diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c3206016..530d7451 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.19) oneiric; urgency=low
+
+  * Add support for building a pool of packages into the live config:
+    - define SEEDMIRROR, PREINSTALL_POOL, PREINSTALL_POOL_SEEDS in config
+    - set PREINSTALL_POOL_SEEDS to "server-ship" for ubuntu-server
+    - crib seed inheritance logic from cdimage implementation of same
+    - run germinate against seeds from SEEDMIRROR if to populate
+      PREINSTALL_POOL with a list of packages from PREINSTALL_POOL_SEEDS
+    - create a local-hook to download PREINSTALL_POOL packages to rootfs
+  * And add support to deal with the above pool of packages during build:
+    - generate a GPG key in the background if we're going to need one
+    - create a sources.list.d entry pointing at the rootfs pool
+    - create a Packages file and create and sign a Release file
+    - add our previously-generated key to the apt keyring and toss it
+
+ -- Adam Conrad <adconrad@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:26:01 -0600
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.18) oneiric; urgency=low
 
   * export LB_LINUX_FLAVOURS="none" in auto/clean, so the clean
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index cf8d4112..50190713 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Vcs-Bzr: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/livecd-rootfs/trunk
 
 Package: livecd-rootfs
 Architecture: all
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, debootstrap, rsync, python-minimal | python, procps, squashfs-tools (>= 1:3.3-1), grep-dctrl, fdupes, lsb-release, lzma, e2fsprogs, live-build (>= 3.0~a22-1ubuntu1)
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, debootstrap, rsync, python-minimal | python, procps, squashfs-tools (>= 1:3.3-1), grep-dctrl, fdupes, lsb-release, lzma, e2fsprogs, germinate (>= 1.25.1), apt-utils, gnupg, live-build (>= 3.0~a22-1ubuntu1)
 Suggests: partimage
 Description: construction script for the livecd rootfs
  livecd-rootfs provides the script used to create the root filesystem
diff --git a/live-build/auto/build b/live-build/auto/build
index 2d918568..ff927926 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/build
+++ b/live-build/auto/build
@@ -12,9 +12,66 @@ Read_conffiles config/all config/common config/bootstrap config/chroot config/bi
 Set_defaults
 
 (
+	if [ -d gnupg ]; then
+		cat << @@EOF > gnupg/NEWKEY
+Key-Type: DSA
+Key-Length: 1024
+Name-Real: Ubuntu Local Archive One-Time Signing Key
+Name-Email: cdimage@ubuntu.com
+Expire-Date: 0
+@@EOF
+		gpg --home gnupg --gen-key --batch < gnupg/NEWKEY \
+			> gnupg/generate.log 2>&1 &
+		GPG_PROCESS=$!
+	fi
+
 	lb bootstrap "$@"
 	lb chroot "$@"
 
+	if [ -d chroot/var/lib/preinstalled-pool ]; then
+		(cd chroot/var/lib/preinstalled-pool/ && apt-ftparchive packages . > Packages)
+		bzip2 -9 -c chroot/var/lib/preinstalled-pool/Packages \
+			> chroot/var/lib/preinstalled-pool/Packages.bz2
+		cat << @@EOF > chroot/etc/apt/sources.list.preinstall
+# This is a sources.list entry for a small pool of packages
+# provided on your preinstalled filesystem for your convenience.
+#
+# It is perfectly safe to delete both this entry and the directory
+# it references, should you want to save disk space and fetch the
+# packages remotely instead.
+#
+deb file:/var/lib/preinstalled-pool/ ./
+#
+@@EOF
+
+		cat chroot/etc/apt/sources.list.preinstall chroot/etc/apt/sources.list \
+			> chroot/etc/apt/sources.list.new
+		mv chroot/etc/apt/sources.list.new chroot/etc/apt/sources.list
+		rm chroot/etc/apt/sources.list.preinstall
+
+		echo "Waiting on gnupg ("$GPG_PROCESS") to finish generating a key."
+		wait $GPG_PROCESS
+
+		R_ORIGIN=$(lsb_release -i -s)
+		R_CODENAME=$(lsb_release -c -s)
+		R_VERSION=$(lsb_release -r -s)
+		R_PRETTYNAME=$(echo $R_CODENAME | sed -e 's/^\(.\)/\U\1/')
+
+		apt-ftparchive -o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Origin=$R_ORIGIN \
+			-o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Label=$R_ORIGIN \
+			-o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Suite=$R_CODENAME-local \
+			-o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Version=$R_VERSION \
+			-o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Codename=$R_CODENAME \
+			-o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Description="$R_ORIGIN $R_PRETTYNAME Local" \
+			release chroot/var/lib/preinstalled-pool/ > gnupg/Release
+
+		gpg --home gnupg --detach-sign --armor gnupg/Release
+		mv gnupg/Release chroot/var/lib/preinstalled-pool/Release
+		mv gnupg/Release.asc chroot/var/lib/preinstalled-pool/Release.gpg
+		apt-key --keyring chroot/etc/apt/trusted.gpg add gnupg/pubring.gpg
+		rm chroot/var/lib/preinstalled-pool/Packages
+	fi
+
 	echo "===== Checking size of /usr/share/doc ====="
 	echo BEGIN docdirs
 	(cd chroot && find usr/share/doc -maxdepth 1 -type d | xargs du -s | sort -nr)
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index ea017404..fc85468e 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ set -e
 
