diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0b1596acd..547f73902 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-12-10  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
+
+	* util/getroot.c (convert_system_partition_to_system_disk): Support
+	nbd disks.
+
 2012-12-10  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	* grub-core/fs/ufs.c (grub_ufs_dir): Stop if direntlen is 0 to avoid
diff --git a/util/getroot.c b/util/getroot.c
index c2a25c943..24ce6aacc 100644
--- a/util/getroot.c
+++ b/util/getroot.c
@@ -1796,6 +1796,18 @@ convert_system_partition_to_system_disk (const char *os_dev, struct stat *st,
 	  return path;
 	}
 
+      if (strncmp ("nbd", p, 3) == 0
+	  && p[3] >= '0' && p[3] <= '9')
+	{
+	  char *ptr = p + 3;
+	  while (*ptr >= '0' && *ptr <= '9')
+	    ptr++;
+	  if (*ptr)
+	    *is_part = 1;
+	  *ptr = 0;
+	  return path;
+	}
+
       /* If this is an IDE, SCSI or Virtio disk.  */
       if (strncmp ("vdisk", p, 5) == 0
 	  && p[5] >= 'a' && p[5] <= 'z')