diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f6821bf7..3d1b529c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+livecd-rootfs (0.42) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * Create /spu directory for powerpc+ps3 builds.
+
+ -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:56:18 +0100
+
 livecd-rootfs (0.41) gutsy; urgency=low
 
   * Log the size of doc directories to stdout.
diff --git a/livecd.sh b/livecd.sh
index 8fd5cf5d..f398f629 100755
--- a/livecd.sh
+++ b/livecd.sh
@@ -264,6 +264,11 @@ link_in_boot = $link_in_boot
     mkdir -p ${ROOT}proc
     mount -tproc none ${ROOT}proc
 
+    case $ARCH+$SUBARCH in
+	powerpc+ps3)
+	    mkdir -p ${ROOT}spu;;
+    esac
+
     # In addition to the ones we got from apt, trust whatever the local system
     # believes in, but put things back afterwards.
     cp ${ROOT}etc/apt/trusted.gpg ${ROOT}etc/apt/trusted.gpg.$$