diff --git a/tuned-2.26.0-cpu-partitioning-initrd-workaround.patch b/tuned-2.26.0-cpu-partitioning-initrd-workaround.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c97cada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tuned-2.26.0-cpu-partitioning-initrd-workaround.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+From 8889fbb65a2fef367811dbbf97aaa77afcc59d09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Jaroslav=20=C5=A0karvada?= <jskarvad@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2025 19:29:41 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] cpu-partitioning: autodetect dracut hook directory,
+ workaround for systemd
+MIME-Version: 1.0
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+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+Wrong hook directory can make the machine unbootable:
+https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-119889
+
+Also added workaround for currently non-functional systemd plugin
+which doesn't include the systemd config into the initrd image.
+
+Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad@redhat.com>
+---
+ profiles/cpu-partitioning/script.sh  | 13 +++++++++++--
+ profiles/cpu-partitioning/tuned.conf |  3 ++-
+ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/profiles/cpu-partitioning/script.sh b/profiles/cpu-partitioning/script.sh
+index ec422ca..5fe8d7d 100755
+--- a/profiles/cpu-partitioning/script.sh
++++ b/profiles/cpu-partitioning/script.sh
+@@ -3,10 +3,19 @@
+ . /usr/lib/tuned/functions
+ 
+ start() {
++    DRACUT_VER=`dracut --version | sed 's/^.* \([0-9]\+\).*/\1/'`
++    echo "$DRACUT_VER" | grep -q '^[[:digit:]]\+$' || DRACUT_VER="0"
++    # https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-119889
++    if [ "$DRACUT_VER" -gt "102" ]
++    then
++      DRACUT_HOOK_DIR="/var/lib/dracut/hooks/pre-udev"
++    else
++      DRACUT_HOOK_DIR="/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/pre-udev"
++    fi
+     mkdir -p "${TUNED_tmpdir}/etc/systemd"
+-    mkdir -p "${TUNED_tmpdir}/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/pre-udev"
++    mkdir -p "${TUNED_tmpdir}${DRACUT_HOOK_DIR}"
+     cp /etc/systemd/system.conf "${TUNED_tmpdir}/etc/systemd/"
+-    cp 00-tuned-pre-udev.sh "${TUNED_tmpdir}/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/pre-udev/"
++    cp 00-tuned-pre-udev.sh "${TUNED_tmpdir}${DRACUT_HOOK_DIR}"
+     setup_kvm_mod_low_latency
+     disable_ksm
+     return "$?"
+diff --git a/profiles/cpu-partitioning/tuned.conf b/profiles/cpu-partitioning/tuned.conf
+index 11f03cf..e795dcb 100644
+--- a/profiles/cpu-partitioning/tuned.conf
++++ b/profiles/cpu-partitioning/tuned.conf
+@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ tmpdir=${f:strip:${f:exec:mktemp:-d}}
+ isolated_cores_expanded=${f:cpulist_unpack:${isolated_cores}}
+ isolated_cpumask=${f:cpulist2hex:${isolated_cores_expanded}}
+ not_isolated_cores_expanded=${f:cpulist_invert:${isolated_cores_expanded}}
++not_isolated_cores=${f:cpulist_pack:${not_isolated_cores_expanded}}
+ isolated_cores_online_expanded=${f:cpulist_online:${isolated_cores}}
+ not_isolated_cores_online_expanded=${f:cpulist_online:${not_isolated_cores_expanded}}
+ not_isolated_cpumask=${f:cpulist2hex:${not_isolated_cores_expanded}}
+@@ -62,4 +63,4 @@ priority=10
+ initrd_remove_dir=True
+ initrd_dst_img=tuned-initrd.img
+ initrd_add_dir=${tmpdir}
+-cmdline_cpu_part=+nohz=on${cmd_isolcpus} nohz_full=${isolated_cores} rcu_nocbs=${isolated_cores} tuned.non_isolcpus=${not_isolated_cpumask} intel_pstate=disable nosoftlockup
++cmdline_cpu_part=+nohz=on${cmd_isolcpus} nohz_full=${isolated_cores} rcu_nocbs=${isolated_cores} tuned.non_isolcpus=${not_isolated_cpumask} systemd.cpu_affinity=${not_isolated_cores} intel_pstate=disable nosoftlockup
+-- 
+2.51.0
+
diff --git a/tuned.spec b/tuned.spec
index eb7c19a..a2ea125 100644
--- a/tuned.spec
+++ b/tuned.spec
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 Summary: A dynamic adaptive system tuning daemon
 Name: tuned
 Version: 2.26.0
-Release: 1%{?prerel1}%{?dist}
+Release: 1%{?prerel1}%{?dist}.1
 License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND CC-BY-SA-3.0
 Source0: https://github.com/redhat-performance/%{name}/archive/v%{version}%{?prerel2}/%{name}-%{version}%{?prerel2}.tar.gz
 # RHEL-9 specific recommend.conf:
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ Recommends: subscription-manager
 Requires: python3-syspurpose
 %endif
 %endif
+# https://github.com/redhat-performance/tuned/pull/805
+Patch: tuned-2.26.0-cpu-partitioning-initrd-workaround.patch
 
 %description
 The tuned package contains a daemon that tunes system settings dynamically.
@@ -635,6 +637,10 @@ fi
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/tuned/ppd.conf
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Oct 20 2025 Jaroslav Škarvada  <jskarvad@redhat.com> - 2.26.0-1.1
+- cpu-partitioning: added initrd generation dracut/systemd workarounds
+  resolves: RHEL-120175
+
 * Mon Aug 25 2025 Jaroslav Škarvada  <jskarvad@redhat.com> - 2.26.0-1
 - new release
   - rebased tuned to latest upstream