diff --git a/archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso b/archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso
index 5c56561..ed3c1fa 100644
--- a/archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso
+++ b/archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso
@@ -72,6 +72,44 @@ _mnt_sfs() {
     _mnt_dev "${sfs_dev}" "${mnt}" "-r" "defaults"
 }
 
+# arg: /path/to/archisobasedir
+_mnt_srm() {
+    local srm_path="${1}"
+    local srm_img
+    local srm_fullname
+    local srm_dev
+    local srm_c=1
+
+    for srm_img in "${srm_path}"/*.srm ; do
+        [[ -e "${srm_img}" ]] || continue
+        srm_fullname="${srm_img##*/}"
+        if [[ "${copytoram}" == "y" ]]; then
+            msg -n ":: Copying '${srm_fullname}' to RAM..."
+            if cp "${srm_img}" "/run/archiso/copytoram/${srm_fullname}" ; then
+                srm_img="/run/archiso/copytoram/${srm_fullname}"
+                msg "done."
+            else
+                err "while copy '${srm_fullname}' to '/run/archiso/copytoram/${srm_fullname}', ignoring."
+                continue
+            fi
+        fi
+        srm_dev=$(losetup --find --show --read-only "${srm_img}")
+        # _mnt_dev() will launch shell in case of error
+        # SRM is optional, hence call mount directly
+        msg ":: Mounting '${srm_dev}' to '/run/archiso/sfs/srm${srm_c}'"
+        if mount -o ro,X-mount.mkdir "${srm_dev}" "/run/archiso/sfs/srm${srm_c}" ; then
+            overlay_src_extra="${overlay_src_extra}/run/archiso/sfs/srm${srm_c}:"
+            echo ${srm_dev} >> /run/archiso/used_block_devices
+            srm_c=$(( srm_c + 1 ))
+            msg ":: Device '${srm_dev}' mounted successfully."
+        else
+            losetup -d ${srm_dev}
+            [[ "${copytoram}" == "y" ]] && rm -f "${srm_img}"
+            err "failed to mount '${srm_dev}', ignoring."
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
 # args: device, mountpoint, flags, opts
 _mnt_dev() {
     local dev="${1}"
@@ -139,6 +177,9 @@ run_hook() {
     [[ -z "${cow_directory}" ]] && cow_directory="persistent_${archisolabel}/${arch}"
     [[ -z "${cow_chunksize}" ]] && cow_chunksize="8"
 
+    # additional overlayfs lowerdirs, set by _mnt_srm()
+    overlay_src_extra=""
+
     # set mount handler for archiso
     mount_handler="archiso_mount_handler"
 }
@@ -205,10 +246,13 @@ archiso_mount_handler() {
     mkdir -p -m 0700 "/run/archiso/cowspace/${cow_directory}"
 
     _mnt_sfs "/run/archiso/bootmnt/${archisobasedir}/${arch}/airootfs.sfs" "/run/archiso/sfs/airootfs"
+
+    [[ "${loadsrm}" == "y" ]] && _mnt_srm "/run/archiso/bootmnt/${archisobasedir}"
+
     if [[ -f "/run/archiso/sfs/airootfs/airootfs.img" ]]; then
         _mnt_dmsnapshot "/run/archiso/sfs/airootfs/airootfs.img" "${newroot}" "/"
     else
-        _mnt_overlayfs "/run/archiso/sfs/airootfs" "${newroot}" "/"
+        _mnt_overlayfs "${overlay_src_extra}/run/archiso/sfs/airootfs" "${newroot}" "/"
     fi
 
     if [[ "${copytoram}" == "y" ]]; then