diff --git a/libguestfs.changes b/libguestfs.changes
index 71cf274..28e09f5 100644
--- a/libguestfs.changes
+++ b/libguestfs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul  8 12:52:58 CEST 2014 - ohering@suse.de
+
+- Handle empty /lib/mkinitrd/scripts gracefully
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul  7 10:12:36 CEST 2014 - ohering@suse.de
 
diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index 9ab38f0..2d3e507 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -677,7 +677,14 @@ cp -avL %{S:18} mkinitrd/scripts/boot-nfs.sh
 cp -avL %{S:19} mkinitrd/scripts/setup-nfs.sh
 cp -avL %{S:20} mkinitrd/scripts/setup-btrfs.sh
 cp -avL %{S:21} mkinitrd/scripts/setup-btrfs.sh
-cp -avb /lib/mkinitrd/scripts/* mkinitrd/scripts
+for i in /lib/mkinitrd/scripts/*
+do
+	if test -f "$i"
+	then
+		cp -avbt mkinitrd/scripts "$i"
+		break
+	fi
+done
 mkdir -vp mkinitrd/setup mkinitrd/boot
 ln -sfvbn lib/mkinitrd/bin mkinitrd/bin
 sed -i~ "s@^INITRD_PATH=/lib/mkinitrd@INITRD_PATH=$PWD/mkinitrd@" mkinitrd/sbin/mkinitrd