--- a/com32/mboot/mboot.c	2014-10-06 09:29:01.000000000 -0700
+++ b/com32/mboot/mboot.c	2026-03-02 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -93,9 +93,18 @@ static int get_modules(char **argv, struct module_data **mdp)
     char **argp, **argx;
     struct module_data *mp;
     int rv;
+    int firstmod = 1;
     int module_count = 1;
     int arglen;
     const char module_separator[] = "---";
+    com32sys_t reg;
+    const char *bootifstr = "";
+
+    reg.eax.w[0] = 0x000f;	/* Get IPAPPEND strings */
+    __intcall(0x22, &reg, &reg);
+    if (!(reg.eflags.l & EFLAGS_CF))
+	bootifstr = MK_PTR(reg.es,
+			   *(uint16_t *)MK_PTR(reg.es, reg.ebx.w[0] + 2));
 
     for (argp = argv; *argp; argp++) {
 	if (!strcmp(*argp, module_separator))
@@ -130,15 +139,29 @@ static int get_modules(char **argv, struct module_data **mdp)
 	    arglen += strlen(*argx) + 1;
 
 	if (arglen == 0) {
-	    mp->cmdline = strdup("");
+	    if (firstmod) {
+		firstmod = 0;
+		mp->cmdline = strdup(bootifstr);
+	    } else {
+		mp->cmdline = strdup("");
+	    }
 	} else {
 	    char *p;
+	    if (firstmod)
+		arglen += strlen(bootifstr) + 1;
+
 	    mp->cmdline = p = malloc(arglen);
 	    for (; *argp && strcmp(*argp, module_separator); argp++) {
 		p = stpcpy(p, *argp);
 		*p++ = ' ';
 	    }
-	    *--p = '\0';
+	    if (firstmod) {
+		firstmod = 0;
+		p = stpcpy(p, bootifstr);
+		*p = '\0';
+	    } else {
+		*--p = '\0';
+	    }
 	}
 	mp++;
 	if (*argp)