diff --git a/bin/make-base-vm b/bin/make-base-vm
index 8102951..b978a8e 100755
--- a/bin/make-base-vm
+++ b/bin/make-base-vm
@@ -122,11 +122,16 @@ if [ $DISTRO = "ubuntu" ]; then
   KERNEL_PKG=linux-image-generic,
 fi
 
+GRUB_PKG=grub
+if [ $DISTRO = "ubuntu" ]; then
+  GRUB_PKG=grub-pc
+fi
+
 if [ $LXC = "1" ]; then
   addpkg=$addpkg,lxc
 else
   # Lack of comma after KERNEL_PKG is not a typo
-  addpkg=$addpkg,${KERNEL_PKG}grub-pc,openssh-server
+  addpkg=$addpkg,${KERNEL_PKG}${GRUB_PKG},openssh-server
 fi
 
 # Remove cron to work around vmbuilder issue when umounting /dev on target