diff --git a/share/templates.d/99-generic/config_files/common/rsyslog.conf b/share/templates.d/99-generic/config_files/common/rsyslog.conf
index 3842c3ad..94b180c8 100644
--- a/share/templates.d/99-generic/config_files/common/rsyslog.conf
+++ b/share/templates.d/99-generic/config_files/common/rsyslog.conf
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ $template virtio_ForwardFormat, "<%PRI%>%TIMESTAMP:::date-rfc3339% localhost %sy
 # log everything except anaconda-specific records from local1 (those are stored
 # directly into files via python logging)
 
+# discard messages from dracut regenerating initrd
+:programname,isequal,"dracut" ~
+
 *.*;\
 authpriv.none;\
 local1.none             /tmp/syslog;anaconda_syslog