += module
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0e79a491cd..9907857e2e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ ZFS_AC_DEBUG_DMU_TX
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([ 
 	Makefile
-	dracut/Makefile
-	dracut/90zfs/Makefile
 	udev/Makefile
 	udev/rules.d/Makefile
 	etc/Makefile
@@ -115,6 +113,8 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 	cmd/zed/Makefile
 	contrib/Makefile
 	contrib/bash_completion.d/Makefile
+	contrib/dracut/Makefile
+	contrib/dracut/90zfs/Makefile
 	contrib/initramfs/Makefile
 	module/Makefile
 	module/avl/Makefile
diff --git a/contrib/Makefile.am b/contrib/Makefile.am
index 4a13cfa980..b05e5c45b3 100644
--- a/contrib/Makefile.am
+++ b/contrib/Makefile.am
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SUBDIRS = bash_completion.d initramfs
-DIST_SUBDIRS = bash_completion.d initramfs
+SUBDIRS = bash_completion.d dracut initramfs
+DIST_SUBDIRS = bash_completion.d dracut initramfs
diff --git a/dracut/90zfs/.gitignore b/contrib/dracut/90zfs/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from dracut/90zfs/.gitignore
rename to contrib/dracut/90zfs/.gitignore
diff --git a/contrib/dracut/90zfs/Makefile.am b/contrib/dracut/90zfs/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30880bfc59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/dracut/90zfs/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+pkgdracutdir = $(dracutdir)/modules.d/90zfs
+pkgdracut_SCRIPTS = \
+	$(top_srcdir)/contrib/dracut/90zfs/export-zfs.sh \
+	$(top_srcdir)/contrib/dracut/90zfs/module-setup.sh \
+	$(top_srcdir)/contrib/dracut/90zfs/mount-zfs.sh \
+	$(top_srcdir)/contrib/dracut/90zfs/parse-zfs.sh \
+	$(top_srcdir)/contrib/dracut/90zfs/zfs-lib.sh
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	$(top_srcdir)/contrib/dracut/90zfs/export-zfs.sh.in \
+	$(top_srcdir)/contrib/dracut/90zfs/module-setup.sh.in \
+	$(top_srcdir)/contrib/dracut/90zfs/mount-zfs.sh.in \
+	$(top_srcdir)/contrib/dracut/90zfs/parse-zfs.sh.in \
+	$(top_srcdir)/contrib/dracut/90zfs/zfs-lib.sh.in
+
+$(pkgdracut_SCRIPTS):
+	-$(SED) -e 's,@bindir\@,$(bindir),g' \
+		-e 's,@sbindir\@,$(sbindir),g' \
+		-e 's,@udevdir\@,$(udevdir),g' \
+		-e 's,@udevruledir\@,$(udevruledir),g' \
+		-e 's,@sysconfdir\@,$(sysconfdir),g' \
+		'$@.in' >'$@'
+
+distclean-local::
+	-$(RM) $(pkgdracut_SCRIPTS)
diff --git a/dracut/90zfs/export-zfs.sh.in b/contrib/dracut/90zfs/export-zfs.sh.in
similarity index 100%
rename from dracut/90zfs/export-zfs.sh.in
rename to contrib/dracut/90zfs/export-zfs.sh.in
diff --git a/dracut/90zfs/module-setup.sh.in b/contrib/dracut/90zfs/module-setup.sh.in
similarity index 100%
rename from dracut/90zfs/module-setup.sh.in
rename to contrib/dracut/90zfs/module-setup.sh.in
diff --git a/dracut/90zfs/mount-zfs.sh.in b/contrib/dracut/90zfs/mount-zfs.sh.in
similarity index 100%
rename from dracut/90zfs/mount-zfs.sh.in
rename to contrib/dracut/90zfs/mount-zfs.sh.in
diff --git a/dracut/90zfs/parse-zfs.sh.in b/contrib/dracut/90zfs/parse-zfs.sh.in
similarity index 100%
rename from dracut/90zfs/parse-zfs.sh.in
rename to contrib/dracut/90zfs/parse-zfs.sh.in
diff --git a/dracut/90zfs/zfs-lib.sh.in b/contrib/dracut/90zfs/zfs-lib.sh.in
similarity index 100%
rename from dracut/90zfs/zfs-lib.sh.in
rename to contrib/dracut/90zfs/zfs-lib.sh.in
diff --git a/dracut/Makefile.am b/contrib/dracut/Makefile.am
similarity index 100%
rename from dracut/Makefile.am
rename to contrib/dracut/Makefile.am
diff --git a/dracut/README.dracut.markdown b/contrib/dracut/README.dracut.markdown
similarity index 100%
rename from dracut/README.dracut.markdown
rename to contrib/dracut/README.dracut.markdown
diff --git a/dracut/90zfs/Makefile.am b/dracut/90zfs/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index 650953c1b5..0000000000
--- a/dracut/90zfs/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-pkgdracutdir = $(dracutdir)/modules.d/90zfs
-pkgdracut_SCRIPTS = \
-	$(top_srcdir)/dracut/90zfs/export-zfs.sh \
-	$(top_srcdir)/dracut/90zfs/module-setup.sh \
-	$(top_srcdir)/dracut/90zfs/mount-zfs.sh \
-	$(top_srcdir)/dracut/90zfs/parse-zfs.sh \
-	$(top_srcdir)/dracut/90zfs/zfs-lib.sh
-
-EXTRA_DIST = \
-	$(top_srcdir)/dracut/90zfs/export-zfs.sh.in \
-	$(top_srcdir)/dracut/90zfs/module-setup.sh.in \
-	$(top_srcdir)/dracut/90zfs/mount-zfs.sh.in \
-	$(top_srcdir)/dracut/90zfs/parse-zfs.sh.in \
-	$(top_srcdir)/dracut/90zfs/zfs-lib.sh.in
-
-$(pkgdracut_SCRIPTS):
-	-$(SED) -e 's,@bindir\@,$(bindir),g' \
-		-e 's,@sbindir\@,$(sbindir),g' \
-		-e 's,@udevdir\@,$(udevdir),g' \
-		-e 's,@udevruledir\@,$(udevruledir),g' \
-		-e 's,@sysconfdir\@,$(sysconfdir),g' \
-		'$@.in' >'$@'
-
-distclean-local::
-	-$(RM) $(pkgdracut_SCRIPTS)
diff --git a/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in b/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
index 50b61f0107..68bc001926 100644
--- a/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
+++ b/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ exit 0
 %{_datadir}/%{name}
 
 %files dracut
-%doc dracut/README.dracut.markdown
+%doc contrib/dracut/README.dracut.markdown
 %{_dracutdir}/modules.d/*
 
 %if 0%{?_initramfs}