diff --git a/0001-grubconfigs-Ensure-grub2-dir-exists.patch b/0001-grubconfigs-Ensure-grub2-dir-exists.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22dd36e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-grubconfigs-Ensure-grub2-dir-exists.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+From ece9120cb43b1834ff4b7268308886cd89a47e54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org>
+Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2023 19:17:57 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] grubconfigs: Ensure grub2 dir exists
+
+I hit this when testing `bootc install` in a loop, it seems like
+we could be implicitly depending on this directory already
+having been created.
+---
+ src/grubconfigs.rs | 4 ++++
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/grubconfigs.rs b/src/grubconfigs.rs
+index 01f6b3e..dcdf986 100644
+--- a/src/grubconfigs.rs
++++ b/src/grubconfigs.rs
+@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ pub(crate) fn install(target_root: &openat::Dir, efi: bool) -> Result<()> {
+         config.push_str(post.as_str());
+     }
+ 
++    if !bootdir.exists(GRUB2DIR)? {
++        bootdir.create_dir(GRUB2DIR, 0o700)?;
++    }
++
+     bootdir
+         .write_file_contents(format!("{GRUB2DIR}/grub.cfg"), 0o644, config.as_bytes())
+         .context("Copying grub-static.cfg")?;
+-- 
+2.41.0
+
diff --git a/rust-bootupd.spec b/rust-bootupd.spec
index 67b7059..e0ae6dc 100644
--- a/rust-bootupd.spec
+++ b/rust-bootupd.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 Name:           rust-%{crate}
 Version:        0.2.13
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        Bootloader updater
 
 License:        Apache-2.0
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ URL:            https://github.com/coreos/bootupd
 Source0:        %{url}/releases/download/v%{version}/bootupd-%{version}.crate
 Source1:        %{url}/releases/download/v%{version}/bootupd-%{version}-vendor.tar.zstd
 
+Patch0: 0001-grubconfigs-Ensure-grub2-dir-exists.patch
+
 # For now, see upstream
 BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
@@ -75,6 +77,9 @@ License:        Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause AND MIT AND (Apache-2.0 OR BSL-1.0)
 %systemd_postun bootupd.service bootupd.socket
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Nov 10 2023 Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org> - 0.2.13-3
+- Backport patch for not having separate /boot
+
 * Thu Nov 02 2023 Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org> - 0.2.13-2
 - Rebase to 0.2.13