diff --git a/debian/preinst.in b/debian/preinst.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f3b61255
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/preinst.in
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+case "$1" in
+  install|upgrade)
+    if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt 1.98+20100804-2 && \
+       test -h /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub; then
+      rm -f /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub
+    fi
+    ;;
+esac
+
+#DEBHELPER#
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 2fca3b9ce..b7d570786 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ confflags = CC=$(CC) TARGET_CC=$(CC) --enable-grub-mkfont --disable-grub-fstest
 # autogen.sh runs util/import_gcry.py after autoconf et al, so
 # conf/gcry.rmk's timestamp will be later and we need to disregard it.
 AUTOGEN_FILES = configure $(filter-out conf/gcry.mk,$(wildcard conf/*.mk)) debian/grub-extras/*/conf/*.mk
-AUTOGEN_DEB_FILES = examples manpages config templates postinst postrm dirs install
+AUTOGEN_DEB_FILES = examples manpages config templates preinst postinst postrm dirs install
 
 $(AUTOGEN_FILES): autogen.sh configure.ac $(filter-out conf/gcry.rmk,$(wildcard conf/*.rmk)) debian/grub-extras/*/conf/*.rmk
 	sed -i configure.ac -e "s/^AC_INIT.*/AC_INIT(\[GRUB\],\[$(deb_version)\],\[bug-grub@gnu.org\])/"