diff -Nru grub-1.97.orig/util/grub-mkconfig.in grub-1.97/util/grub-mkconfig.in
--- grub-1.97.orig/util/grub-mkconfig.in	2009-09-10 21:04:43.000000000 +0200
+++ grub-1.97/util/grub-mkconfig.in	2009-10-26 05:10:55.000000000 +0100
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@
   . ${sysconfdir}/default/grub
 fi
 
+if test -f ${sysconfdir}/sysconfig/grub ; then
+  . ${sysconfdir}/sysconfig/grub
+fi
+
 # XXX: should this be deprecated at some point?
 if [ "x${GRUB_TERMINAL}" != "x" ] ; then
   GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT="${GRUB_TERMINAL}"
