diff -Nru grub2-2.02~beta2/debian/changelog grub2-2.02~beta2/debian/changelog
--- grub2-2.02~beta2/debian/changelog	2015-12-03 15:23:24.000000000 -0500
+++ grub2-2.02~beta2/debian/changelog	2015-12-25 09:54:13.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+grub2 (2.02~beta2-32ubuntu2) xenial; urgency=medium
+
+  * debian/patches/grubprobe-zfspool-device-name-prepend: Don't always 
+    qualify device names with "/dev/" that we get from "zpool status".
+    People can (and should!) use /dev/disk/ paths. Given an unqualified name,
+    search where name actually exists before using it. (LP: #1527727)
+
+ -- Chad MILLER <chad.miller@canonical.com>  Fri, 25 Dec 2015 09:49:08 -0500
+
 grub2 (2.02~beta2-32ubuntu1) xenial; urgency=medium
 
   * Cherry-picks to better handle TFTP timeouts on some arches: (LP: #1521612)
diff -Nru grub2-2.02~beta2/debian/patches/grubprobe-zfspool-device-name-prepend grub2-2.02~beta2/debian/patches/grubprobe-zfspool-device-name-prepend
--- grub2-2.02~beta2/debian/patches/grubprobe-zfspool-device-name-prepend	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ grub2-2.02~beta2/debian/patches/grubprobe-zfspool-device-name-prepend	2015-12-25 09:48:31.000000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+Description: Test several locations for the name returned in polling zpool
+  devices.
+Author: Chad Miller <chad.miller@canonical.com>
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1527727
+
+--- a/grub-core/osdep/unix/getroot.c
++++ b/grub-core/osdep/unix/getroot.c
+@@ -303,11 +303,24 @@ grub_util_find_root_devices_from_poolnam
+ 		    devices = xrealloc (devices, sizeof (devices[0])
+ 					* devices_allocated);
+ 		  }
+-		if (name[0] == '/')
+-		  devices[ndevices++] = xstrdup (name);
+-		else
+-		  devices[ndevices++] = xasprintf ("/dev/%s", name);
+-	      }
++                if (name[0] == '/') {
++                  devices[ndevices++] = xstrdup (name);
++                } else {
++                  const char *middles[] = { "disk/by-id/", "disk/by-uuid/", "disk/by-partuuid/", "disk/by-label/", "disk/by-partlabel/", "disk/by-path/", "/", NULL };
++
++                  for (const char **cursor = middles; *cursor != NULL; cursor++) {
++                    char *proposed = xasprintf ("/dev/%s/%s", *cursor, name);
++                    struct stat stt;
++                    /* Peek at what exists to know what to say the device is. */
++                    if (lstat (proposed, &stt) == 0) {
++                      devices[ndevices++] = proposed;
++                      break;
++                    } else {
++                      free(proposed);
++                    }
++                  }
++                }
++              }
+ 	    break;
+ 	  }
+ 	
diff -Nru grub2-2.02~beta2/debian/patches/series grub2-2.02~beta2/debian/patches/series
--- grub2-2.02~beta2/debian/patches/series	2015-12-03 15:22:41.000000000 -0500
+++ grub2-2.02~beta2/debian/patches/series	2015-12-18 17:07:31.000000000 -0500
@@ -86,3 +86,4 @@
 efidisk-device-path-helpers-for-efinet.patch
 efinet-skip-virtual-devices-on-enumeration.patch
 efinet-enable-hardware-filters-on-interface.patch
+grubprobe-zfspool-device-name-prepend