diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 38d1e4fc4..62005f2f9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-12-21  Robert Millan  <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>
+
+	* util/grub-mkrescue.in: Do not zero-pad image for BIOS-based disk
+	boot.
+
 2009-12-21  Robert Millan  <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>
 
 	* util/mkisofs/mkisofs.c (use_embedded_boot, boot_image_embed): New
diff --git a/util/grub-mkrescue.in b/util/grub-mkrescue.in
index 2687da417..bc9a1b86f 100644
--- a/util/grub-mkrescue.in
+++ b/util/grub-mkrescue.in
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ if test -e "${pc_dir}" ; then
     cat ${pc_dir}/cdboot.img ${core_img} > ${iso9660_dir}/boot/grub/i386-pc/eltorito.img
 
     embed_img=`mktemp`
-    cat ${pc_dir}/boot.img ${core_img} /dev/zero | dd bs=1024 count=32 > ${embed_img}
+    cat ${pc_dir}/boot.img ${core_img} > ${embed_img}
 
     rm -f ${core_img}