diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9db4bced..76f2d37f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.189) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * Explicitly add the ubuntu-desktop task to Edubuntu builds, so that any
+    ambiguous dependencies resolved by the contents of the ubuntu-desktop
+    task are actually resolved reliably.
+
+ -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:57:39 +0100
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.188) saucy; urgency=low
 
   * ship policykit rules for networkmanager, now that we use it on touch
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index e6011089..14feffad 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ case $PROJECT in
 		;;
 
 	edubuntu|edubuntu-dvd)
-		add_task install minimal standard edubuntu-desktop-gnome
+		add_task install minimal standard ubuntu-desktop edubuntu-desktop-gnome
 		LIVE_TASK='edubuntu-live'
 		COMPONENTS='main restricted universe'
 		;;