diff --git a/boot.md b/boot.md
index 1385899..aa539cd 100644
--- a/boot.md
+++ b/boot.md
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ case "$1" in
 		# empty or missing /etc/mdadm.conf, "unused"
 		rc_status -u
 	else
+		# firstly finish any incremental assembly that has started.
+		$mdadm_BIN -IRs
 		$mdadm_BIN -A -s -c $mdadm_CONFIG
 		# a status of 2 is not an error
 		test $? -eq 0 -o $? -eq 2
diff --git a/mdadm.changes b/mdadm.changes
index 8d06d5c..630588a 100644
--- a/mdadm.changes
+++ b/mdadm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue May 22 05:15:52 UTC 2012 - nfbrown@suse.com
+
+- boot.md/mkinitrd-boot.sh: complete any incremental
+  assembly before attempting to assemble arrays.
+  If incremental assembly has partialy assembled
+  degraded arrays, now is the time to start them going.
+  (bnc#752869)
+- mdamd.cron: send daily reports if any arrays are
+  degraded.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May 18 07:16:59 UTC 2012 - nfbrown@suse.com
 
diff --git a/mdadm.cron b/mdadm.cron
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8fe7bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mdadm.cron
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Run "mdadm --monitor --oneshot" once a day to ensure
+# degraded arrays don't go unnoticed.
+
+mdadm_BIN=/sbin/mdadm
+mdadm_CONFIG=/etc/sysconfig/mdadm
+
+[ -x $mdadm_BIN ] || exit 0
+
+[ -r $mdadm_CONFIG ] && . $mdadm_CONFIG
+
+if [ x$MDADM_MAIL != x"" ]; then
+  MDADM_MAIL="-m \"$MDADM_MAIL\""
+fi
+ 
+if [ x$MDADM_PROGRAM != x"" ]; then
+  MDADM_PROGRAM="-p \"$MDADM_PROGRAM\""
+fi
+
+if [ x$MDADM_SCAN = x"yes" ]; then
+  MDADM_SCAN="-s"
+else
+  MDADM_SCAN=""
+fi
+
+if [ x$MDADM_CONFIG != x"" ]; then
+  MDADM_CONFIG="-c \"$MDADM_CONFIG\""
+fi
+
+# using --syslog avoids annoying warnings if no MAIL or PROGRAM are given
+# in sysconfig or mdadm.conf
+eval $mdadm_BIN -F $MDADM_RAIDDEVICES --oneshot --syslog $MDADM_MAIL $MDADM_PROGRAM $MDADM_SCAN $MDADM_SEND_MAIL $MDADM_CONFIG 
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/mdadm.spec b/mdadm.spec
index 7546e38..964bec6 100644
--- a/mdadm.spec
+++ b/mdadm.spec
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Source3:        mdadmd
 Source4:        boot.md
 Source5:        mkinitrd-setup.sh
 Source6:        mkinitrd-boot.sh
+Source7:        mdadm.cron
 
 %description
 Mdadm is a program that can be used to control Linux md devices. It is
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ install -m 755 %{S:4} %{S:3} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/init.d/
 install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/mkinitrd/scripts
 install -m 755 %{S:5} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/mkinitrd/scripts/setup-md.sh
 install -m 755 %{S:6} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/mkinitrd/scripts/boot-md.sh
+install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/cron.daily
+install -m 755 %{S:7} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/cron.daily/mdadm
 install -m 644 %{S:2} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_var}/adm/fillup-templates/
 ln -sf ../../etc/init.d/mdadmd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sbindir}/rcmdadmd
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/run/mdadm
diff --git a/mkinitrd-boot.sh b/mkinitrd-boot.sh
index dec40ce..3cca304 100644
--- a/mkinitrd-boot.sh
+++ b/mkinitrd-boot.sh
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ md_assemble()
 	fi
 }
 
+# run any degraded arrays assembled incrementally
+wait_for_events
+$mdadm --incremental --run --scan
 md_assemble "$resumedev"
 md_assemble "$rootdev"
 if [ -n "$md_dev" ] ; then