diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6224a40e3..d276716ad 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-11-12  Lukas Schwaighofer <lukas@schwaighofer.name>
+
+	* util/grub.d/20_linux_xen.in: Don't decompress initrd.
+
 2013-11-12  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	* grub-core/term/at_keyboard.c: Don't poll non-functional AT controller
diff --git a/util/grub.d/20_linux_xen.in b/util/grub.d/20_linux_xen.in
index 4cf93d245..f12f05934 100644
--- a/util/grub.d/20_linux_xen.in
+++ b/util/grub.d/20_linux_xen.in
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ EOF
     message="$(gettext_printf "Loading initial ramdisk ...")"
     sed "s/^/$submenu_indentation/" << EOF
 	echo	'$(echo "$message" | grub_quote)'
-	module	${rel_dirname}/${initrd}
+	module	--nounzip   ${rel_dirname}/${initrd}
 EOF
   fi
   sed "s/^/$submenu_indentation/" << EOF