diff --git a/plymouth-allow-passing-plugin.patch b/plymouth-allow-passing-plugin.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..741e081
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plymouth-allow-passing-plugin.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+diff --git a/scripts/plymouth-populate-initrd.in b/scripts/plymouth-populate-initrd.in
+index e9db1b9..cc640e5 100755
+--- a/scripts/plymouth-populate-initrd.in
++++ b/scripts/plymouth-populate-initrd.in
+@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
+ [ -z "$BINDIR" ] && BINDIR="/usr/bin"
+ [ -z "$GRUB_MENU_TITLE" ] && GRUB_MENU_TITLE="Graphical Bootup"
+ [ -z "$PLYMOUTH_LOGO_FILE" ] && PLYMOUTH_LOGO_FILE="@logofile@"
++[ -z "$PLYMOUTH_PLUGIN_NAME" ] && PLYMOUTH_PLUGIN_NAME=$(plymouth-set-default-plugin)
+ 
+ if [ -f "${LIBEXECDIR}/initrd-functions" ]; then
+     . "${LIBEXECDIR}/initrd-functions"
+@@ -63,22 +64,20 @@ inst ${PLYMOUTH_LOGO_FILE} $INITRDDIR
+ inst /etc/system-release $INITRDDIR
+ mkdir -p ${INITRDDIR}${DATADIR}/plymouth
+ 
+-PLUGIN_NAME=$(plymouth-set-default-plugin)
+-
+-if [ -z "$PLUGIN_NAME" ]; then
++if [ -z "$PLYMOUTH_PLUGIN_NAME" ]; then
+     echo "No default plymouth plugin is set" > /dev/stderr
+     exit 1
+ fi
+ 
+-if [ ! -f ${LIBDIR}/plymouth/${PLUGIN_NAME}.so ]; then
+-    echo "The default plymouth plugin (${PLUGIN_NAME}) doesn't exist" > /dev/stderr
++if [ ! -f ${LIBDIR}/plymouth/${PLYMOUTH_PLUGIN_NAME}.so ]; then
++    echo "The default plymouth plugin (${PLYMOUTH_PLUGIN_NAME}) doesn't exist" > /dev/stderr
+     exit 1
+ fi
+ 
+-inst ${LIBDIR}/plymouth/${PLUGIN_NAME}.so $INITRDDIR
++inst ${LIBDIR}/plymouth/${PLYMOUTH_PLUGIN_NAME}.so $INITRDDIR
+ inst ${LIBDIR}/plymouth/default.so $INITRDDIR
+-if [ -d ${DATADIR}/plymouth/${PLUGIN_NAME} ]; then
+-    for x in ${DATADIR}/plymouth/${PLUGIN_NAME}/* ; do
++if [ -d ${DATADIR}/plymouth/${PLYMOUTH_PLUGIN_NAME} ]; then
++    for x in ${DATADIR}/plymouth/${PLYMOUTH_PLUGIN_NAME}/* ; do
+         [ ! -f "$x" ] && break
+         inst $x $INITRDDIR
+     done
diff --git a/plymouth.spec b/plymouth.spec
index 3546e7c..91cbba3 100644
--- a/plymouth.spec
+++ b/plymouth.spec
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@
 Summary: Plymouth Graphical Boot Animation and Logger
 Name: plymouth
 Version: 0.6.0
-Release: 0.2008.10.30.3%{?dist}
+Release: 0.2008.10.30.4%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Base
 Source0: http://freedesktop.org/software/plymouth/releases/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Patch0: plymouth-allow-passing-plugin.patch
 URL: http://freedesktop.org/software/plymouth/releases
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ where the graphical plugin's dependencies are undesirable.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 %configure --enable-tracing --disable-tests --without-boot-entry \
@@ -298,6 +300,9 @@ fi
 %defattr(-, root, root)
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Nov  3 2008 Jeremy Katz <katzj@redhat.com> - 0.6.0-0.2008.10.30.4
+- Allow pre-setting the default plugin when calling plymouth-populate-initrd
+
 * Fri Oct 31 2008 Ray Strode <rstrode@redhat.com> 0.6.0-0.2008.10.30.3
 - Add pango minimum version to buildrequires