diff --git a/README.livemedia-creator b/README.livemedia-creator
index 424bd249..55f12c1e 100644
--- a/README.livemedia-creator
+++ b/README.livemedia-creator
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ passwd -d root > /dev/null
 cat /dev/null > /dev/fstab
 
 11. Don't delete initramfs files from /boot in %post
-12. Have grub-efi, memtest86+ and syslinux in the package list
+12. Have dracut-norescue, grub-efi, memtest86+ and syslinux in the package list
 
 One drawback to using virt-install is that it pulls the packages from
 the repo each time you run it. To speed things up you either need a local
diff --git a/src/sbin/livemedia-creator b/src/sbin/livemedia-creator
index 0b40e61c..cdceaa25 100755
--- a/src/sbin/livemedia-creator
+++ b/src/sbin/livemedia-creator
@@ -360,9 +360,14 @@ class KernelInfo(object):
         Get a list of the kernels in the boot_dir
 
         Examine the vmlinuz-* versions and return a list of them
+
+        Ignore any with -rescue- in them, these are dracut rescue images.
+        The user shoud add dracut-norescue package to the kickstart to remove them,
+        but catch it here as well.
         """
         files = os.listdir(self.boot_dir)
-        return [f[8:] for f in files if f.startswith("vmlinuz-")]
+        return [f[8:] for f in files if f.startswith("vmlinuz-") \
+                and f.find("-rescue-") == -1]
 
     def get_kernel_arch(self):
         """