diff --git a/0001-Lets-always-write-out-a-Legacy-grub-config-file-sinc.patch b/0001-Lets-always-write-out-a-Legacy-grub-config-file-sinc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b0a08c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Lets-always-write-out-a-Legacy-grub-config-file-sinc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+From 9a7726c67258adb346b78edfd754f28e132585f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us>
+Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:03:24 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] Lets always write out a Legacy grub config file since its
+ all ec2 supports and its presence doesnt hurt
+
+Signed-off-by: Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us>
+---
+ appcreate/appliance.py |    6 +++++-
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/appcreate/appliance.py b/appcreate/appliance.py
+index f9fc784..12f6794 100644
+--- a/appcreate/appliance.py
++++ b/appcreate/appliance.py
+@@ -258,6 +258,8 @@ class ApplianceImageCreator(ImageCreator):
+             grub += "        initrd %s/%s-%s.img\n" % (prefix, initrd, v)
+ 
+         logging.debug("Writing grub config %s/boot/grub/grub.conf" % self._instroot)
++        if not os.path.isdir(self._instroot + "/boot/grub/"):
++            os.mkdir(self._instroot + "/boot/grub/")
+         cfg = open(self._instroot + "/boot/grub/grub.conf", "w")
+         cfg.write(grub)
+         cfg.close()
+@@ -359,6 +361,9 @@ class ApplianceImageCreator(ImageCreator):
+         logging.debug("Grub2 configuration file generated.")
+ 
+     def _create_bootconfig(self):
++            # For EC2 lets always make a grub Legacy config file
++            logging.debug("Writing GRUB Legacy config.")
++            self._create_grub_config()
+         if self.grub == 'grub2':
+             # We have GRUB2 package installed
+             # Most probably this is Fedora 16+
+@@ -369,7 +374,6 @@ class ApplianceImageCreator(ImageCreator):
+             # We have GRUB Legacy installed
+             logging.debug("Found GRUB Legacy package.")
+             self._create_grub_devices()
+-            self._create_grub_config()
+             self._copy_grub_files()
+             self._install_grub()
+         else:
+-- 
+1.7.9.3
+
diff --git a/appliance-tools.spec b/appliance-tools.spec
index bb1ffc0..1aabac7 100644
--- a/appliance-tools.spec
+++ b/appliance-tools.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 Summary: Tools for building Appliances
 Name: appliance-tools
 Version: 006.1
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2
 Group: System Environment/Base
 URL: http://thincrust.org/
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ URL: http://thincrust.org/
 #  git checkout appliance-tools-006.1
 #  make dist
 Source0: %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Patch0: 0001-Lets-always-write-out-a-Legacy-grub-config-file-sinc.patch
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
 Requires: livecd-tools >= 020 curl rsync kpartx
 Requires: zlib
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ Tool that helps remove unwanted files from the appliance image.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 
 
 %build
 make
@@ -73,6 +75,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_bindir}/image-minimizer
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Feb 13 2012 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us> - 006.1-3
+- add patch to always write out a legacy grub config file
+
 * Thu Jan 12 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 006.1-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild