This ia a mkinitrd replacement.
Consider this software as experimental!

How to use:

dracut -v /boot/initrd-dracut-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)

then run

bootloader-config --action add-kernel /boot/vmlinuz-$(uname -r) --initrd /boot/initrd-dracut-$(uname -r).img --kernel-version $(uname -r) --label dracut

and reboot.

If you want to set dracut as an mkinitrd replacement run
update-alternatives --set mkinitrd /sbin/mkinitrd-dracut