diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ebdc42f7..6024d69d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.408.70) xenial; urgency=medium
+
+  * Mark grub-pc-bin as manual install to avoid autoremoval (LP: #2045418)
+
+ -- Philip Roche <phil.roche@canonical.com>  Mon, 04 Dec 2023 12:39:49 +0000
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.408.69) xenial; urgency=medium
 
   [Steve Langasek]
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image-uefi.binary b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image-uefi.binary
index fa0a3ed6..eb4eab99 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image-uefi.binary
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image-uefi.binary
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ install_grub() {
             efi_target=arm64-efi
             ;;
         amd64)
+            # LP#2045418 - grub-pc-bin is installed as a dependency of grub-pc and is required for grub-install.
+            # However, when grub-efi-amd64 is installed, grub-pc is removed and grub-pc-bin is marked for autoremoval.
+            # This causes grub-install to fail. To avoid this we mark grub-pc-bin as manually installed.
+            chroot mountpoint apt-mark manual grub-pc-bin
             chroot mountpoint apt-get install -qqy grub-efi-amd64-signed grub-efi-amd64 shim-signed
             grub_modules="multiboot serial usb usb_keyboard"
             efi_target=x86_64-efi