--- a/docs/grub.texi	
+++ a/docs/grub.texi	
@@ -1398,6 +1398,12 @@ for all respectively normal entries.
 The values of these options replace the values of @samp{GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX}
 and @samp{GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT} for Linux and Xen menu entries.
 
+@item GRUB_CUSTOM_INITRD_EARLY_INCLUDES
+List of space-separated early initrd images to be loaded from @samp{/boot}.
+This is for loading things like microcode, firmware, ACPI tables, and so on.
+They will be loaded after standard processor microcode images but before an
+actual kernel initrd image.
+
 @item GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID
 Normally, @command{grub-mkconfig} will generate menu entries that use
 universally-unique identifiers (UUIDs) to identify the root filesystem to
--- a/util/grub-mkconfig.in	
+++ a/util/grub-mkconfig.in	
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ export GRUB_DEFAULT \
   GRUB_CMDLINE_NETBSD \
   GRUB_CMDLINE_NETBSD_DEFAULT \
   GRUB_CMDLINE_GNUMACH \
+  GRUB_CUSTOM_INITRD_EARLY_INCLUDES \
   GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT \
   GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT \
   GRUB_SERIAL_COMMAND \
--- a/util/grub.d/10_linux.in	
+++ a/util/grub.d/10_linux.in	
@@ -136,9 +136,13 @@ EOF
   if test -n "${initrd}" ; then
     # TRANSLATORS: ramdisk isn't identifier. Should be translated.
     message="$(gettext_printf "Loading initial ramdisk ...")"
+    initrd_path=
+    for i in ${initrd}; do
+      initrd_path="${initrd_path} ${rel_dirname}/${i}"
+    done
     sed "s/^/$submenu_indentation/" << EOF
 	echo	'$(echo "$message" | grub_quote)'
-	initrd	${rel_dirname}/${initrd}
+	initrd	$(echo $initrd_path)
 EOF
   fi
   sed "s/^/$submenu_indentation/" << EOF
@@ -189,6 +193,17 @@ while [ "x$list" != "x" ] ; do
   linux_root_device_thisversion="${LINUX_ROOT_DEVICE}"
 
   initrd=
+  # Search for early initrd images applicable to all kernels.
+  for i in intel-uc.img intel-ucode.img amd-uc.img amd-ucode.img \
+	   early_ucode.cpio microcode.cpio \
+	   ${GRUB_CUSTOM_INITRD_EARLY_INCLUDES}; do
+    if test -e "${dirname}/${i}" ; then
+      initrd="${initrd} ${i}"
+    fi
+  done
+
+  initrd_kernel=
+  # Search for a kernel initrd image.
   for i in "initrd.img-${version}" "initrd-${version}.img" "initrd-${version}.gz" \
 	   "initrd-${version}" "initramfs-${version}.img" \
 	   "initrd.img-${alt_version}" "initrd-${alt_version}.img" \
@@ -198,7 +213,8 @@ while [ "x$list" != "x" ] ; do
 	   "initramfs-genkernel-${GENKERNEL_ARCH}-${version}" \
 	   "initramfs-genkernel-${GENKERNEL_ARCH}-${alt_version}"; do
     if test -e "${dirname}/${i}" ; then
-      initrd="$i"
+      initrd="${initrd} ${i}"
+      initrd_kernel="${i}"
       break
     fi
   done
@@ -217,8 +233,14 @@ while [ "x$list" != "x" ] ; do
   fi
 
   if test -n "${initrd}" ; then
-    gettext_printf "Found initrd image: %s\n" "${dirname}/${initrd}" >&2
-  elif test -z "${initramfs}" ; then
+    initrd_display=
+    for i in ${initrd}; do
+      initrd_display="${initrd_display} ${dirname}/${i}"
+    done
+    gettext_printf "Found initrd image: %s\n" "$(echo $initrd_display)" >&2
+  fi
+
+  if test -z "${initramfs}" && test -z "${initrd_kernel}" ; then
     # "UUID=" and "ZFS=" magic is parsed by initrd or initramfs.  Since there's
     # no initrd or builtin initramfs, it can't work here.
     linux_root_device_thisversion=${GRUB_DEVICE}