diff -up livecd-tools-18.3/imgcreate/creator.py.foo livecd-tools-18.3/imgcreate/creator.py
--- livecd-tools-18.3/imgcreate/creator.py.foo	2012-04-16 20:22:31.000000000 -0400
+++ livecd-tools-18.3/imgcreate/creator.py	2012-04-23 18:26:15.440702732 -0400
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class ImageCreator(object):
 
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, ks, name, releasever=None, tmpdir="/tmp"):
+    def __init__(self, ks, name, releasever=None, tmpdir="/tmp", useplugins=False):
         """Initialize an ImageCreator instance.
 
         ks -- a pykickstart.KickstartParser instance; this instance will be
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ class ImageCreator(object):
         """A name for the image."""
 
         self.releasever = releasever
+        self.useplugins = useplugins
 
         self.tmpdir = tmpdir
         """The directory in which all temporary files will be created."""
@@ -617,7 +618,7 @@ class ImageCreator(object):
         """
         yum_conf = self._mktemp(prefix = "yum.conf-")
 
-        ayum = LiveCDYum(releasever=self.releasever)
+        ayum = LiveCDYum(releasever=self.releasever, useplugins=self.useplugins)
         ayum.setup(yum_conf, self._instroot)
 
         for repo in kickstart.get_repos(self.ks, repo_urls):
@@ -632,6 +633,7 @@ class ImageCreator(object):
                 yr.proxy = proxy
             if cost is not None:
                 yr.cost = cost
+        ayum.setup(yum_conf, self._instroot)
 
         if kickstart.exclude_docs(self.ks):
             rpm.addMacro("_excludedocs", "1")
@@ -778,7 +780,7 @@ class LoopImageCreator(ImageCreator):
 
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, ks, name, fslabel=None, releasever=None, tmpdir="/tmp"):
+    def __init__(self, ks, name, fslabel=None, releasever=None, tmpdir="/tmp", useplugins=False):
         """Initialize a LoopImageCreator instance.
 
         This method takes the same arguments as ImageCreator.__init__() with
@@ -787,7 +789,7 @@ class LoopImageCreator(ImageCreator):
         fslabel -- A string used as a label for any filesystems created.
 
         """
-        ImageCreator.__init__(self, ks, name, releasever=releasever, tmpdir=tmpdir)
+        ImageCreator.__init__(self, ks, name, releasever=releasever, tmpdir=tmpdir, useplugins=useplugins)
 
         self.__fslabel = None
         self.fslabel = fslabel
diff -up livecd-tools-18.3/imgcreate/live.py.foo livecd-tools-18.3/imgcreate/live.py
--- livecd-tools-18.3/imgcreate/live.py.foo	2012-04-16 20:22:31.000000000 -0400
+++ livecd-tools-18.3/imgcreate/live.py	2012-04-23 18:24:33.092699876 -0400
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class LiveImageCreatorBase(LoopImageCrea
     """
 
     def __init__(self, ks, name, fslabel=None, releasever=None, tmpdir="/tmp",
-                 title="Linux", product="Linux"):
+                 title="Linux", product="Linux", useplugins=False):
         """Initialise a LiveImageCreator instance.
 
         This method takes the same arguments as LoopImageCreator.__init__().
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ class LiveImageCreatorBase(LoopImageCrea
         LoopImageCreator.__init__(self, ks, name,
                                   fslabel=fslabel,
                                   releasever=releasever,
-                                  tmpdir=tmpdir)
+                                  tmpdir=tmpdir,
+                                  useplugins=useplugins)
 
         self.compress_type = "xz"
         """mksquashfs compressor to use."""
diff -up livecd-tools-18.3/imgcreate/yuminst.py.foo livecd-tools-18.3/imgcreate/yuminst.py
--- livecd-tools-18.3/imgcreate/yuminst.py.foo	2012-04-16 20:22:31.000000000 -0400
+++ livecd-tools-18.3/imgcreate/yuminst.py	2012-04-23 18:24:33.093699876 -0400
@@ -45,12 +45,13 @@ class TextProgress(object):
         self.emit(logging.INFO, "...OK\n")
 
 class LiveCDYum(yum.YumBase):
-    def __init__(self, releasever=None):
+    def __init__(self, releasever=None, useplugins=False):
         """
         releasever = optional value to use in replacing $releasever in repos
         """
         yum.YumBase.__init__(self)
         self.releasever = releasever
+        self.useplugins = useplugins
 
     def doFileLogSetup(self, uid, logfile):
         # don't do the file log for the livecd as it can lead to open fds
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ class LiveCDYum(yum.YumBase):
         conf  = "[main]\n"
         conf += "installroot=%s\n" % installroot
         conf += "cachedir=/var/cache/yum\n"
-        conf += "plugins=0\n"
+        conf += "plugins=%s\n" % self.useplugins
         conf += "reposdir=\n"
         conf += "failovermethod=priority\n"
         conf += "keepcache=1\n"
diff -up livecd-tools-18.3/tools/livecd-creator.foo livecd-tools-18.3/tools/livecd-creator
--- livecd-tools-18.3/tools/livecd-creator.foo	2012-04-16 20:22:31.000000000 -0400
+++ livecd-tools-18.3/tools/livecd-creator	2012-04-23 18:24:33.093699876 -0400
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ def parse_options(args):
     # Provided for img-create compatibility
     imgopt.add_option("-n", "--name", type="string", dest="fslabel",
                       help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+    imgopt.add_option("-p", "--plugins", action="store_true", dest="plugins",
+                      help="Use yum plugins during image creation",
+                      default=False)
     imgopt.add_option("", "--image-type", type="string", dest="image_type",
                       help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
     imgopt.add_option("", "--compression-type", type="string", dest="compress_type",
@@ -171,11 +174,13 @@ def main():
                                         fslabel=fslabel,
                                         releasever=options.releasever,
                                         tmpdir=os.path.abspath(options.tmpdir),
+                                        useplugins=options.plugins,
                                         title=title, product=product)
     elif options.image_type == 'image':
         creator = imgcreate.LoopImageCreator(ks, name,
                                         fslabel=fslabel,
                                         releasever=options.releasever,
+                                        useplugins=options.plugins,
                                         tmpdir=os.path.abspath(options.tmpdir))
     else:
         # Cannot happen, we validate this when parsing options.