diff --git a/defaults/initrd.scripts b/defaults/initrd.scripts
index 66130ae..9cb8cbe 100755
--- a/defaults/initrd.scripts
+++ b/defaults/initrd.scripts
@@ -651,6 +651,7 @@ openLUKS() {
 	[ ! -e /sbin/cryptsetup ] && bad_msg "The ramdisk does not support LUKS" && exit 1
 	while [ 1 ]
 	do
+		local gpg_cmd=""
 		# if crypt_silent=1 and some error occurs, enter shell quietly
 		if [ \( ${CRYPT_SILENT} -eq 1 \) -a \( \( \( ${DEV_ERROR} -eq 1 \) -o \( ${KEY_ERROR} -eq 1 \) \) -o \( ${KEYDEV_ERROR} -eq 1 \) \) ]
 		then
@@ -735,10 +736,17 @@ openLUKS() {
 					fi
 					# At this point a candidate key exists (either mounted before or not)
 					good_msg "${LUKS_KEY} on device ${LUKS_KEYDEV} found" ${CRYPT_SILENT}
-					cryptsetup_options="-d ${mntkey}${LUKS_KEY}"
+					if [ $(echo ${LUKS_KEY} | grep -o '.gpg$') == ".gpg" ] && [ -e /sbin/gpg ] ; then
+						[ -e /dev/tty ] && mv /dev/tty /dev/tty.org
+						mknod /dev/tty c 5 1
+						cryptsetup_options="-d -"
+						gpg_cmd="/sbin/gpg --logger-file /dev/null --quiet --decrypt ${mntkey}${LUKS_KEY} |"
+					else
+						cryptsetup_options="-d ${mntkey}${LUKS_KEY}"
+					fi
 				fi
 				# At this point, keyfile or not, we're ready!
-				crypt_filter "cryptsetup ${cryptsetup_options} luksOpen ${LUKS_DEVICE} ${LUKS_NAME}"
+				crypt_filter "${gpg_cmd}cryptsetup ${cryptsetup_options} luksOpen ${LUKS_DEVICE} ${LUKS_NAME}"
 				if [ $? -eq 0 ]
 				then
 					good_msg "LUKS device ${LUKS_DEVICE} opened" ${CRYPT_SILENT}
diff --git a/gen_cmdline.sh b/gen_cmdline.sh
index 20380ac..c838f15 100755
--- a/gen_cmdline.sh
+++ b/gen_cmdline.sh
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ longusage() {
   echo "				ramdisk"
   echo "	--luks			Include LUKS support"
   echo "				--> 'emerge cryptsetup-luks' with USE=-dynamic"
+  echo "	--gpg			Include GPG-armored LUKS key support"
   echo "	--no-busybox    Do not include busybox in the initramfs."
   echo "	--unionfs       Include support for unionfs"
   echo "	--netboot       Create a self-contained env in the initramfs"
@@ -515,6 +516,10 @@ parse_cmdline() {
 			CMD_LUKS=1
 			print_info 2 "CMD_LUKS: ${CMD_LUKS}"
 			;;
+		--gpg)
+			CMD_GPG=1
+			print_info 2 "CMD_GPG: ${CMD_GPG}"
+			;;
 		--firmware)
 			CMD_FIRMWARE=1
 			print_info 2 "CMD_FIRMWARE: ${CMD_FIRMWARE}"
diff --git a/gen_compile.sh b/gen_compile.sh
index d87d2f4..bc36871 100755
--- a/gen_compile.sh
+++ b/gen_compile.sh
@@ -620,3 +620,45 @@ compile_unionfs_fuse() {
 		rm -rf "${UNIONFS_FUSE_DIR}" > /dev/null
 	fi
 }
+
+compile_gpg() {
+	if [ ! -f "${GPG_BINCACHE}" ]
+	then
+		[ ! -f "${GPG_SRCTAR}" ] &&
+			gen_die "Could not find gnupg source tarball: ${GPG_SRCTAR}. Please place it there, or place another version, changing /etc/genkernel.conf as necessary!"
