diff --git a/boottest.py b/boottest.py
index 1ae174c..ec4682e 100644
--- a/boottest.py
+++ b/boottest.py
@@ -11,7 +11,52 @@
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
-from __future__ import print_function
+import os
+
+
+class TouchManifest(object):
+    """Parses a corresponding touch image manifest.
+
+    Based on http://cdimage.u.c/ubuntu-touch/daily-preinstalled/pending/vivid-preinstalled-touch-armhf.manifest
+
+    Assumes the deployment is arranged in a way the manifest is available
+    and fresh on:
+
+    'data/boottest/{distribution}/{series}/manifest'
+
+    Only binary name matters, version is ignored, so callsites can:
+
+    >>> manifest = TouchManifest('ubuntu', 'vivid')
+    >>> 'webbrowser-app' in manifest
+    True
+    >>> 'firefox' in manifest
+    False
+
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, distribution, series):
+        self.path = 'data/boottest/{}/{}/manifest'.format(
+            distribution, series)
+        self._manifest = self._load()
+
+    def _load(self):
+        pkg_list = []
+
+        if not os.path.exists(self.path):
+            return pkg_list
+
+        with open(self.path) as fd:
+            for line in fd.readlines():
+                name, version = line.split()
+                name = name.split(':')[0]
+                if name == 'click':
+                    continue
+                pkg_list.append(name)
+
+        return sorted(pkg_list)
+
+    def __contains__(self, key):
+        return key in self._manifest
 
 
 class BootTest(object):
@@ -25,16 +70,7 @@ class BootTest(object):
         self.distribution = distribution
         self.series = series
         self.debug = debug
-
-
-    def _source_in_image(self, name):
-        """Whether or not the given source name is in the phone image."""
-        # XXX cprov 20150120: replace with a phone image manifest/content
-        # check.
-        if name == 'apache2':
-            return False
-
-        return True
+        self.phone_manifest = TouchManifest(self.distribution, self.series)
 
     def _get_status_label(self, name, version):
         """Return the current boottest status label."""
@@ -53,7 +89,7 @@ class BootTest(object):
         Annotate skipped packages (currently not in phone image) or add
         the current testing status (see `_get_status_label`).
         """
-        if not self._source_in_image(excuse.name):
+        if excuse.name not in self.phone_manifest:
             label = 'SKIPPED'
         else:
             label = self._get_status_label(excuse.name, excuse.ver[1])
diff --git a/tests/test_boottest.py b/tests/test_boottest.py
index 93e2789..92b7cb8 100644
--- a/tests/test_boottest.py
+++ b/tests/test_boottest.py
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 # (at your option) any later version.
 
 import os
+import shutil
 import sys
+import tempfile
 import unittest
 
 
@@ -15,6 +17,53 @@ PROJECT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 sys.path.insert(0, PROJECT_DIR)
 
 from tests import TestBase
+from boottest import TouchManifest
+
+
+def create_manifest(manifest_dir, lines):
+    """Helper function for writing touch image manifests."""
+    os.makedirs(manifest_dir)
+    with open(os.path.join(manifest_dir, 'manifest'), 'w') as fd:
+        fd.write('\n'.join(lines))
+
+
+class TestTouchManifest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestTouchManifest, self).setUp()
+        self.path = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='boottest')
+        os.chdir(self.path)
+        self.datadir = os.path.join(self.path, 'data/boottest/')
+        os.makedirs(self.datadir)
+        self.addCleanup(shutil.rmtree, self.path)
+
+    def test_missing(self):
+        # Missing manifest file silently results in empty contents.
+        manifest = TouchManifest('ubuntu', 'vivid')
+        self.assertEqual([], manifest._manifest)
+        self.assertNotIn('foo', manifest)
+
+    def test_simple(self):
+        # Existing manifest file allows callsites to properly check presence.
+        manifest_dir = os.path.join(self.datadir, 'ubuntu/vivid')
+        manifest_lines = [
+            'bar 1234',
+            'foo:armhf       1~beta1',
+            'boing1-1.2\t666',
+            'click:com.ubuntu.shorts	0.2.346'
+        ]
+        create_manifest(manifest_dir, manifest_lines)
+
+        manifest = TouchManifest('ubuntu', 'vivid')
+        # We can dig deeper on the manifest package names list ...
+        self.assertEqual(
+            ['bar', 'boing1-1.2', 'foo'], manifest._manifest)
+        # but the '<name> in manifest' API reads better.
+        self.assertIn('foo', manifest)
+        self.assertIn('boing1-1.2', manifest)
+        self.assertNotIn('baz', manifest)
+        # 'click' name is blacklisted due to the click package syntax.
+        self.assertNotIn('click', manifest)
 
 
 class TestBoottestEnd2End(TestBase):
@@ -33,6 +82,17 @@ class TestBoottestEnd2End(TestBase):
             'green',
             False,
             {'Depends': 'libc6 (>= 0.9), libgreen1'})
+        self.create_manifest([
+            'green 1.0',
+            'pyqt5:armhf 1.0',
+        ])
+
+    def create_manifest(self, lines):
+        """Create a manifest for this britney run context."""
+        path = os.path.join(
+            self.data.path,
+            'data/boottest/ubuntu/{}'.format(self.data.series))
+        create_manifest(path, lines)
 
     def do_test(self, context, expect=None, no_expect=None):
         """Process the given package context and assert britney results."""