Set the EFI variables LoaderEntries and LoaderEntrySelected to
follow systemd-boot implementation and make bootctl work.

Index: grub-2.12/grub-core/commands/blscfg.c
===================================================================
--- grub-2.12.orig/grub-core/commands/blscfg.c
+++ grub-2.12/grub-core/commands/blscfg.c
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ GRUB_MOD_LICENSE ("GPLv3+");
 #define GRUB_BOOT_DEVICE "($root)"
 #endif
 
+#ifdef GRUB_MACHINE_EFI
+#include <grub/efi/efi.h>
+#define GRUB_EFI_LOADER_GUID \
+        { 0x4a67b082, 0x0a4c, 0x41cf, { 0xb6, 0xc7, 0x44, 0x0b, 0x29, 0xbb, 0x8c, 0x4f } }
+
+static grub_guid_t grub_efi_loader_guid = GRUB_EFI_LOADER_GUID;
+#endif
+
 struct keyval
 {
   const char *key;
@@ -1223,6 +1231,12 @@ bls_create_entries (bool show_default, b
   const char *def_entry = NULL;
   struct bls_entry *entry = NULL;
   int idx = 0;
+#ifdef GRUB_MACHINE_EFI
+  int size = 0;
+  grub_efi_char16_t *efi_entries = NULL;
+  grub_efi_char16_t *p = NULL;
+  char* tmp = NULL;
+#endif
 
   def_entry = grub_env_get("default");
 
@@ -1238,10 +1252,38 @@ bls_create_entries (bool show_default, b
 	(entry_id && grub_strcmp(entry_id, entry->filename) == 0)) {
       create_entry(entry);
       entry->visible = 1;
+#ifdef GRUB_MACHINE_EFI
+      size += grub_strlen(entry->filename) + 1;
+#endif
     }
     idx++;
   }
 
+#ifdef GRUB_MACHINE_EFI
+  efi_entries = grub_malloc(size * sizeof(grub_efi_char16_t));
+  if (efi_entries == NULL) {
+    return grub_error (GRUB_ERR_OUT_OF_MEMORY,
+		       "couldn't find space for LoaderEntries efi variable");
+  }
+  p = efi_entries;
+  FOR_BLS_ENTRIES(entry) {
+    if (entry->visible) {
+      tmp = entry->filename;
+      while (*tmp) {
+        *p++ = (grub_efi_char16_t) *tmp++;
+      }
+      *p++ = (grub_efi_char16_t) '\0';
+    }
+  }
+  if (efi_entries + size + 1 == p) {
+      return grub_error(GRUB_ERR_BAD_NUMBER, "efi entries value is not correct");
+  }
+  grub_efi_set_variable_with_attributes("LoaderEntries", &grub_efi_loader_guid,
+					      efi_entries, size * sizeof(grub_efi_char16_t),
+					      GRUB_EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS |
+					      GRUB_EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS);
+#endif
+
   return GRUB_ERR_NONE;
 }
 
Index: grub-2.12/grub-core/commands/efi/blsbumpcounter.c
===================================================================
--- grub-2.12.orig/grub-core/commands/efi/blsbumpcounter.c
+++ grub-2.12/grub-core/commands/efi/blsbumpcounter.c
@@ -60,8 +60,14 @@ grub_cmd_bumpcounters (grub_extcmd_conte
 
   /* Look for the start of the count
      If no '+' symbol has been found, the boot counting isn't enabled for the selected entry */
+  char* new_path = grub_xasprintf ("%s.conf", id);
+  grub_efi_set_variable_to_string("LoaderEntrySelected", &grub_efi_loader_guid, new_path,
+					      GRUB_EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS |
+					      GRUB_EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS);
+  grub_free(new_path);
   if (grub_strrchr(id, '+') == NULL) {
     grub_dprintf("bls_bumpcounter", "boot counting is not in effect for id %s\n", id);
+
     return GRUB_ERR_NONE;
   }
 
@@ -183,7 +189,6 @@ grub_cmd_bumpcounters (grub_extcmd_conte
       goto finish;
   }
 
-  char *new_path;
   if (tries == -1) {
     /* This is the first try, rename accordingly */
     new_path = grub_xasprintf ("%s+%d-1.conf", id, tries_left);