diff -Nru raspi3-firmware-1.20171201/debian/changelog raspi3-firmware-1.20171201/debian/changelog
--- raspi3-firmware-1.20171201/debian/changelog	2018-01-06 17:14:17.000000000 +0000
+++ raspi3-firmware-1.20171201/debian/changelog	2018-01-21 14:35:47.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+raspi3-firmware (1.20171201-3) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Ensure /boot/firmware exists (Closes: #887062)
+
+ -- Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org>  Sun, 21 Jan 2018 15:35:47 +0100
+
 raspi3-firmware (1.20171201-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * postinst: also trigger hook on upgrades, not just first installation
diff -Nru raspi3-firmware-1.20171201/debian/kernel/postinst.d/raspi3-firmware raspi3-firmware-1.20171201/debian/kernel/postinst.d/raspi3-firmware
--- raspi3-firmware-1.20171201/debian/kernel/postinst.d/raspi3-firmware	2018-01-05 07:00:22.000000000 +0000
+++ raspi3-firmware-1.20171201/debian/kernel/postinst.d/raspi3-firmware	2018-01-21 14:34:39.000000000 +0000
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
   fi
 fi
 
+# Ensure the target directory exists. See https://bugs.debian.org/887062
+mkdir -p /boot/firmware
+
 latest_kernel=$(ls -1 /boot/vmlinuz-* | grep -v '\.dpkg-bak$' | sort -V -r | head -1)
 if [ -z "$latest_kernel" ]; then
   echo "raspi3-firmware: no kernel found in /boot/vmlinuz-*, cannot populate /boot/firmware"
diff -Nru raspi3-firmware-1.20171201/debian/raspi3-firmware.postinst raspi3-firmware-1.20171201/debian/raspi3-firmware.postinst
--- raspi3-firmware-1.20171201/debian/raspi3-firmware.postinst	2018-01-06 17:13:21.000000000 +0000
+++ raspi3-firmware-1.20171201/debian/raspi3-firmware.postinst	2018-01-21 14:35:09.000000000 +0000
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
       fi
     fi
 
+    # Ensure the target directory exists. See https://bugs.debian.org/887062
+    mkdir -p /boot/firmware
+
     for file in /usr/lib/raspi3-firmware/*
     do
       file=$( basename "$file" )