+		cd "${TEMP}"
+		rm -rf "${GPG_DIR}"
+		tar -jxf "${GPG_SRCTAR}"
+		[ ! -d "${GPG_DIR}" ] &&
+			gen_die "gnupg directory ${GPG_DIR} invalid"
+		cd "${GPG_DIR}"
+		print_info 1 'gnupg: >> Configuring...'
+		# this has to be so long because --enable-minimal fails without an
+		# autoreconf thanks to autoconf-2.61
+		LDFLAGS='-static' CFLAGS='-Os' ./configure --disable-card-support\
+			--disable-agent-support --disable-rsa --disable-idea --disable-cast5\
+			--disable-twofish --disable-camellia --disable-exec --disable-bzip2 \
+			--disable-photo-viewers --disable-keyserver-helpers  --disable-ldap \
+			--disable-hkp --disable-finger --disable-mailto --disable-generic \
+			--disable-keyserver-path  --disable-dns-srv --disable-dns-pka \
+			--disable-dns-cert  --disable-nls --disable-threads  --enable-static\
+			--disable-selinux-support --disable-capabilities --disable-regex\
+			--enable-static-rnd=linux --without-libcurl --without-readline\
+			--enable-noexecstack --without-libusb --disable-gnupg-iconv \
+				>> ${LOGFILE} 2>&1 || gen_die 'Configuring gnupg failed!'
+		print_info 1 'gnupg: >> Compiling...'
+		MAKE=${UTILS_MAKE} compile_generic "" ""
+		print_info 1 'gnupg: >> Copying to cache...'
+		[ -f "${TEMP}/${GPG_DIR}/g10/gpg" ] ||
+			gen_die 'gnupg executable does not exist!'
+		strip "${TEMP}/${GPG_DIR}/g10/gpg" ||
+			gen_die 'Could not strip gpg binary!'
+		bzip2 "${TEMP}/${GPG_DIR}/g10/gpg" ||
+			gen_die 'bzip2 compression of gpg failed!'
+		mv "${TEMP}/${GPG_DIR}/g10/gpg.bz2" "${GPG_BINCACHE}" ||
+			gen_die 'Could not copy the gpg binary to the package directory, does the directory exist?'
+
+		cd "${TEMP}"
+		rm -rf "${GPG_DIR}" > /dev/null
+	fi
+}
diff --git a/gen_determineargs.sh b/gen_determineargs.sh
index ed84798..4746ef9 100755
--- a/gen_determineargs.sh
+++ b/gen_determineargs.sh
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ determine_real_args() {
 	set_config_with_override 2 REAL_ROOT			CMD_REAL_ROOT
 	set_config_with_override 1 DISKLABEL            CMD_DISKLABEL
 	set_config_with_override 1 LUKS                 CMD_LUKS
+	set_config_with_override 1 GPG                  CMD_GPG
 	set_config_with_override 1 MDADM                CMD_MDADM
 	set_config_with_override 1 MULTIPATH            CMD_MULTIPATH
 	set_config_with_override 1 FIRMWARE             CMD_FIRMWARE
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ determine_real_args() {
 	BLKID_BINCACHE=`cache_replace "${BLKID_BINCACHE}"`
 	FUSE_BINCACHE=`cache_replace "${FUSE_BINCACHE}"`
 	UNIONFS_FUSE_BINCACHE=`cache_replace "${UNIONFS_FUSE_BINCACHE}"`
+	GPG_BINCACHE=`cache_replace "${GPG_BINCACHE}"`
   
