diff --git a/archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso b/archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso
index 51dfcc1..fe709cf 100644
--- a/archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso
+++ b/archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso
@@ -197,6 +197,38 @@ archiso_mount_handler() {
         fi
     fi

+    msg ":: Attempt to read configuration from yaml files ..."
+
+    if ls -l /run/archiso/bootmnt/sysrescue.d/*.[Yy][Aa][Mm][Ll] >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+    then
+        echo "Found yaml files in /run/archiso/bootmnt/sysrescue.d"
+        for curfile in /run/archiso/bootmnt/sysrescue.d/*.[Yy][Aa][Mm][Ll]
+        do
+            echo "Parsing ${curfile} ..."
+            shortname=$(basename ${curfile})
+
+            # Attempt to find boolean entries in the yaml configuration file
+            for curentry in "copytoram" "checksum" "loadsrm"
+            do
+                if value=$(cat ${curfile} | aq -i yaml -o toml ".global.${curentry}" 2>/dev/null)
+                then
+                    if [[ "${value}" == 'true' ]] || [[ "${value}" == 'y' ]] || [[ "${value}" == 'yes' ]]
+                    then
+                        echo "Entry '.global.${curentry}' enabled in config: value='${value}'"
+                        eval "${curentry}='y'"
+                    elif [[ "${value}" == 'false' ]] || [[ "${value}" == 'n' ]] || [[ "${value}" == 'no' ]]
+                    then
+                        echo "Entry '.global.${curentry}' disabled in config: value='${value}'"
+                        # Do not change curentry as this would override values passed using the boot command line
+                    else
+                        echo "ERROR: Found invalid value for '.global.${curentry}': value='${value}'"
+                        sleep 8
+                    fi
+                fi
+            done
+        done
+    fi
+
     if [[ "${checksum}" == "y" ]]; then
         if [[ -f "/run/archiso/bootmnt/${archisobasedir}/${arch}/airootfs.sha512" ]]; then
             msg -n ":: Self-test requested, please wait..."