diff --git a/package/yast2-packager.changes b/package/yast2-packager.changes
index 4f5f435da..3bfc1ef54 100644
--- a/package/yast2-packager.changes
+++ b/package/yast2-packager.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov 26 13:11:35 UTC 2014 - jsrain@suse.cz
+
+- initialize bootloader during update if proposed from scratch
+  (bnc#899743)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 18 12:45:39 UTC 2014 - jreidinger@suse.com
 
diff --git a/src/clients/inst_kickoff.rb b/src/clients/inst_kickoff.rb
index bedb56d49..9d65175f0 100644
--- a/src/clients/inst_kickoff.rb
+++ b/src/clients/inst_kickoff.rb
@@ -236,10 +236,10 @@ def main
           # load all network modules
           load_network_modules 
 
-          # perform actions needed by various bootloaders before packages
-          # get updated
-          # Bootloader::PreUpdate ();
-          # -- this function call does NOTHING!
+          # intiialize bootloader
+          # will return immediatly unless bootloader configuration was
+          # proposed from scratch (bnc#899743)
+          WFM.CallFunction("inst_bootloader", WFM.Args) 
         end
       end