 	DEFAULT_KERNEL_CONFIG=`arch_replace "${DEFAULT_KERNEL_CONFIG}"`
 	BUSYBOX_CONFIG=`arch_replace "${BUSYBOX_CONFIG}"`
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ determine_real_args() {
 	BLKID_BINCACHE=`arch_replace "${BLKID_BINCACHE}"`
 	FUSE_BINCACHE=`arch_replace "${FUSE_BINCACHE}"`
 	UNIONFS_FUSE_BINCACHE=`arch_replace "${UNIONFS_FUSE_BINCACHE}"`
+	GPG_BINCACHE=`arch_replace "${GPG_BINCACHE}"`
 
 	if [ -n "${CMD_BOOTLOADER}" ]
 	then
diff --git a/gen_funcs.sh b/gen_funcs.sh
index 07a7f5f..ead4f88 100755
--- a/gen_funcs.sh
+++ b/gen_funcs.sh
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ set_config_with_override() {
 }
 
 check_distfiles() {
-	for i in $BUSYBOX_SRCTAR $DEVICE_MAPPER_SRCTAR $MULTIPATH_SRCTAR $LVM_SRCTAR $DMRAID_SRCTAR $E2FSPROGS_SRCTAR
+	for i in $BUSYBOX_SRCTAR $DEVICE_MAPPER_SRCTAR $MULTIPATH_SRCTAR $LVM_SRCTAR $DMRAID_SRCTAR $E2FSPROGS_SRCTAR $GPG_SRCTAR
 	do
 		if [ ! -f "${i}" ]
 		then
diff --git a/gen_initramfs.sh b/gen_initramfs.sh
index 2ad0deb..9a78863 100755
--- a/gen_initramfs.sh
+++ b/gen_initramfs.sh
@@ -401,6 +401,25 @@ append_firmware() {
 	rm -r "${TEMP}/initramfs-firmware-temp/"
 }
 
+append_gpg() {
+	if [ -d "${TEMP}/initramfs-gpg-temp" ]
+	then
+		rm -r "${TEMP}/initramfs-gpg-temp"
+	fi
+	cd ${TEMP}
+	mkdir -p "${TEMP}/initramfs-gpg-temp/sbin/"
+	if [ ! -e ${GPG_BINCACHE} ] ; then
+		print_info 1 '		GPG: Adding support (compiling binaries)...'
+		compile_gpg
+	fi
+	bzip2 -dc "${GPG_BINCACHE}" > "${TEMP}/initramfs-gpg-temp/sbin/gpg" ||
+		gen_die 'Could not extract gpg binary cache!'
+	chmod a+x "${TEMP}/initramfs-gpg-temp/sbin/gpg"
+	cd "${TEMP}/initramfs-gpg-temp/"
+	find . -print | cpio ${CPIO_ARGS} --append -F "${CPIO}"
+	rm -rf "${TEMP}/initramfs-gpg-temp" > /dev/null
+}
+
 print_list()
 {
 	local x
@@ -588,6 +607,7 @@ create_initramfs() {
 	append_data 'mdadm' "${MDADM}"
 	append_data 'luks' "${LUKS}"
 	append_data 'multipath' "${MULTIPATH}"
+	append_data 'gpg' "${GPG}"
 
 	if [ "${NORAMDISKMODULES}" -eq '0' ]
 	then
diff --git a/genkernel.conf b/genkernel.conf
index 7a726d0..2400150 100644
--- a/genkernel.conf
+++ b/genkernel.conf
@@ -178,3 +178,8 @@ UNIONFS_FUSE_VER="VERSION_UNIONFS_FUSE"
 UNIONFS_FUSE_DIR="unionfs-fuse-${UNIONFS_FUSE_VER}"
 UNIONFS_FUSE_SRCTAR="${DISTDIR}/unionfs-fuse-${UNIONFS_FUSE_VER}.tar.bz2"
 UNIONFS_FUSE_BINCACHE="%%CACHE%%/unionfs-fuse-${UNIONFS_FUSE_VER}-%%ARCH%%.bz2"
+
+GPG_VER="VERSION_GPG"
+GPG_DIR="gnupg-${GPG_VER}"
+GPG_SRCTAR="${DISTDIR}/gnupg-${GPG_VER}.tar.bz2"
+GPG_BINCACHE="%%CACHE%%/gnupg-${GPG_VER}-%%ARCH%%.bz2"