diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a4dfd92..68aa1a9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ rpm: dracut-$(VERSION)-$(GITVERSION).tar.bz2
 	rm -fr BUILD BUILDROOT
 
 test: test/root.ext2 all
-	sudo APPEND="$(APPEND)" DRACUTOPTS="$(DRACUTOPTS)" test/test-initramfs
+	sudo APPEND="$(APPEND)" DRACUTOPTS="$(DRACUTOPTS)" NOCREATE="$(NOCREATE)" test/test-initramfs
 
 test/root.ext2: test/test-init test/make-test-root
 	sudo test/make-test-root
diff --git a/test/test-initramfs b/test/test-initramfs
index f828307..f223c54 100755
--- a/test/test-initramfs
+++ b/test/test-initramfs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 [[ -f test/root.ext2 ]] || test/make-test-root
 
-./dracut $DRACUTOPTS -c test/dracut.conf.test -l -f test/initramfs.testing || exit
+[[ $NOCREATE ]] || ./dracut $DRACUTOPTS -c test/dracut.conf.test -l -f test/initramfs.testing || exit
 
 qemu-kvm -hda test/root.ext2 -m 512M -nographic  \
 	-net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:57 -net socket,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234 \