diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 16cc7b47..8d9275ba 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ configure_options = \
 	--with-libarchive \
 	--with-libsystemd \
 	--with-libmount \
+	--with-modern-grub \
 	--with-soup \
 	--with-selinux \
 	--with-systemdsystemgeneratordir=/lib/systemd/system-generators \