diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 09ad851..a888182 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 # Distributed under the GPL v2
 # $Id$
 
+  19 Jan 2010; Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@gentoo.org> genkernel:
+  Only call set_bootloader is CMD_NOINSTALL is not set for Gentoo bug
+  #301454
+
   27 Dec 2009; Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@gentoo.org> arch/alpha/modules_load,
   arch/arm/modules_load, arch/ia64/kernel-config, arch/ia64/modules_load,
   arch/mips/modules_load, arch/parisc/modules_load,
diff --git a/genkernel b/genkernel
index 998992e..23cb667 100755
--- a/genkernel
+++ b/genkernel
@@ -313,7 +313,10 @@ fi
 
 if [ "${BUILD_KERNEL}" -eq '1' ]
 then
-	set_bootloader
+	if ! isTrue "${CMD_NOINSTALL}"
+	then
+		set_bootloader
+	fi
 	print_info 1 ''
 	print_info 1 "Kernel compiled successfully!"
 	print_info 1 ''