diff --git a/share/efi.tmpl b/share/efi.tmpl
index add28ee3..1350ebc8 100644
--- a/share/efi.tmpl
+++ b/share/efi.tmpl
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ install boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz ${EFIBOOTDIR}
 
 ## actually make the EFI images
 ${make_efiboot("images/efiboot.img")}
-${make_efiboot("images/macboot.img", imgtype="apple")}
+%if domacboot:
+    ${make_efiboot("images/macboot.img", imgtype="apple")}
+%endif
 
 ## This is kinda gross, but then... so's EFI.
 <%def name="make_efiboot(img, include_kernel=False, disk=False, imgtype='default')">
diff --git a/share/x86.tmpl b/share/x86.tmpl
index ceeac8fe..db19bdf0 100644
--- a/share/x86.tmpl
+++ b/share/x86.tmpl
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ hardlink ${KERNELDIR}/initrd.img ${BOOTDIR}
     <%
     efiarch = 'X64' if basearch=='x86_64' else 'IA32'
     efigraft="EFI/BOOT={0}/EFI/BOOT".format(outroot)
-    for img in ("images/efiboot.img", "images/macboot.img"):
+    images = ["images/efiboot.img"]
+    if domacboot:
+        images.append("images/macboot.img")
+    for img in images:
         efiargs += " -eltorito-alt-boot -e {0} -no-emul-boot".format(img)
         efigraft += " {0}={1}/{0}".format(img,outroot)
     efihybrid="--uefi --mac"
diff --git a/src/pylorax/__init__.py b/src/pylorax/__init__.py
index 2133d604..64924cec 100644
--- a/src/pylorax/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pylorax/__init__.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class Lorax(BaseLoraxClass):
 
     def run(self, ybo, product, version, release, variant="", bugurl="",
             isfinal=False, workdir=None, outputdir=None, buildarch=None, volid=None,
-            remove_temp=False):
+            domacboot=True, remove_temp=False):
 
         assert self._configured
 
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ class Lorax(BaseLoraxClass):
         treebuilder = TreeBuilder(product=self.product, arch=self.arch,
                                   inroot=installroot, outroot=self.outputdir,
                                   runtime=runtime, isolabel=isolabel,
-                                  templatedir=templatedir)
+                                  domacboot=domacboot, templatedir=templatedir)
 
         logger.info("rebuilding initramfs images")
         dracut_args=["--xz", "--add", "anaconda", "--omit", "plymouth",
diff --git a/src/pylorax/treebuilder.py b/src/pylorax/treebuilder.py
index 50fb1f94..8641768b 100644
--- a/src/pylorax/treebuilder.py
+++ b/src/pylorax/treebuilder.py
@@ -151,14 +151,14 @@ class RuntimeBuilder(object):
 class TreeBuilder(object):
     '''Builds the arch-specific boot images.
     inroot should be the installtree root (the newly-built runtime dir)'''
-    def __init__(self, product, arch, inroot, outroot, runtime, isolabel, templatedir=None):
+    def __init__(self, product, arch, inroot, outroot, runtime, isolabel, domacboot=True, templatedir=None):
         # NOTE: if you pass an arg named "runtime" to a mako template it'll
         # clobber some mako internal variables - hence "runtime_img".
         self.vars = DataHolder(arch=arch, product=product, runtime_img=runtime,
                                runtime_base=basename(runtime),
                                inroot=inroot, outroot=outroot,
                                basearch=arch.basearch, libdir=arch.libdir,
-                               isolabel=isolabel, udev=udev_escape)
+                               isolabel=isolabel, udev=udev_escape, domacboot=domacboot)
         self._runner = LoraxTemplateRunner(inroot, outroot, templatedir=templatedir)
         self._runner.defaults = self.vars
         self.templatedir = templatedir
diff --git a/src/sbin/lorax b/src/sbin/lorax
index 31b8df15..998f25ff 100755
--- a/src/sbin/lorax
+++ b/src/sbin/lorax
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ def main(args):
             help="build architecture", metavar="STRING")
     optional.add_option("--volid", default=None,
             help="volume id", metavar="STRING")
+    optional.add_option("--nomacboot", help="",
+            action="store_false", default=True, dest="domacboot")
 
     # add the option groups to the parser
     parser.add_option_group(required)
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ def main(args):
     lorax.run(yb, opts.product, opts.version, opts.release,
               opts.variant, opts.bugurl, opts.isfinal,
               workdir=tempdir, outputdir=outputdir, buildarch=opts.buildarch,
-              volid=opts.volid, remove_temp=True)
+              volid=opts.volid, domacboot=opts.domacboot, remove_temp=True)
 
 
 def get_yum_base_object(installroot, repositories, mirrorlists=[],