diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/grub/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/grub/default.nix
index f6f8f3ca251..8d8525bccd9 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/grub/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/grub/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, autoconf, automake, buggyBiosCDSupport ? false}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, autoconf, automake, buggyBiosCDSupport ? true}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "grub-0.97-patch-1.9";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 18d54d6ee50..5d91af769c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ let
   grub = import ../tools/misc/grub {
     inherit fetchurl autoconf automake;
     stdenv = stdenv_32bit;
-    buggyBiosCDSupport = (getConfig ["grub" "buggyBiosCDSupport"] false);
+    buggyBiosCDSupport = (getConfig ["grub" "buggyBiosCDSupport"] true);
   };
 
   gssdp = import ../development/libraries/gssdp {