 rm -rf config
 
+SEEDMIRROR=http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/seeds/
 if [ -z "$MIRROR" ]; then
 	case $(hostname --fqdn) in
 		bld-*.mmjgroup.com)	;;
@@ -18,9 +19,15 @@ if [ -z "$MIRROR" ]; then
 				*)		MIRROR=http://mirrors.0c3.net/ubuntu-ports/ ;;
 			esac
 			;;
-		*.ubuntu.com)		MIRROR=http://ftpmaster.internal/ubuntu/ ;;
-		*.warthogs.hbd.com)	MIRROR=http://ftpmaster.internal/ubuntu/ ;;
-		*.buildd)		MIRROR=http://ftpmaster.internal/ubuntu/ ;;
+		*.ubuntu.com)		MIRROR=http://ftpmaster.internal/ubuntu/
+					SEEDMIRROR=http://archive-team.internal/seeds/
+					;;
+		*.warthogs.hbd.com)	MIRROR=http://ftpmaster.internal/ubuntu/
+					SEEDMIRROR=http://archive-team.internal/seeds/
+					;;
+		*.buildd)		MIRROR=http://ftpmaster.internal/ubuntu/
+					SEEDMIRROR=http://archive-team.internal/seeds/
+					;;
 	esac
 fi
 
@@ -56,10 +63,14 @@ MEMTEST=none
 SOURCE='--source false'
 BOOTLOADER=none
 LIVE_TASK=
+PREINSTALLED=false
+PREINSTALL_POOL=
+PREINSTALL_POOL_SEEDS=
 
 case $IMAGEFORMAT in
 	ext2|ext3|ext4)
 		OPTS="${OPTS:+$OPTS }--initramfs none --chroot-filesystem $IMAGEFORMAT"
+		PREINSTALLED=true
 		case $SUBPROJECT in
 			wubi)
 				add_package install lupin-support
@@ -72,6 +83,7 @@ case $IMAGEFORMAT in
 
 	plain)
 		OPTS="${OPTS:+$OPTS }--initramfs none --chroot-filesystem $IMAGEFORMAT"
+		PREINSTALLED=true
 		;;
 
 	*)
@@ -140,6 +152,7 @@ case $PROJECT in
 
 	ubuntu-server)
 		add_task install minimal standard
+		PREINSTALL_POOL_SEEDS='server-ship'
 		;;
 
 	ubuntu-core)
@@ -237,3 +250,82 @@ deb $LB_PARENT_MIRROR_BINARY_VOLATILE $SUITE-updates universe multiverse
 EOF
 		;;
 esac
+
+# cribbed from cdimage, perhaps this should be a small helper script in germinate?
+add_inheritance () {
+	case " $inherit " in
+		*" $1 "*)
+			;;
+		*)
+			inherit="${inherit:+$inherit }$1"
+			;;
+	esac
+}
+
+expand_inheritance () {
+	for seed in $(grep "^$1:" germinate-output/structure | cut -d: -f2); do
+		expand_inheritance "$seed"
+	done
+	add_inheritance "$1"
+}
+
+inheritance () {
+	inherit=
+	expand_inheritance "$1"
+	echo "$inherit"
+}
+
+if [ "$PREINSTALLED" = "true" ]; then
+	if [ -n "$PREINSTALL_POOL_SEEDS" ]; then
+		rm -rf germinate-output && mkdir germinate-output
+		case $PROJECT in
+			kubuntu-mobile*)
+				SEED=kubuntu-mobile.$SUITE
+				;;
+			kubuntu*)
+				SEED=kubuntu.$SUITE
+				;;
+			xubuntu*)
+				SEED=xubuntu.$SUITE
+				;;
+			*)
+				SEED=ubuntu.$SUITE
+				;;
+		esac
+		(cd germinate-output && germinate --no-rdepends --no-installer \
+			-S $SEEDMIRROR -m $MIRROR -d $SUITE -s $SEED \
+			${COMPONENTS:+-c "$COMPONENTS"} -a $ARCH)
+
+		UNWANTED_SEEDS="${LIVE_TASK:+$LIVE_TASK }boot installer required"
+		for i in $UNWANTED_SEEDS; do
+			UNWANTED_SEEDS="${UNWANTED_SEEDS:+$UNWANTED_SEEDS }$(inheritance $i)"
+		done
+
+		for i in $PREINSTALL_POOL_SEEDS; do
+			PREINSTALL_POOL_SEEDS="${PREINSTALL_POOL_SEEDS:+$PREINSTALL_POOL_SEEDS }$(inheritance $i)"
+		done
+
+		for i in $PREINSTALL_POOL_SEEDS; do
+			case " $UNWANTED_SEEDS " in
+				*" $i "*)
+					;;
+				*)
+					PPS_EXP="${PPS_EXP:+$PPS_EXP }$i"
+					;;
+			esac
+		done
+
+		for i in $PPS_EXP; do
+			PREINSTALL_POOL="$PREINSTALL_POOL $(awk '{print $1}' \
+			germinate-output/$i | egrep -v '^-|^Package|^\|' | tr '\n' ' ')"
+		done
+	fi
+	if [ -n "$PREINSTALL_POOL" ]; then
+		rm -rf gnupg && mkdir gnupg
+		PREINSTALL_POOL_HOOK=config/chroot_local-hooks/preinstall-pool.sh
+		echo "#! /bin/sh" > $PREINSTALL_POOL_HOOK
+		echo "mkdir -p /var/lib/preinstalled-pool/" >> $PREINSTALL_POOL_HOOK
+		echo "cd /var/lib/preinstalled-pool/" >> $PREINSTALL_POOL_HOOK
+		echo "apt-get -y download $PREINSTALL_POOL" >> $PREINSTALL_POOL_HOOK
+	fi
+fi