diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e1af5125cb37..0da7a122d51a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e99c343f169cdcb43f1508873a3c9e19ffe4c64a
+refs/heads/master: f2434ec1e08e44c2568b29c2879b3346aa29dbd2
diff --git a/trunk/usr/gen_init_cpio.c b/trunk/usr/gen_init_cpio.c
index 8365db6cfe06..7abc07f0fcd2 100644
--- a/trunk/usr/gen_init_cpio.c
+++ b/trunk/usr/gen_init_cpio.c
@@ -498,7 +498,9 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
-	if (! (cpio_list = fopen(argv[1], "r"))) {
+	if (!strcmp(argv[1], "-"))
+		cpio_list = stdin;
+	else if (! (cpio_list = fopen(argv[1], "r"))) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: unable to open '%s': %s\n\n",
 			argv[1], strerror(errno));
 		usage(argv[0]);