diff --git a/libmultipath/wwids.c b/libmultipath/wwids.c
index 28a2150..fab6fc8 100644
--- a/libmultipath/wwids.c
+++ b/libmultipath/wwids.c
@@ -454,3 +454,47 @@ int op ## _wwid(const char *wwid) \
 declare_failed_wwid_op(is_failed, false)
 declare_failed_wwid_op(mark_failed, true)
 declare_failed_wwid_op(unmark_failed, true)
+
+int remember_cmdline_wwid(void)
+{
+	FILE *f = NULL;
+	char buf[LINE_MAX], *next, *ptr;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	f = fopen("/proc/cmdline", "re");
+	if (!f) {
+		condlog(0, "can't open /proc/cmdline : %s", strerror(errno));
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (!fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f)) {
+		if (ferror(f))
+			condlog(0, "read of /proc/cmdline failed : %s",
+				strerror(errno));
+		else
+			condlog(0, "couldn't read /proc/cmdline");
+		fclose(f);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	fclose(f);
+	next = buf;
+	while((ptr = strstr(next, "mpath.wwid="))) {
+		ptr += 11;
+		next = strpbrk(ptr, " \t\n");
+		if (next) {
+			*next = '\0';
+			next++;
+		}
+		if (strlen(ptr)) {
+			if (remember_wwid(ptr) != 0)
+				ret = -1;
+		}
+		else {
+			condlog(0, "empty mpath.wwid kernel command line option");
+			ret = -1;
+		}
+		if (!next)
+			break;
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/libmultipath/wwids.h b/libmultipath/wwids.h
index 0c6ee54..e32a0b0 100644
--- a/libmultipath/wwids.h
+++ b/libmultipath/wwids.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ int remember_wwid(char *wwid);
 int check_wwids_file(char *wwid, int write_wwid);
 int remove_wwid(char *wwid);
 int replace_wwids(vector mp);
+int remember_cmdline_wwid(void);
 
 enum {
 	WWID_IS_NOT_FAILED = 0,
diff --git a/multipath/main.c b/multipath/main.c
index cf9d2a2..78822ee 100644
--- a/multipath/main.c
+++ b/multipath/main.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ usage (char * progname)
 	fprintf (stderr, "  %s [-v level] [-R retries] -F\n", progname);
 	fprintf (stderr, "  %s [-v level] [-l|-ll] [device]\n", progname);
 	fprintf (stderr, "  %s [-v level] [-a|-w] device\n", progname);
-	fprintf (stderr, "  %s [-v level] -W\n", progname);
+	fprintf (stderr, "  %s [-v level] [-A|-W]\n", progname);
 	fprintf (stderr, "  %s [-v level] [-i] [-c|-C] device\n", progname);
 	fprintf (stderr, "  %s [-v level] [-i] [-u|-U]\n", progname);
 	fprintf (stderr, "  %s [-h|-t|-T]\n", progname);
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ usage (char * progname)
 		"  -f      flush a multipath device map\n"
 		"  -F      flush all multipath device maps\n"
 		"  -a      add a device wwid to the wwids file\n"
+		"  -A      add devices from kernel command line mpath.wwids\n"
+		"          parameters to wwids file\n"
 		"  -c      check if a device should be a path in a multipath device\n"
 		"  -C      check if a multipath device has usable paths\n"
 		"  -q      allow queue_if_no_path when multipathd is not running\n"
@@ -907,7 +909,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	multipath_conf = conf;
 	conf->retrigger_tries = 0;
 	conf->force_sync = 1;
-	while ((arg = getopt(argc, argv, ":adcChl::FfM:v:p:b:BrR:itTquUwW")) != EOF ) {
+	while ((arg = getopt(argc, argv, ":aAdcChl::FfM:v:p:b:BrR:itTquUwW")) != EOF ) {
 		switch(arg) {
 		case 1: printf("optarg : %s\n",optarg);
 			break;
@@ -977,6 +979,10 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'T':
 			cmd = CMD_DUMP_CONFIG;
 			break;
+		case 'A':
+			if (remember_cmdline_wwid() != 0)
+				exit(RTVL_FAIL);
+			exit(RTVL_OK);
 		case 'h':
 			usage(argv[0]);
 			exit(RTVL_OK);
diff --git a/multipath/multipath.8 b/multipath/multipath.8
index 9cdd05a..8befc45 100644
--- a/multipath/multipath.8
+++ b/multipath/multipath.8
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ multipath \- Device mapper target autoconfig.
 .B multipath
 .RB [\| \-v\ \c
 .IR level \|]
-.B -W
+.RB [\| \-A | \-W \|]
 .
 .LP
 .B multipath
@@ -145,6 +145,11 @@ device mapper, path checkers ...).
 Add the WWID for the specified device to the WWIDs file.
 .
 .TP
+.B \-A
+Add the WWIDs from any kernel command line \fImpath.wwid\fR parameters to the
+WWIDs file.
+.
+.TP
 .B \-w
 Remove the WWID for the specified device from the WWIDs file.
 .
diff --git a/multipathd/multipathd.service b/multipathd/multipathd.service
index 17434ce..0fbcc46 100644
--- a/multipathd/multipathd.service
+++ b/multipathd/multipathd.service
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Type=notify
 NotifyAccess=main
 LimitCORE=infinity
 ExecStartPre=-/sbin/modprobe -a scsi_dh_alua scsi_dh_emc scsi_dh_rdac dm-multipath
+ExecStartPre=-/sbin/multipath -A
 ExecStart=/sbin/multipathd -d -s
 ExecReload=/sbin/multipathd reconfigure
 TasksMax=infinity