diff --git a/srcpkgs/grub/template b/srcpkgs/grub/template
index 29e24fad403..8912f658521 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/grub/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/grub/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'grub'
 pkgname=grub
 version=1.99
-revision=4
+revision=5
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grub/grub-$version.tar.xz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 short_desc="GRand Unified Bootloader 2"
@@ -31,8 +31,15 @@ Add_dependency build ncurses-devel
 Add_dependency build freetype-devel
 Add_dependency build liblzma-devel
 Add_dependency build device-mapper-devel
+Add_dependency build font-unifont-bdf
 Add_dependency full os-prober
 
+pre_configure()
+{
+	# fix unifont.bdf location so grub-mkfont can create *.pf2 files
+	sed -i 's|/usr/share/fonts/unifont|/usr/share/fonts/misc|' configure
+}
+
 post_install()
 {
 	# Required to compress info files.