diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ee4e743ac..70507b30b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-05-05  Robert Millan  <rmh@aybabtu.com>
+
+	* util/update-grub.in: Create ${grub_prefix} if it doesn't exist.
+
 2007-05-05  Robert Millan  <rmh@aybabtu.com>
 
 	* util/grub.d/10_linux.in: Allow the administrator to insert Linux
diff --git a/util/update-grub.in b/util/update-grub.in
index a4d1af76d..c9f1601f7 100644
--- a/util/update-grub.in
+++ b/util/update-grub.in
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ if ${found} ; then : ; else
 fi
 
 if ${test_mode} ; then : ; else
+  mkdir -p ${grub_prefix}
   exec > ${grub_cfg}.new
   chmod 444 ${grub_cfg}.new
 fi