--- dmcrypt.orig	2013-12-08 20:13:43.460978300 +0400
+++ dmcrypt	2013-12-08 22:33:49.655744149 +0400
@@ -57,9 +57,21 @@
 	# cryptsetup:
 	# luksOpen <device> <name>      # <device> is $source
 	# create   <name>   <device>    # <name>   is $target
-	local arg1="create" arg2="${target}" arg3="${source}" luks=0
+	local arg1="create" arg2="${target}" arg3="${source}" luks=0 arg_header=""
 
-	cryptsetup isLuks ${source} 2>/dev/null && { arg1="luksOpen"; arg2="${source}"; arg3="${target}"; luks=1; }
+	# luks_header force luks mode
+	if [ -n "${luks_header}" ] ; then
+		if [ ! -e "${luks_header}" ] ; then
+			ewarn "${source} will not be decrypted ..."
+			einfo "Reason: header file ${luks_header} does not exist."
+			return
+		fi
+		arg1="luksOpen"; arg2="${source}"; arg3="${target}";
+		arg_header="--header ${luks_header}"; luks=1;
+	else
+		cryptsetup isLuks ${source} 2>/dev/null \
+			&& { arg1="luksOpen"; arg2="${source}"; arg3="${target}"; luks=1; }
+	fi
 
 	# Older versions reported:
 	#	${target} is active:
@@ -155,7 +167,7 @@
 	else
 		mode=none
 	fi
-	ebegin "  ${target} using: ${options} ${arg1} ${arg2} ${arg3}"
+	ebegin "  ${target} using: ${options} ${arg1} ${arg2} ${arg3} ${arg_header}"
 	if [ "${mode}" = "gpg" ] ; then
 		: ${gpg_options:='-q -d'}
 		# gpg available ?
@@ -163,7 +175,8 @@
 			for i in 0 1 2 ; do
 				# paranoid, don't store key in a variable, pipe it so it stays very little in ram unprotected.
 				# save stdin stdout stderr "values"
-				gpg ${gpg_options} ${key} 2>/dev/null | cryptsetup ${options} ${arg1} ${arg2} ${arg3}
+				gpg ${gpg_options} ${key} 2>/dev/null \
+					| cryptsetup ${options} ${arg1} ${arg2} ${arg3} ${arg_header}
 				ret=$?
 				[ ${ret} -eq 0 ] && break
 			done
@@ -176,11 +189,11 @@
 		fi
 	else
 		if [ "${mode}" = "reg" ] ; then
-			cryptsetup ${options} -d ${key} ${arg1} ${arg2} ${arg3}
+			cryptsetup ${options} -d ${key} ${arg1} ${arg2} ${arg3} ${arg_header}
 			ret=$?
 			eend ${ret} "failure running cryptsetup"
 		else
-			cryptsetup ${options} ${arg1} ${arg2} ${arg3}
+			cryptsetup ${options} ${arg1} ${arg2} ${arg3} ${arg_header}
 			ret=$?
 			eend ${ret} "failure running cryptsetup"
 		fi
@@ -280,7 +293,7 @@
 			unset gpg_options key loop_file target options pre_mount post_mount source swap remdev
 			;;
 
-		gpg_options=*|remdev=*|key=*|loop_file=*|options=*|pre_mount=*|post_mount=*|source=*)
+		gpg_options=*|remdev=*|key=*|loop_file=*|options=*|pre_mount=*|post_mount=*|source=*|luks_header=*)
 			if [ -z "${target}${swap}" ] ; then
 				ewarn "Ignoring setting outside target/swap section: ${targetline}"
 				continue