diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/034-disk-image-ppc64el.binary b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/034-disk-image-ppc64el.binary
index d085ba38..d8c6cd3a 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/034-disk-image-ppc64el.binary
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/034-disk-image-ppc64el.binary
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ install_grub() {
     mkdir mountpoint
     mount_partition "${rootfs_dev_mapper}" mountpoint
 
+    chroot mountpoint apt-get -qqy update
     chroot mountpoint apt-get -qqy install grub2
     chroot mountpoint apt-get -qqy remove --purge grub-legacy-ec2