diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/grub/buggybios.patch b/pkgs/tools/misc/grub/buggybios.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1453a8adaa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/grub/buggybios.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Taken from: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=10433
+--- grub-0.95.orig/stage2/bios.c 2004-03-27 17:34:04.000000000 +0100
++++ grub-0.95/stage2/bios.c 2005-03-02 01:02:29.192582200 +0100
+@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@
+   grub_memset (&cdrp, 0, sizeof (cdrp));
+   cdrp.size = sizeof (cdrp) - sizeof (cdrp.dummy);
+   err = biosdisk_int13_extensions (0x4B01, drive, &cdrp);
++  err = 0; /* really ugly hack to circumvent faulty BIOS versions like Acer 292LMi */
+   if (! err && cdrp.drive_no == drive)
+     {
+        if ((cdrp.media_type & 0x0F) == 0)
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/grub/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/grub/default.nix
index e0c35d63f72..f6f8f3ca251 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/grub/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/grub/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, autoconf, automake}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, autoconf, automake, buggyBiosCDSupport ? false}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "grub-0.97-patch-1.9";
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     # /dev/disk/by-label/bla.  The symlink resolution code in
     # grub-install isn't smart enough.
     ./symlink.patch
-  ];
+  ] ++ (stdenv.lib.optional buggyBiosCDSupport ./buggybios.patch);
 
   # Autoconf/automake required for the splashimage patch.
   buildInputs = [autoconf automake];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d31a7710898..ba64b5de619 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -795,6 +795,7 @@ let
   grub = import ../tools/misc/grub {
     inherit fetchurl autoconf automake;
     stdenv = stdenv_32bit;
+    buggyBiosCDSupport = (getConfig ["grub" "buggyBiosCDSupport"] false);
   };
 
   gssdp = import ../development/libraries/gssdp {