diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8089d062..6d6b0c39 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.510) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Set INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION to gzip for live-server builds to speed up the
+    boot. (LP: #1750873)
+
+ -- Michael Hudson-Doyle <michael.hudson@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 13 Mar 2018 21:24:27 +1300
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.509) bionic; urgency=medium
 
   [ Steve Langasek ]
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index 6dc8881f..0601ab67 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ case $PROJECT in
 				case $ARCH in
 					amd64)	add_package live linux-signed-generic ;;
 				esac
+				INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION='gzip'
 				;;
 		esac
 		COMPONENTS='main'