diff --git a/core/includes/install.core.inc b/core/includes/install.core.inc
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 32c0b49..53b7a5f
--- a/core/includes/install.core.inc
+++ b/core/includes/install.core.inc
@@ -423,6 +423,11 @@ function install_begin_request(&$install_state) {
 
   require_once __DIR__ . '/cache.inc';
 
+  // Allow a passed in theme key so the installer can use a theme of choice.
+  if (isset($install_state['theme'])) {
+    $conf['maintenance_theme'] = $install_state['theme'];
+  }
+
   // Prepare for themed output. We need to run this at the beginning of the
   // page request to avoid a different theme accidentally getting set. (We also
   // need to run it even in the case of command-line installations, to prevent
@@ -685,6 +690,7 @@ function install_tasks_to_perform($install_state) {
  *   A list of tasks, with associated metadata.
  */
 function install_tasks($install_state) {
+  global $settings;
   // Determine whether a translation file must be imported during the
   // 'install_import_translations' task. Import when a non-English language is
   // available and selected.
@@ -694,11 +700,17 @@ function install_tasks($install_state) {
   // is selected, but no translation is yet in the translations directory.
   $needs_download = isset($install_state['parameters']['langcode']) && !isset($install_state['translations'][$install_state['parameters']['langcode']]) && $install_state['parameters']['langcode'] != 'en';
 
+  // Determine whether we are hiding some options that can be pre-selected.
+  $multiple_profiles = count($install_state['profiles']) != 1;
+  $profile_preselected = isset($settings['parameters']['profile']) && !empty($settings['parameters']['profile']);
+  $language_preselected = isset($settings['parameters']['langcode']) && !empty($settings['parameters']['langcode']);
+
   // Start with the core installation tasks that run before handing control
   // to the installation profile.
   $tasks = array(
     'install_select_language' => array(
       'display_name' => st('Choose language'),
+      'display' => !$language_preselected,
       'run' => INSTALL_TASK_RUN_IF_REACHED,
     ),
     'install_download_translation' => array(
@@ -706,7 +718,7 @@ function install_tasks($install_state) {
     ),
     'install_select_profile' => array(
       'display_name' => st('Choose profile'),
-      'display' => count($install_state['profiles']) != 1,
+      'display' => $multiple_profiles && !$profile_preselected,
       'run' => INSTALL_TASK_RUN_IF_REACHED,
     ),
     'install_load_profile' => array(
diff --git a/core/install.php b/core/install.php
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 1b921d6..f7418ae
--- a/core/install.php
+++ b/core/install.php
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@
   exit;
 }
 
+$settings = array();
+// Look for a distribution file.
+if (is_readable(dirname(__DIR__) . '/profiles/distribution.php')) {
+  include dirname(__DIR__) . '/profiles/distribution.php';
+}
+
 // Start the installer.
 require_once __DIR__ . '/includes/install.core.inc';
-install_drupal();
+install_drupal($settings);
diff --git a/core/profiles/example.distribution.php b/core/profiles/example.distribution.php
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4e193b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/profiles/example.distribution.php
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Default install settings file for a Drupal distribution.
+ *
+ * This file will allow a distribution to pre-select options in the installer.
+ * For example, the settings array included here will pre-select the standard profile, the English language and the
+ * theme "stark".
+ *
+ * This file will be read from profiles/distribution.php, and is placed there for distributions as part of drupal.org's
+ * distribution packaging system.
+ *
+ * Keys available to use in this array can be found in install_state_defaults(), with the exception of an additional
+ * 'theme' key, which can be used to set the theme for the installer.
+ *
+ */
+
+// Whether a translation file for the selected language will be downloaded
+// from the translation server.
+$settings['download_translation'] = FALSE;
+// An array of forms to be programmatically submitted during the
+// installation. The keys of each element indicate the name of the
+// installation task that the form submission is for, and the values are
+// used as the $form_state['values'] array that is passed on to the form
+// submission via drupal_form_submit().
+$settings['forms'] = array();
+// Whether or not this installation is interactive. By default this will
+// be set to FALSE if settings are passed in to install_drupal().
+$settings['interactive'] = TRUE;
+// An array of parameters for the installation, pre-populated by the URL
+// or by the settings passed in to install_drupal(). This is primarily
+// used to store 'profile' (the name of the chosen installation profile)
+// and 'langcode' (the code of the chosen installation language), since
+// these settings need to persist from page request to page request before
+// the database is available for storage.
+$settings['parameters'] = array(
+  'profile' => 'standard',
+  'langcode' => 'en',
+);
+// An array of server variables that will be substituted into the global
+// $_SERVER array via drupal_override_server_variables(). Used by
+// non-interactive installations only.
+$settings['server'] = array();
+// The server URL where the interface translation files can be downloaded.
+// Tokens in the pattern will be replaced by appropriate values for the
+// required translation file.
+$settings['server_pattern'] = 'http://ftp.drupal.org/files/translations/%core/%project/%project-%version.%language.po';
+// An array of translation files URIs available for the installation. Keyed
+// by the translation language code.
+$settings['translations'] = array();
+// The name of the default theme to use.
+$settings['theme'] = 'stark';