diff --git a/0001-Never-enable-the-bluetooth-module-by-default-1521.patch b/0001-Never-enable-the-bluetooth-module-by-default-1521.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f815750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Never-enable-the-bluetooth-module-by-default-1521.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From ea8c9b1c4f39c52fc45788516dea19892cc275f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:41:30 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] Never enable the bluetooth module by default (#1521)
+
+Signed-off-by: Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com>
+---
+ modules.d/62bluetooth/module-setup.sh | 9 +--------
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/modules.d/62bluetooth/module-setup.sh b/modules.d/62bluetooth/module-setup.sh
+index b8270dd5..fd22670d 100755
+--- a/modules.d/62bluetooth/module-setup.sh
++++ b/modules.d/62bluetooth/module-setup.sh
+@@ -6,14 +6,7 @@
+ check() {
+     # If the binary(s) requirements are not fulfilled the module can't be installed
+     require_any_binary /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd /usr/libexec/bluetooth/bluetoothd || return 1
+-
+-    if [[ $hostonly ]]; then
+-        # Include by default if a Peripheral (0x500) is found of minor class:
+-        #  * Keyboard (0x40)
+-        #  * Keyboard/pointing (0xC0)
+-        grep -qiE 'Class=0x[0-9a-f]{3}5[4c]0' /var/lib/bluetooth/*/*/info 2> /dev/null && return 0
+-    fi
+-
++    # disabled until https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/issues/1521 is resolved
+     return 255
+ }
+ 
+-- 
+2.32.0.rc2
+
diff --git a/dracut.spec b/dracut.spec
index ef9b56d..a104985 100644
--- a/dracut.spec
+++ b/dracut.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # strip the automatically generated dep here and instead co-own the
 # directory.
 %global __requires_exclude pkg-config
-%define dist_free_release 1
+%define dist_free_release 2
 
 Name: dracut
 Version: 055
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ Source0: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/dracut/dracut-%{version}.tar
 
 Source1: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt
 
+# Never auto-enable bluetooth module (but it can be manually included
+# for debugging) - workaround for RHBZ #1964879 / upstream #1521, to
+# be removed when that is properly fixed
+Patch0: 0001-Never-enable-the-bluetooth-module-by-default-1521.patch
+
 BuildRequires: bash
 BuildRequires: git-core
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libkmod) >= 23
@@ -484,6 +489,9 @@ echo 'dracut_rescue_image="yes"' > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{dracutlibdir}/dracut.conf.d/
 %{_prefix}/lib/kernel/install.d/51-dracut-rescue.install
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jun 10 2021 Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com> - 055-2
+- Never include bluetooth module by default (rhbz 1964879) (workaround)
+
 * Thu May 27 2021 Harald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com> - 055-1
 - version 055
 - install the missing fsck utils