diff -Nru initramfs-tools-0.103ubuntu8/debian/changelog initramfs-tools-0.103ubuntu8triggers4/debian/changelog
--- initramfs-tools-0.103ubuntu8/debian/changelog	2014-08-01 16:46:35.000000000 +0100
+++ initramfs-tools-0.103ubuntu8triggers4/debian/changelog	2014-10-04 13:50:06.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu8triggers4) utopic; urgency=medium
+
+  * Widen the scope of triggers so they can handle more than just
+    initramfs-tools -u.
+
+ -- Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>  Fri, 03 Oct 2014 16:12:26 +0100
+
 initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu8) utopic; urgency=medium
 
   * Add readlink symlink for busybox in the busybox hook, needed to
diff -Nru initramfs-tools-0.103ubuntu8/debian/initramfs-tools.postinst initramfs-tools-0.103ubuntu8triggers4/debian/initramfs-tools.postinst
--- initramfs-tools-0.103ubuntu8/debian/initramfs-tools.postinst	2012-06-01 04:36:34.000000000 +0100
+++ initramfs-tools-0.103ubuntu8triggers4/debian/initramfs-tools.postinst	2014-10-03 16:12:22.000000000 +0100
@@ -6,13 +6,31 @@
 	cp /usr/share/initramfs-tools/modules /etc/initramfs-tools/
 fi
 
+runner()
+{
+	local file="$1"
+	set - update-initramfs
+	while read arg
+	do
+		set - "$@" "$arg"
+	done <"$file"
+	echo "triggering: $@"
+	DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_PACKAGE='' "$@"
+}
+
 # Regenerate initramfs whenever we go to dpkg state `installed'
 if [ "x$1" != xtriggered ]; then
 	# this activates the trigger, if triggers are working
 	update-initramfs -u
 else
-	# force it to actually happen
-	DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_PACKAGE='' update-initramfs -u
+	STATEDIR="/var/lib/initramfs-tools"
+
+	# Run the latest trigger for any one version.
+	for todo in "$STATEDIR"/.trigger.*
+	do
+		runner "$todo"
+		rm -f "$todo"
+	done
 fi
 
 #DEBHELPER#
diff -Nru initramfs-tools-0.103ubuntu8/update-initramfs initramfs-tools-0.103ubuntu8triggers4/update-initramfs
--- initramfs-tools-0.103ubuntu8/update-initramfs	2012-06-01 04:36:34.000000000 +0100
+++ initramfs-tools-0.103ubuntu8triggers4/update-initramfs	2014-10-04 13:49:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -22,16 +22,18 @@
 		exit 0
 	fi
 	;;
+esac
+trigger=""
+case "$DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_PACKAGE" in
 ?*)
 	if	   $USETRIGGERS						\
-		&& [ $# = 1 ]						\
-		&& [ x"$1" = x-u ]					\
 		&& dpkg-trigger --check-supported 2>/dev/null
 	then
-		if dpkg-trigger --no-await update-initramfs; then
-			echo "update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)"
-			exit 0
-		fi
+		trigger=`mktemp -p "$STATEDIR" .cmd.XXXXXXXXXX`
+		for arg in "$@"
+		do
+			echo "$arg"
+		done >>"$trigger"
 	fi
 	;;
 esac
@@ -464,6 +466,7 @@
 
 if [ "${version}" = "all" ] \
 	|| ( [ "${update_initramfs}" = "all" ] && [ -z "${version}" ] ); then
+	[ "$trigger" != '' ] && rm -f "$trigger"
 	: FIXME check for --yes, and if not ask are you sure
 	get_sorted_versions
 	if [ -z "${version_list}" ]; then
@@ -488,6 +491,19 @@
 	exit 0
 fi
 
+# Handle this as a trigger...
+if [ "$trigger" != '' ]; then
+	tversion=${version}
+	if [ -z "${tversion}" ]; then
+		tversion="NONE"
+	fi
+	mv -f "$trigger" "$STATEDIR/.trigger.$tversion"
+	if dpkg-trigger --no-await update-initramfs; then
+		echo "update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)"
+		exit 0
+	fi
+	rm -f "$trigger"
+fi
 
 case "${mode}" in
 	c)