diff --git a/srcpkgs/grub/patches/mkconfig_zfs.patch b/srcpkgs/grub/patches/mkconfig_zfs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..686f28e6b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/grub/patches/mkconfig_zfs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- ./util/grub.d/10_linux.in	2015-01-19 13:30:29.490090317 +0200
++++ ./util/grub.d/10_linux.in	2015-01-19 13:29:41.234754594 +0200
+@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
+     xzfs)
+ 	rpool=`${grub_probe} --device ${GRUB_DEVICE} --target=fs_label 2>/dev/null || true`
+ 	bootfs="`make_system_path_relative_to_its_root / | sed -e "s,@$,,"`"
++	if [ -z "${rpool}" ]; then
++		rpool=$(zfs list -Ho name -t filesystem | grep -m1 "${bootfs}$" | sed 's/\/.*//')
++	fi
+ 	LINUX_ROOT_DEVICE="ZFS=${rpool}${bootfs}"
+ 	;;
+ esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/grub/template b/srcpkgs/grub/template
index 0839a8ab55..bf993d7dcc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/grub/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/grub/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'grub'
 pkgname=grub
 version=2.00
-revision=17
+revision=18
 hostmakedepends="flex"
 makedepends="libusb-compat-devel ncurses-devel freetype-devel
  liblzma-devel device-mapper-devel font-unifont-bdf fuse-devel"
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ esac
 
 post_extract() {
 	sed -i -e 's,freetype/ftsynth.h,freetype2/ftsynth.h,' util/grub-mkfont.c
-}     
-      
+}
+
 do_configure() {
 	unset CC AS LD RANLIB CPP
 	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fno-stack-protector"