diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index d0e84c5972..a2e538570b 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -769,6 +769,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/grep-timing-sensitive-test.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/groff-source-date-epoch.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/groovy-add-exceptionutilsgenerator.patch	\
+  %D%/packages/patches/grub-check-error-efibootmgr.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/gsl-test-i686.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/gspell-dash-test.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/guile-1.8-cpp-4.5.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/bootloaders.scm b/gnu/packages/bootloaders.scm
index 727789a96e..e9abf399ab 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bootloaders.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bootloaders.scm
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ (define-public grub
              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/grub/grub-" version ".tar.xz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "03vvdfhdmf16121v7xs8is2krwnv15wpkhkf16a4yf8nsfc3f2w1"))))
+               "03vvdfhdmf16121v7xs8is2krwnv15wpkhkf16a4yf8nsfc3f2w1"))
+             (patches (search-patches "grub-check-error-efibootmgr.patch"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/grub-check-error-efibootmgr.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/grub-check-error-efibootmgr.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2fd160c9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/grub-check-error-efibootmgr.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+Without this patch, GRUB may proceed to wipe all firmware boot entries
+and report a successful installation, even if efibootmgr hit an error.
+
+Origin URL:
+https://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/commit/?id=6400613ad0b463abc93362086a491cd2a5e99b0d
+
+From 6400613ad0b463abc93362086a491cd2a5e99b0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>
+Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 21:49:36 +0000
+Subject: Make grub-install check for errors from efibootmgr
+
+Code is currently ignoring errors from efibootmgr, giving users
+clearly bogus output like:
+
+        Setting up grub-efi-amd64 (2.02~beta3-4) ...
+        Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
+        Could not delete variable: No space left on device
+        Could not prepare Boot variable: No space left on device
+        Installation finished. No error reported.
+
+and then potentially unbootable systems. If efibootmgr fails, grub-install
+should know that and report it!
+
+We've been using similar patch in Debian now for some time, with no ill effects.
+
+diff --git a/grub-core/osdep/unix/platform.c b/grub-core/osdep/unix/platform.c
+index a3fcfca..ca448bc 100644
+--- a/grub-core/osdep/unix/platform.c
++++ b/grub-core/osdep/unix/platform.c
+@@ -78,19 +78,20 @@ get_ofpathname (const char *dev)
+ 		   dev);
+ }
+ 
+-static void
++static int
+ grub_install_remove_efi_entries_by_distributor (const char *efi_distributor)
+ {
+   int fd;
+   pid_t pid = grub_util_exec_pipe ((const char * []){ "efibootmgr", NULL }, &fd);
+   char *line = NULL;
+   size_t len = 0;
++  int rc;
+ 
+   if (!pid)
+     {
+       grub_util_warn (_("Unable to open stream from %s: %s"),
+ 		      "efibootmgr", strerror (errno));
+-      return;
++      return errno;
+     }
+ 
+   FILE *fp = fdopen (fd, "r");
+@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ grub_install_remove_efi_entries_by_distributor (const char *efi_distributor)
+     {
+       grub_util_warn (_("Unable to open stream from %s: %s"),
+ 		      "efibootmgr", strerror (errno));
+-      return;
++      return errno;
+     }
+ 
+   line = xmalloc (80);
+@@ -119,23 +120,25 @@ grub_install_remove_efi_entries_by_distributor (const char *efi_distributor)
