diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 6358738e..5ea1443b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Depends: ${misc:Depends},
          python3-software-properties,
          qemu-utils,
          rsync,
-         snapd,
+         snapd (>= 2.39),
          squashfs-tools (>= 1:3.3-1),
          sudo,
          u-boot-tools [armhf arm64],
diff --git a/live-build/functions b/live-build/functions
index 3a558820..0597715c 100644
--- a/live-build/functions
+++ b/live-build/functions
@@ -579,6 +579,15 @@ snap_preseed() {
             touch "$CHROOT_ROOT/var/lib/snapd/seed/.snapd-explicit-install-stamp"
             ;;
     esac
+
+
+    # Do basic validation of generated snapd seed.yaml, doing it here
+    # means we catch all the places(tm) that snaps are added but the
+    # downside is that each time a snap is added the seed must be valid,
+    # i.e. snaps with bases need to add bases first etc.
+    if [ -e chroot/var/lib/snapd/seed/seed.yaml ]; then
+        snap debug validate-seed "$CHROOT_ROOT/var/lib/snapd/seed/seed.yaml"
+    fi
 }
 
 is_live_layer () {