diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 34fb0fd173..d9bdda032e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ ifeq (dracut,$(BUILD_METHOD))
   DRACUT_OPTIONS     := --no-compress --conf /dev/null --confdir $(DRACUT_CONF_DIR)
 
   ifneq (,$(DRACUT_KVERSION))
-    DRACUT_KMODULES  := $(shell grep "^drivers=" $(DRACUT_CONF_DIR)/10-drivers.conf | sed -E "s,^drivers=\"(.*)\"$$,\1,")
+    # Explicitly use bash, which is what dracut uses to process conf files
+    DRACUT_KMODULES  := $(shell bash -c 'source $(DRACUT_CONF_DIR)/10-drivers.conf; echo "$$drivers"')
   else
     # If a kernel version is not specified, do not make systemd load modules
     # at startup