diff --git a/frontend/grub-mkrescue-sed.sh b/frontend/grub-mkrescue-sed.sh
index 93a548e0..6abe6edd 100755
--- a/frontend/grub-mkrescue-sed.sh
+++ b/frontend/grub-mkrescue-sed.sh
@@ -32,9 +32,14 @@ echo >&2
 # If you add xorrisofs option -part_like_isohybrid then no gap fillig APM
 # partition will emerge.
 #
+# Mode "gpt_appended" represents the same layout as "mbr_only" by GPT rather
+# than by MBR partition table. It differs from "original" by the fact that
+# option -partition_offset 16 is implied and that the first partition may
+# be used to mount the ISO 9660 filesystem.
+#
 # These modes avoid duplicate storing of the EFI system partition "efi.img"
 # by xorrisofs option  -e "--interval:appended_partition_${partno}:all::"
-# which is new to xorriso-1.4.3 with timestamp after 2015.12.30.175951.
+# which is new to xorriso-1.4.4.
 # If "_copy" is appended to the mode name, then the file /efi.img will
 # appear in the ISO 9660 filesystem and traditional -e "/efi.img" is used.
 #
@@ -50,8 +55,9 @@ echo >&2
 #  "mjg"         =  ESP in MBR+GPT+APM, with HFS+
 #  "mbr_only"    =  ESP in MBR, without HFS+
 #  "mbr_hfs"     =  ESP in MBR, HFS+ in APM
+#  "gpt_appended" = ESP in GPT
 #  $mode"_copy"  =  one of above modes, ESP in ISO and as appended partition
-#  "original"    =  pass arguments unchanged
+#  "original"    =  pass arguments unchanged (i.e. no mountable ISO partition)
 mode="mjg"
 if test -n "$MKRESCUE_SED_MODE"
 then
@@ -228,6 +234,25 @@ then
     -e "s/--protective-msdos-label/$protective/" \
      )
 
+elif test x"$mode" = xgpt_appended
+then
+  # Exchange arguments for no-HFS MBR-only layout
+  efi_tmp_name=grub-mkrescue-sed-efi-img.$$
+  mv "$dir"/efi.img /tmp/$efi_tmp_name
+  x=$(echo " $*" | sed \
+    -e "s/-efi-boot-part --efi-boot-image/-no-pad -append_partition 2 0xef \/tmp\/$efi_tmp_name -appended_part_as_gpt -partition_offset 16/" \
+    -e "s/--efi-boot efi\.img/-eltorito-alt-boot -e --interval:appended_partition_2:all:: -no-emul-boot/" \
+    -e "s/-hfsplus .*CoreServices\/boot.efi//" \
+     )
+
+elif test x"$mode" = xgpt_appended_copy
+then
+  # Exchange arguments for no-HFS MBR-only layout
+  x=$(echo " $*" | sed \
+    -e "s/-efi-boot-part --efi-boot-image/-no-pad -append_partition 2 0xef \/tmp\/$(basename "$dir")\/efi.img -appended_part_as_gpt -partition_offset 16/" \
+    -e "s/-hfsplus .*CoreServices\/boot.efi//" \
+     )
+
 elif test x"$mode" = xoriginal
 then
   # Pass arguments unchanged