diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-bootloader-uboot.c b/src/libostree/ostree-bootloader-uboot.c
index 41280cf198..ecae544623 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-bootloader-uboot.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-bootloader-uboot.c
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ create_config_from_boot_loader_entries (OstreeBootloaderUboot *self, int bootver
   g_autoptr (GPtrArray) boot_loader_configs = NULL;
   OstreeBootconfigParser *config;
   const char *val;
+  g_autofree char *bootdir = NULL;
 
   if (!_ostree_sysroot_read_boot_loader_configs (self->sysroot, bootversion, &boot_loader_configs,
                                                  cancellable, error))
@@ -129,6 +130,9 @@ create_config_from_boot_loader_entries (OstreeBootloaderUboot *self, int bootver
         }
       g_ptr_array_add (new_lines, g_strdup_printf ("kernel_image%s=/boot%s", index_suffix, val));
 
+      bootdir = strndup (val, strrchr(val, '/') - val);
+      g_ptr_array_add (new_lines, g_strdup_printf ("bootdir%s=%s/", index_suffix, bootdir));
+
       val = ostree_bootconfig_parser_get (config, "initrd");
       if (val)
         g_ptr_array_add (new_lines, g_strdup_printf ("ramdisk_image%s=/boot%s", index_suffix, val));