diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index eeacee49e..c49e1046e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-01-25  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
+
+	* util/grub-install.in: Fix an ARC bug.
+	Print a warning if no platform-specific setup is available.
+
 2012-01-24  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	Use static allocation rather than scratch pointer in reed_solomon.
diff --git a/util/grub-install.in b/util/grub-install.in
index 899e67a07..c70914654 100644
--- a/util/grub-install.in
+++ b/util/grub-install.in
@@ -276,7 +276,8 @@ fi
 
 if ! ([ "${target_cpu}-${platform}" = "i386-pc" ] \
     || [ "${target_cpu}-${platform}" = "sparc64-ieee1275" ] \
-    || [ "${target_cpu}-${platform}" = "powerpc-ieee1275" ]); then
+    || [ "${target_cpu}-${platform}" = "powerpc-ieee1275" ]
+    || [ "${target_cpu}-${platform}" = "mips-arc" ]); then
     install_device=
 fi
 
@@ -727,6 +728,8 @@ elif [ x"$platform" = xefi ]; then
 		-L "$bootloader_id" -l "\\EFI\\$efi_distributor\\$efi_file"
 	fi
     fi
+else
+    echo "WARNING: no platform-specific install was performed"
 fi
 
 echo "Installation finished. No error reported."