diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 09a502136..df3be4b25 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ grub2 (2.02-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Use current location for upstream signing key
     (debian/upstream/signing-key.asc).
   * Update upstream signing key to a non-expired version.
+  * Install bootinfo.txt and grub.chrp in grub-ieee1275-bin for ppc64, and
+    install and use prep-bootdev on powerpc and ppc64 as well as ppc64el
+    (thanks, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz; closes: #881730).
 
   [ Debconf translations ]
   * [sq] Albanian (Silva Arapi; closes: #874497).
diff --git a/debian/grub-ieee1275-bin.install.powerpc.in b/debian/grub-ieee1275-bin.install.powerpc.in
index 8755593da..76af24ba6 100644
--- a/debian/grub-ieee1275-bin.install.powerpc.in
+++ b/debian/grub-ieee1275-bin.install.powerpc.in
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 usr/lib/grub/@CPU_PLATFORM@/bootinfo.txt
 usr/lib/grub/@CPU_PLATFORM@/grub.chrp
+../../debian/prep-bootdev usr/lib/grub/@CPU_PLATFORM@
diff --git a/debian/grub-ieee1275-bin.install.ppc64.in b/debian/grub-ieee1275-bin.install.ppc64.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76af24ba6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/grub-ieee1275-bin.install.ppc64.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+usr/lib/grub/@CPU_PLATFORM@/bootinfo.txt
+usr/lib/grub/@CPU_PLATFORM@/grub.chrp
+../../debian/prep-bootdev usr/lib/grub/@CPU_PLATFORM@
diff --git a/debian/postinst.in b/debian/postinst.in
index 1fe45ba0d..d02bd806d 100644
--- a/debian/postinst.in
+++ b/debian/postinst.in
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ case "$1" in
 
       grub-ieee1275)
         case $(dpkg --print-architecture) in
-          ppc64el)
+          powerpc|ppc64|ppc64el)
             # Output may be empty; if so, just update the core image but
             # don't install it to any PReP partition.
             prep_bootdev="$(/usr/lib/grub/powerpc-ieee1275/prep-bootdev)"