diff --git a/install-stage1.sh b/install-stage1.sh
index 6e80448..49c3bfd 100644
--- a/install-stage1.sh
+++ b/install-stage1.sh
@@ -266,6 +266,15 @@ done
 
 echo "$TARGET_HOSTNAME" > /mnt/target/etc/hostname
 
+mkdir /mnt/target/boot/efi/LOADER
+echo "GRUB has been deliberately installed to a non-standard location.
+This avoids default kernel hooks breaking the custom config." > /mnt/target/boot/efi/LOADER/README.TXT
+
+# no idea if any of these are even necessary/relevant but it can’t hurt...
+TARGET_PRELOAD_GRUB_MODULES="usb usbms uhci ehci ohci part_gpt f2fs"
+run_in_target grub-install --target=i386-pc --boot-directory=/boot/efi/LOADER --disk-module=native --modules="$TARGET_PRELOAD_GRUB_MODULES" "/dev/$TARGET_DISK"
+run_in_target grub-install --target=i386-efi --boot-directory=/boot/efi/LOADER --efi-directory=/boot/efi --removable --no-nvram --modules="$TARGET_PRELOAD_GRUB_MODULES" "/dev/$TARGET_DISK"
+run_in_target grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --boot-directory=/boot/efi/LOADER --efi-directory=/boot/efi --removable --no-nvram --modules="$TARGET_PRELOAD_GRUB_MODULES" "/dev/$TARGET_DISK"