diff --git a/etc/limine-entry-tool.d/omarchy-defaults.conf b/etc/limine-entry-tool.d/omarchy-defaults.conf
index 798d0360..49c6204b 100644
--- a/etc/limine-entry-tool.d/omarchy-defaults.conf
+++ b/etc/limine-entry-tool.d/omarchy-defaults.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ TARGET_OS_NAME="Omarchy"
 
 KERNEL_CMDLINE[default]+=" quiet splash loglevel=0 systemd.show_status=false rd.udev.log_level=0 vt.global_cursor_default=0"
 
+# Kernel 7.1 unpacks the initramfs asynchronously, which races /init: the
+# early /proc, /sys, /dev, and /run mounts fail while unpacking settles, so
+# plymouthd exits when it can't read /proc/cmdline and encrypted boots fall
+# back to an unthemed text LUKS prompt. Unpack synchronously until the race
+# is fixed upstream.
+KERNEL_CMDLINE[default]+=" initramfs_async=0"
+
 CUSTOM_UKI_NAME="omarchy"
 ENABLE_LIMINE_FALLBACK=yes
 
diff --git a/migrations/1784917531.sh b/migrations/1784917531.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f32a3b7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/1784917531.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+echo "Unpack the initramfs synchronously so Plymouth survives early boot"
+
+# Kernel 7.1 unpacks the initramfs asynchronously, which races /init: the
+# early /proc, /sys, /dev, and /run mounts fail while unpacking settles, so
+# plymouthd exits when it can't read /proc/cmdline and encrypted boots fall
+# back to an unthemed text LUKS prompt. Force synchronous unpacking until the
+# race is fixed upstream. The packaged omarchy-defaults.conf now carries the
+# same parameter for fresh installs.
+
+if omarchy-cmd-present limine-mkinitcpio &&
+  [[ -f /etc/limine-entry-tool.d/omarchy-defaults.conf ]] &&
+  ! grep -rqs "initramfs_async" /etc/limine-entry-tool.d/ /etc/default/limine; then
+  echo 'KERNEL_CMDLINE[default]+=" initramfs_async=0"' |
+    sudo tee -a /etc/limine-entry-tool.d/omarchy-defaults.conf >/dev/null
+
+  sudo limine-mkinitcpio
+fi