diff --git a/dracut/kickstart-genrules.sh b/dracut/kickstart-genrules.sh
index 3b83d6c1d3e..7edfacd8e0c 100755
--- a/dracut/kickstart-genrules.sh
+++ b/dracut/kickstart-genrules.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ case "${kickstart%%:*}" in
             when_diskdev_appears "$ksdev" \
                 fetch-kickstart-disk \$env{DEVNAME} "$kspath"
         fi
+        # "cdrom:" also means "wait forever for kickstart" because rhbz#1168902
+        if [ "$kstype" = "cdrom" ]; then
+            # if we reset main_loop to 0 every loop, we never hit the timeout.
+            # (see dracut's dracut-initqueue.sh for details on the mainloop)
+            echo "main_loop=0" > "$hookdir/initqueue/ks-cdrom-wait-forever.sh"
+        fi
         wait_for_kickstart
     ;;
     bd) # bd:<dev>:<path> - biospart (TODO... if anyone uses this anymore)