diff --git a/installkernel b/installkernel
index ce65c72..4b3125f 100755
--- a/installkernel
+++ b/installkernel
@@ -134,6 +134,22 @@ dropindirs_sort() {
     done
 }
 
+# Used to find drop-in files for install.conf
+dropinconfs_sort() {
+    for d; do
+        for i in "${d}/"*.conf; do
+            [ -e "${i}" ] && echo "${i##*/}"
+        done
+    done | sort -Vu | while read -r f; do
+        for d; do
+			if [ -e "${d}/${f}" ]; then
+				echo "${d}/${f}"
+				continue 2
+			fi
+        done
+    done
+}
+
 # Create backups of older versions before installing
 updatever() {
 	oldsuffix="${3}.old"
@@ -440,7 +456,10 @@ main() {
 	return 0
 }
 
-# Find and read the install.conf
+# Read configuration
+has_read_conf=0
+
+# First find and read the install.conf
 if [ -n "${INSTALLKERNEL_CONF_ROOT}" ]; then
 	install_conf="${INSTALLKERNEL_CONF_ROOT}/install.conf"
 elif [ -f /etc/kernel/install.conf ]; then
@@ -461,42 +480,72 @@ if [ -f "${install_conf}" ]; then
 	fi
 	# shellcheck source=/dev/null
 	. "${install_conf}"
+	has_read_conf=1
+else
+	if [ "${INSTALLKERNEL_VERBOSE}" -gt 0 ]; then
+		echo "No install.conf found at ${install_conf}"
+	fi
+fi
 
-	if [ -n "${layout}" ]; then
-		if [ "${INSTALLKERNEL_VERBOSE}" -gt 0 ]; then
-			echo "${install_conf} configures layout=${layout}"
-		fi
-		if [ -z "${INSTALLKERNEL_LAYOUT}" ]; then
-			INSTALLKERNEL_LAYOUT="${layout}"
-		fi
-	else
-		echo "No layout= configured by ${install_conf}"
-		exit 1
+# Read drop-in files for install.conf
+if [ -n "${INSTALLKERNEL_CONF_ROOT}" ]; then
+	# Don't read drop-ins in other directories;
+	# this behavior is consistent with kernel-install
+	dropins="$(dropinconfs_sort "${INSTALLKERNEL_CONF_ROOT}/install.conf.d")"
+else
+	dropins="$(
+		dropinconfs_sort \
+		"/etc/kernel/install.conf.d" \
+		"/run/kernel/install.conf.d" \
+		"/usr/local/lib/kernel/install.conf.d" \
+		"/usr/lib/kernel/install.conf.d"
+	)"
+fi
+for dropin in ${dropins}; do
+	if [ "${INSTALLKERNEL_VERBOSE}" -gt 0 ]; then
+		echo "Reading drop-in file ${dropin}..."
 	fi
-	if [ -n "${initrd_generator}" ]; then
-		if [ "${INSTALLKERNEL_VERBOSE}" -gt 0 ]; then
-			echo "${install_conf} configures initrd_generator=${initrd_generator}"
-		fi
-		if [ -z "${INSTALLKERNEL_INITRD_GENERATOR}" ]; then
-			INSTALLKERNEL_INITRD_GENERATOR="${initrd_generator}"
-		fi
-	else
-		echo "No initrd_generator= configured by ${install_conf}"
-		exit 1
+	# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+	. "${dropin}"
+	has_read_conf=1
+done
+
+if [ ${has_read_conf} -ne 1 ]; then
+	echo "No install.conf found at ${install_conf}, and no drop-in file found"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -n "${layout}" ]; then
+	if [ "${INSTALLKERNEL_VERBOSE}" -gt 0 ]; then
+		echo "Read configuration layout=${layout}"
 	fi
-	if [ -n "${uki_generator}" ]; then
-		if [ "${INSTALLKERNEL_VERBOSE}" -gt 0 ]; then
-			echo "${install_conf} configures uki_generator=${uki_generator}"
-		fi
-		if [ -z "${INSTALLKERNEL_UKI_GENERATOR}" ]; then
-			INSTALLKERNEL_UKI_GENERATOR="${uki_generator}"
-		fi
-	else
-		echo "No uki_generator= configured by ${install_conf}"
-		exit 1
+	if [ -z "${INSTALLKERNEL_LAYOUT}" ]; then
+		INSTALLKERNEL_LAYOUT="${layout}"
+	fi
+else
+	echo "No layout= configured by ${install_conf}"
+	exit 1
+fi
+if [ -n "${initrd_generator}" ]; then
+	if [ "${INSTALLKERNEL_VERBOSE}" -gt 0 ]; then
+		echo "Read configuration initrd_generator=${initrd_generator}"
+	fi
+	if [ -z "${INSTALLKERNEL_INITRD_GENERATOR}" ]; then
+		INSTALLKERNEL_INITRD_GENERATOR="${initrd_generator}"
+	fi
+else
+	echo "No initrd_generator= configured by ${install_conf}"
+	exit 1
+fi
+if [ -n "${uki_generator}" ]; then
+	if [ "${INSTALLKERNEL_VERBOSE}" -gt 0 ]; then
+		echo "Read configuration uki_generator=${uki_generator}"
+	fi
+	if [ -z "${INSTALLKERNEL_UKI_GENERATOR}" ]; then
+		INSTALLKERNEL_UKI_GENERATOR="${uki_generator}"
 	fi
 else
-	echo "No install.conf found at ${install_conf}"
+	echo "No uki_generator= configured by ${install_conf}"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/installkernel.8 b/installkernel.8
index b8b75da..cf03e5b 100644
--- a/installkernel.8
+++ b/installkernel.8
@@ -138,3 +138,21 @@ INSTALLKERNEL_UKI_GENERATOR
 respectively. If the environment variable
 .B INSTALLKERNEL_CONF_ROOT
 is set, then the install.conf at this location is used instead.
+.P
+Drop-in files may also be used to partially override the settings. The syntax
+for drop-in files is the same as that for install.conf. However, a drop-in file
+need not define all these settings; it just needs to define settings that
+override install.conf. Each drop-in file should have filename suffix ".conf".
+.P
+Drop-in files should be placed in one of these directories
+.IR /etc/kernel/install.conf.d/
+.IR /run/kernel/install.conf.d/
+.IR /usr/local/lib/kernel/install.conf.d/
+.IR /usr/lib/kernel/install.conf.d/.
+Drop-in files in directories listed earlier override files with the same name
+in directories listed later. Multiple drop-in files with different names are
+applied in lexicographic order, regardless of which directory they reside in.
+If the environment variable
+.B INSTALLKERNEL_CONF_ROOT
+is set, then the install.conf.d directory at this location is used instead, and
+no other directory is used.