diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ea4b615a..a32a4bf9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ostree (2016.5-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     - debian/copyright: update
     - debian/rules, debian/ostree-tests.install: adjust for new installation
       directory for installed-tests
+    - debian/rules: use Debian's grub2-mkconfig path
   * debian/gbp.conf: use DEP-14 branch names; disable numbered patches
   * Fix ITP bug number in changelog (was #813308, should have been #697477)
   * debian/control: build-depend on attr, for the tests (only required if
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index e33bca0a..16ea3329 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 		--libexecdir='$${prefix}/lib' \
 		--with-dracut \
 		--with-grub2 \
+		--with-grub2-mkconfig-path=/usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig \
 		--with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system \
 		$(NULL)
 	chmod +x tests/*.js