diff --git a/kdump.sysconfig.i386 b/kdump.sysconfig.i386
index 1425ce1..0d26a66 100644
--- a/kdump.sysconfig.i386
+++ b/kdump.sysconfig.i386
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ KDUMP_COMMANDLINE=""
 
 # This variable lets us append arguments to the current kdump commandline
 # As taken from either KDUMP_COMMANDLINE above, or from /proc/cmdline
-KDUMP_COMMANDLINE_APPEND="irqpoll nr_cpus=1 reset_devices numa=off udev.children-max=2 panic=10"
+KDUMP_COMMANDLINE_APPEND="irqpoll nr_cpus=1 reset_devices numa=off udev.children-max=2 panic=10 rootflags=nofail"
 
 # Any additional kexec arguments required.  In most situations, this should
 # be left empty
diff --git a/kdump.sysconfig.ppc64 b/kdump.sysconfig.ppc64
index 22e7bd5..ca7e1d8 100644
--- a/kdump.sysconfig.ppc64
+++ b/kdump.sysconfig.ppc64
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ KDUMP_COMMANDLINE=""
 
 # This variable lets us append arguments to the current kdump commandline
 # As taken from either KDUMP_COMMANDLINE above, or from /proc/cmdline
-KDUMP_COMMANDLINE_APPEND="irqpoll maxcpus=1 noirqdistrib reset_devices cgroup_disable=memory numa=off udev.children-max=2 ehea.use_mcs=0 panic=10"
+KDUMP_COMMANDLINE_APPEND="irqpoll maxcpus=1 noirqdistrib reset_devices cgroup_disable=memory numa=off udev.children-max=2 ehea.use_mcs=0 panic=10 rootflags=nofail"
 
 # Any additional kexec arguments required.  In most situations, this should
 # be left empty
diff --git a/kdump.sysconfig.s390x b/kdump.sysconfig.s390x
index 129b205..b55515a 100644
--- a/kdump.sysconfig.s390x
+++ b/kdump.sysconfig.s390x
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ KDUMP_COMMANDLINE=""
 
 # This variable lets us append arguments to the current kdump commandline
 # As taken from either KDUMP_COMMANDLINE above, or from /proc/cmdline
-KDUMP_COMMANDLINE_APPEND="maxcpus=1 cgroup_disable=memory numa=off udev.children-max=2 panic=10"
+KDUMP_COMMANDLINE_APPEND="maxcpus=1 cgroup_disable=memory numa=off udev.children-max=2 panic=10 rootflags=nofail"
 
 # Any additional /sbin/mkdumprd arguments required.
 MKDUMPRD_ARGS=""
diff --git a/kdump.sysconfig.x86_64 b/kdump.sysconfig.x86_64
index a143b5c..7e4d611 100644
--- a/kdump.sysconfig.x86_64
+++ b/kdump.sysconfig.x86_64
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ KDUMP_COMMANDLINE=""
 
 # This variable lets us append arguments to the current kdump commandline
 # As taken from either KDUMP_COMMANDLINE above, or from /proc/cmdline
-KDUMP_COMMANDLINE_APPEND="irqpoll nr_cpus=1 reset_devices cgroup_disable=memory mce=off numa=off udev.children-max=2 panic=10"
+KDUMP_COMMANDLINE_APPEND="irqpoll nr_cpus=1 reset_devices cgroup_disable=memory mce=off numa=off udev.children-max=2 panic=10 rootflags=nofail"
 
 # Any additional kexec arguments required.  In most situations, this should
 # be left empty
diff --git a/mkdumprd b/mkdumprd
index 3e6061e..6de1755 100644
--- a/mkdumprd
+++ b/mkdumprd
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ to_mount() {
     _t=$(findmnt -k -f -n -r -o TARGET,FSTYPE $_dev)
     _o=$(findmnt -k -f -n -r -o OPTIONS $_dev)
     _o=${_o/#ro/rw} #mount fs target as rw in 2nd kernel
+    _o="${_o},nofail" #with nofail set, systemd won't block for mount failure
     _mntopts="$_t $_o"
     #for non-nfs _dev converting to use udev persistent name
     if [ -b "$_s" ]; then