+       bootnum = line + sizeof ("Boot") - 1;
+       bootnum[4] = '\0';
+       if (!verbosity)
+-	grub_util_exec ((const char * []){ "efibootmgr", "-q",
++	rc = grub_util_exec ((const char * []){ "efibootmgr", "-q",
+ 	      "-b", bootnum,  "-B", NULL });
+       else
+-	grub_util_exec ((const char * []){ "efibootmgr",
++	rc = grub_util_exec ((const char * []){ "efibootmgr",
+ 	      "-b", bootnum, "-B", NULL });
+     }
+ 
+   free (line);
++  return rc;
+ }
+ 
+-void
++int
+ grub_install_register_efi (grub_device_t efidir_grub_dev,
+ 			   const char *efifile_path,
+ 			   const char *efi_distributor)
+ {
+   const char * efidir_disk;
+   int efidir_part;
++  int ret;
+   efidir_disk = grub_util_biosdisk_get_osdev (efidir_grub_dev->disk);
+   efidir_part = efidir_grub_dev->disk->partition ? efidir_grub_dev->disk->partition->number + 1 : 1;
+ 
+@@ -151,23 +154,26 @@ grub_install_register_efi (grub_device_t efidir_grub_dev,
+   grub_util_exec ((const char * []){ "modprobe", "-q", "efivars", NULL });
+ #endif
+   /* Delete old entries from the same distributor.  */
+-  grub_install_remove_efi_entries_by_distributor (efi_distributor);
++  ret = grub_install_remove_efi_entries_by_distributor (efi_distributor);
++  if (ret)
++    return ret;
+ 
+   char *efidir_part_str = xasprintf ("%d", efidir_part);
+ 
+   if (!verbosity)
+-    grub_util_exec ((const char * []){ "efibootmgr", "-q",
++    ret = grub_util_exec ((const char * []){ "efibootmgr", "-q",
+ 	  "-c", "-d", efidir_disk,
+ 	  "-p", efidir_part_str, "-w",
+ 	  "-L", efi_distributor, "-l", 
+ 	  efifile_path, NULL });
+   else
+-    grub_util_exec ((const char * []){ "efibootmgr",
++    ret = grub_util_exec ((const char * []){ "efibootmgr",
+ 	  "-c", "-d", efidir_disk,
+ 	  "-p", efidir_part_str, "-w",
+ 	  "-L", efi_distributor, "-l", 
+ 	  efifile_path, NULL });
+   free (efidir_part_str);
++  return ret;
+ }
+ 
+ void
+diff --git a/include/grub/util/install.h b/include/grub/util/install.h
+index 5910b0c..0dba8b6 100644
+--- a/include/grub/util/install.h
++++ b/include/grub/util/install.h
+@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ grub_install_create_envblk_file (const char *name);
+ const char *
+ grub_install_get_default_x86_platform (void);
+ 
+-void
++int
+ grub_install_register_efi (grub_device_t efidir_grub_dev,
+ 			   const char *efifile_path,
+ 			   const char *efi_distributor);
+diff --git a/util/grub-install.c b/util/grub-install.c
+index 5e4cdfd..690f180 100644
+--- a/util/grub-install.c
++++ b/util/grub-install.c
+@@ -1848,9 +1848,13 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
+ 	  if (!removable && update_nvram)
+ 	    {
+ 	      /* Try to make this image bootable using the EFI Boot Manager, if available.  */
+-	      grub_install_register_efi (efidir_grub_dev,
+-					 "\\System\\Library\\CoreServices",
+-					 efi_distributor);
++	      int ret;
++	      ret = grub_install_register_efi (efidir_grub_dev,
++					       "\\System\\Library\\CoreServices",
++					       efi_distributor);
++	      if (ret)
++	        grub_util_error (_("efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: %s"),
++				 strerror (ret));
+ 	    }
+ 
+ 	  grub_device_close (ins_dev);
+@@ -1871,6 +1875,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
+ 	{
+ 	  char * efifile_path;
+ 	  char * part;
++	  int ret;
+ 
+ 	  /* Try to make this image bootable using the EFI Boot Manager, if available.  */
+ 	  if (!efi_distributor || efi_distributor[0] == '\0')
+@@ -1887,8 +1892,11 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
+ 			  efidir_grub_dev->disk->name,
+ 			  (part ? ",": ""), (part ? : ""));
+ 	  grub_free (part);
+-	  grub_install_register_efi (efidir_grub_dev,
+-				     efifile_path, efi_distributor);
++	  ret = grub_install_register_efi (efidir_grub_dev,
++					   efifile_path, efi_distributor);
++	  if (ret)
++	    grub_util_error (_("efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: %s"),
++			     strerror (ret));
+ 	}
+       break;
+