diff --git a/kdumpctl b/kdumpctl
index 330767b..2c647d6 100755
--- a/kdumpctl
+++ b/kdumpctl
@@ -45,23 +45,55 @@ if ! dlog_init; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-# returns 0 when omission of a module is desired in dracut_args
-# returns 1 otherwise
-is_dracut_mod_omitted()
+_get_dracut_arg()
 {
-	local dracut_args dracut_mod=$1
+	local shortopt longopt n tmp
+	local -a _opt _ret
 
-	set -- $(kdump_get_conf_val dracut_args)
-	while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+	shortopt=$1; shift
+	longopt=$1; shift
+	n=0
+
+	if [[ -n $shortopt ]]; then
+		_opt+=(-o "${shortopt#-}:")
+	else
+		# getopt requires the -o/--option to be set.
+		_opt+=(-o "")
+	fi
+	[[ -n $longopt ]] && _opt+=(--long "${longopt#--}:")
+
+	# make sure bash didn't break quoting
+	eval set -- "$*"
+	tmp=$(
+		unset POSIXLY_CORRECT
+		getopt -q "${_opt[@]}" -- "$@"
+	)
+	eval set -- "$tmp"
+	while :; do
 		case $1 in
-		-o | --omit)
-			[[ " ${2//[^[:alnum:]]/ } " == *" $dracut_mod "* ]] && return 0
-			;;
+			"$shortopt"|"$longopt")
+				_ret+=("$2"); shift
+				n=$((n+1))
+				;;
+			--|*)
+				break
+				;;
 		esac
 		shift
 	done
 
-	return 1
+	echo "${_ret[@]}"
+	return $n
+}
+
+is_dracut_mod_omitted()
+{
+	local mod omitted
+
+	mod=$1
+	omitted=$(_get_dracut_arg -o --omit "${OPT[dracut_args]}")
+
+	[[ " $omitted " == *" $mod "* ]]
 }
 
 single_instance_lock()
diff --git a/kexec-tools.spec b/kexec-tools.spec
index 5c42af6..d2a8aca 100644
--- a/kexec-tools.spec
+++ b/kexec-tools.spec
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Requires: dracut >= 050
 Requires: dracut-network >= 050
 Requires: dracut-squash >= 050
 Requires: ethtool
+Requires: util-linux
 Recommends: grubby
 Recommends: hostname
 BuildRequires: make
diff --git a/spec/kdumpctl_general_spec.sh b/spec/kdumpctl_general_spec.sh
index 41fbc29..bb5755c 100644
--- a/spec/kdumpctl_general_spec.sh
+++ b/spec/kdumpctl_general_spec.sh
@@ -107,6 +107,54 @@ Describe 'kdumpctl'
 		End
 	End
 
+	Describe "_get_dracut_arg"
+		dracut_args='-o "foo bar baz" -t 1 --test="a b c" --omit bla'
+		Parameters
+			-o	--omit	2	"foo bar baz bla"
+			-e	--empty	0	""
+			-t	""	1	"1"
+			""	--test	1	"a b c"
+			""	""	0	""
+		End
+		It "should parse the dracut_args correctly"
+			When call _get_dracut_arg "$1" "$2" "$dracut_args"
+			The status should equal $3
+			The output should equal "$4"
+		End
+	End
+
+	Describe "is_dracut_mod_omitted()"
+		KDUMP_CONFIG_FILE=$(mktemp -t kdump_conf.XXXXXXXXXX)
+		cleanup() {
+			rm -f "$kdump_conf"
+		}
+		AfterAll 'cleanup'
+
+		Parameters:dynamic
+			for opt in '-o ' '--omit ' '--omit='; do
+				for val in \
+					'foo' \
+					'"foo"' \
+					'"foo bar baz"' \
+					'"bar foo baz"' \
+					'"bar baz foo"'; do
+					%data success foo "$opt$val"
+					%data success foo "-a x $opt$val -i y"
+					%data failure xyz "$opt$val"
+					%data failure xyz "-a x $opt$val -i y"
+				done
+			done
+			%data success foo "-o xxx -o foo"
+			%data failure foo "-a x -i y"
+		End
+		It "shall return $1 for module $2 and dracut_args '$3'"
+			echo "dracut_args $3" > $KDUMP_CONFIG_FILE
+			parse_config
+			When call is_dracut_mod_omitted $2
+			The status should be $1
+		End
+	End
+
 	Describe '_update_kernel_arg_in_grub_etc_default()'
 		GRUB_ETC_DEFAULT=/tmp/default_grub