diff --git i/Makefile w/Makefile
index 414fb33..2015428 100644
--- i/Makefile
+++ w/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ sysconfdir ?= ${prefix}/etc
 bindir ?= ${prefix}/bin
 mandir ?= ${prefix}/share/man
 CFLAGS ?= -O2 -g -Wall
-CFLAGS += -std=gnu99 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 $(KMOD_CFLAGS)
+CFLAGS += -std=gnu99 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 $(KMOD_CFLAGS) $(ELF_CFLAGS)
 bashcompletiondir ?= ${datadir}/bash-completion/completions
 pkgconfigdatadir ?= $(datadir)/pkgconfig
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ install/util.o: install/util.c install/util.h install/macro.h install/log.h
 install/strv.o: install/strv.c install/strv.h install/util.h install/macro.h install/log.h
 
 install/dracut-install: $(DRACUT_INSTALL_OBJECTS)
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(DRACUT_INSTALL_OBJECTS) $(LDLIBS) $(KMOD_LIBS)
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(DRACUT_INSTALL_OBJECTS) $(LDLIBS) $(KMOD_LIBS) $(ELF_LIBS)
 
 dracut-install: install/dracut-install
 	ln -fs $< $@
diff --git i/configure w/configure
index b55fb60..d58c9f5 100755
--- i/configure
+++ w/configure
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ enable_documentation ?= ${enable_documentation:-yes}
 bindir ?= ${bindir:-${prefix}/bin}
 KMOD_CFLAGS ?= $(${PKG_CONFIG} --cflags " libkmod >= 23 ")
 KMOD_LIBS ?= $(${PKG_CONFIG} --libs " libkmod >= 23 ")
+ELF_CFLAGS ?= $(${PKG_CONFIG} --cflags " libelf ")
+ELF_LIBS ?= $(${PKG_CONFIG} --libs " libelf ")
 EOF
 
 {
diff --git i/install/dracut-install.c w/install/dracut-install.c
index 001225b..9112c15 100644
--- i/install/dracut-install.c
+++ w/install/dracut-install.c
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
 #include <fts.h>
 #include <regex.h>
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
+#include <err.h>
+#include <libelf.h>
+#include <gelf.h>
 
 #include "log.h"
 #include "hashmap.h"
@@ -393,6 +396,72 @@ static int library_install(const char *src, const char *lib)
         return ret;
 }
 
+char *read_elf_section(const char *filename, const char *section_name) {
+  int fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY, 0);
+  if (fd < 0) {
+    err(EXIT_FAILURE, "open %s", filename);
+  }
+  Elf *e = elf_begin(fd, ELF_C_READ, NULL);
+  if (e == NULL) {
+    errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "elf_begin: %s", elf_errmsg(-1));
+  }
+  if (elf_kind(e) != ELF_K_ELF) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  size_t shstrndx;
+  if (elf_getshdrstrndx(e, &shstrndx) != 0) {
+    errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "elf_getshdrstrndx failed: %s", elf_errmsg(-1));
+  }
+  Elf_Scn *scn = NULL;
+  GElf_Shdr shdr;
+  while ((scn = elf_nextscn(e, scn)) != NULL) {
+    if (gelf_getshdr(scn, &shdr) != &shdr) {
+      errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "getshdr failed: %s", elf_errmsg(-1));
+    }
+    char *name;
+    if ((name = elf_strptr(e, shstrndx, shdr.sh_name)) == NULL) {
+      errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "elf_strptr failed: %s", elf_errmsg(-1));
+    }
+    if (strcmp(name, section_name) != 0) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    Elf_Data *data = NULL;
+    size_t n = 0;
+    char *out = calloc(shdr.sh_size, 1);
+    char *w = out;
+    while (n < shdr.sh_size && (data = elf_getdata(scn, data)) != NULL) {
+      char *p = (char*)data->d_buf;
+      while (p < (char*)data->d_buf + data->d_size) {
+	*w = *p;
+	n++;
+	p++;
+	w++;
+      }
+    }
+    return out;
+  }
+  close(fd);
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+static const char filenamesection[] = "distrifilename";
+
+static int resolve_deps_distriwrapper(const char *src, int *done)
+{
+  int ret = 0;
+
+  _cleanup_free_ char *data = read_elf_section(src, filenamesection);
+  log_debug("resolve_deps_distriwrapper(%s) = '%s'", src, data);
+  if (data == NULL) {
+    return 0; // not a distri wrapper binary
+  }
+  ret = dracut_install(data, data, false, true, false);
+  if (ret != 0) {
+    log_error("ERROR: failed to install '%s'", data);
+  }
+  return ret;
+}
+
 static int resolve_deps(const char *src)
 {
         int ret = 0;
@@ -405,30 +474,14 @@ static int resolve_deps(const char *src)
         buf = malloc(LINE_MAX);
         if (buf == NULL)
                 return -errno;
-
+	log_debug("resolve_deps(%s)", src);
         if (strstr(src, ".so") == 0) {
-                _cleanup_close_ int fd = -1;
-                fd = open(src, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
-                if (fd < 0)
-                        return -errno;
-
-                ret = read(fd, buf, LINE_MAX);
-                if (ret == -1)
-                        return -errno;
-
-                buf[LINE_MAX - 1] = '\0';
-                if (buf[0] == '#' && buf[1] == '!') {
-                        /* we have a shebang */
-                        char *p, *q;
-                        for (p = &buf[2]; *p && isspace(*p); p++) ;
-                        for (q = p; *q && (!isspace(*q)); q++) ;
-                        *q = '\0';
-                        log_debug("Script install: '%s'", p);
-                        ret = dracut_install(p, p, false, true, false);
-                        if (ret != 0)
-                                log_error("ERROR: failed to install '%s'", p);
-                        return ret;
-                }
+	  int done = 0;
+	  ret = resolve_deps_distriwrapper(src, &done);
+	  if (ret < 0)
+	    return ret;
+	  if (done == 1)
+	    return ret;
         }
 
         /* run ldd */
@@ -1692,6 +1745,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
         log_open();
 
+	if (elf_version(EV_CURRENT) == EV_NONE) {
+	  log_error("ELF library initialization failed: %s", elf_errmsg(-1));
+	  exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
         modules_loaded = hashmap_new(string_hash_func, string_compare_func);
         if (arg_modalias) {
                 Iterator i;