diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7714ac30..e8aa1da5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.386) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * add dpkg.list to assets of the kernel snap
+
+ -- Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 09 Mar 2016 23:16:55 +0100
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.385) xenial; urgency=medium
 
   * add snap building for kernel snaps
diff --git a/live-build/auto/build b/live-build/auto/build
index e4a3d9de..946fa731 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/build
+++ b/live-build/auto/build
@@ -491,11 +491,17 @@ EOF
         # compress everything
         cd $TMPDIR
         tarname="device.tar.gz"
+        manifestname="device.manifest"
         if [ "$devarch" = "raspi2" ];then
             tarname="raspi2.$tarname"
+            manifestname="$devarch.$manifestname"
         fi
+        # create tarfile
         tar -c -z -f $HERE/$PREFIX.$tarname system assets hardware.yaml
 
+        # create device specific manifest to track kernel dpkg version
+        cp assets/dpkg.list $HERE/$PREFIX.$manifestname
+
         # show size of initrd and kernel in the log
         ls -lh assets/