diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 956b90d2..650f8422 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.179) saucy; urgency=low
+
+  * add 70-reconfigure-autopilot.chroot to ubuntu-touch builds, to make sure
+    the phablet user actually ends up in the autopilot group
+
+ -- Oliver Grawert <ogra@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 27 Aug 2013 11:23:56 +0200
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.178) saucy; urgency=low
 
   * Copying click packages to install search location instead of installing
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-touch/hooks/70-reconfigure-autopilot.chroot b/live-build/ubuntu-touch/hooks/70-reconfigure-autopilot.chroot
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e28394e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-touch/hooks/70-reconfigure-autopilot.chroot
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# make sure the phablet user is in the autopilot group
+# (the user is not available when the package postinst
+# adds all users of the sudo group to the autopilot one
+# so we re-run the package configuration now
+
+echo "making sure phablet user is in the autopilot group"
+
+dpkg -l python-autopilot >/dev/null 2>&1 && dpkg-reconfigure python-autopilot