diff --git a/pkgs/cpio-recursive/default.nix b/pkgs/cpio-recursive/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d9a003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/cpio-recursive/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ runCommand, nix, jq, path }:
+let
+  map-cpio = ./map-cpio.nix;
+
+  makeCpioRecursive = { name, root, prepend ? [], compressor }:
+    runCommand "${name}-initrd" {
+      buildInputs = [ nix jq ];
+      requiredSystemFeatures = [ "recursive-nix" ];
+      exportReferencesGraph = [ "root" root ];
+      NIX_PATH = "nixpkgs=${path}";
+      inherit prepend compressor;
+    } ''
+
+    cat root | grep /nix/store | sort | uniq | jq -R . | jq -s . > paths.json
+    nix-build ${map-cpio} --arg pathsJson ./paths.json --argstr compressor "$compressor"
+
+    touch initrd
+    for pre in $prepend; do
+      cat "$pre" >> initrd
+    done
+
+    cat result | xargs cat >> initrd
+    mkdir $out
+    mv initrd $out/initrd
+  '';
+in
+makeCpioRecursive
diff --git a/pkgs/cpio-recursive/map-cpio.nix b/pkgs/cpio-recursive/map-cpio.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04db37f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/cpio-recursive/map-cpio.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ pathsJson, compressor, pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
+let
+  namePart = strPath:
+    let
+      last = list: builtins.elemAt list ((builtins.length list) - 1);
+      stripPathPrefix = path: last (builtins.split "[/]" path);
+    in
+      stripPathPrefix "${strPath}";
+
+  paths = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile pathsJson);
+  mkcpio = strPath: pkgs.runCommand "${namePart strPath}-cpio" {
+    buildInputs = [ pkgs.cpio ];
+  } ''
+    mkdir root
+    cd root
+    cp -prd --parents ${builtins.storePath strPath} .
+    find . -print0 | xargs -0r touch -h -d '@1'
+    find . -print0 \
+        | sort -z \
+        | cpio -o -H newc -R +0:+1 --reproducible --null \
+        | ${compressor} \
+      > $out
+  '';
+in
+pkgs.writeText "cpios" (pkgs.lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" mkcpio paths)
diff --git a/pkgs/default.nix b/pkgs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9401f9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{ callPackage }:
+{
+  makeCpioRecursive = callPackage ./cpio-recursive {};
+}