diff --git a/live-build/auto/build b/live-build/auto/build
index 4b6fdc2e..ce32376c 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/build
+++ b/live-build/auto/build
@@ -551,6 +551,7 @@ fi
 
 # '--initramfs none' produces different manifest names.
 if [ -e "binary/$INITFS/filesystem.packages" ]; then
+    ./snap_seed_parse.py $CHROOT_ROOT >> "binary/$INITFS/filesystem.packages"
 	ln "binary/$INITFS/filesystem.packages" "$PREFIX.manifest"
 	chmod 644 "$PREFIX.manifest"
 fi
diff --git a/live-build/functions b/live-build/functions
index cf68ba16..393b79e2 100644
--- a/live-build/functions
+++ b/live-build/functions
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ create_empty_disk_image() {
     dd if=/dev/zero of="$1" bs=1 count=0 seek="${imagesize}"
 }
 
+create_manifest() {
+    local dpkg_opts=$1
+    local target_file=$2
+    local chroot_root=$3
+    dpkg-query $dpkg_opts > $target_file
+    ./snap_seed_parse.py $chroot_root >> $target_file
+}
+
 make_ext4_partition() {
     device="$1"
     label=${fs_label:+-L "${fs_label}"}
diff --git a/live-build/snap_seed_parse.py b/live-build/snap_seed_parse.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0921248c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/live-build/snap_seed_parse.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+"""
+This file parses the seed.yaml file for the chroot and appends it to the
+given manifest file.
+"""
+
+import re
+import sys
+import yaml
+
+CHROOT_ROOT = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else ''
+'''The chroot rooth path should be passed in by the caller'''
+YAML_PATH = str(CHROOT_ROOT) + 'var/lib/snapd/seed/seed.yaml'
+'''This is where we expect to find the seed.yaml file'''
+LINE_PREFIX = 'snap:'
+'''Snaps are prepended with this string in the manifest'''
+
+# Open the seed.yaml and ingest its contents
+with open(YAML_PATH, 'r') as fh:
+    yaml_lines = yaml.load(fh)['snaps']
+
+to_write = ''
+# Loop over dict items, generating one manifest line from each
+# triplet
+for item in yaml_lines:
+    filestring = item['file']
+    revision = filestring[filestring.rindex('_')+1:]
+    revision = re.sub(r'[^0-9]', '', revision)
+    to_write += "{}{}\t{}\t{}\n".format(LINE_PREFIX,
+                                        item['name'],
+                                        item['channel'],
+                                        revision,
+                                        )
+
+# write accumulated text to stdout for redirection
+print(to_write.strip('\n'))
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/031-0-create-root-dir.binary b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/031-0-create-root-dir.binary
index a4d77bd7..9b7266d1 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/031-0-create-root-dir.binary
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/031-0-create-root-dir.binary
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ mkdir -p $rootfs_dir/lib/modules
 
 teardown_mountpoint $rootfs_dir
 
-dpkg-query --admindir=$rootfs_dir/var/lib/dpkg -W > $rootfs_dir.manifest
+# dpkg-query --admindir=$rootfs_dir/var/lib/dpkg -W > $rootfs_dir.manifest
+create_manifest "--admindir=$rootfs_dir/var/lib/dpkg -W" "$rootfs_dir.manifest" $roofs_dir
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-server/hooks/030-root-squashfs.binary b/live-build/ubuntu-server/hooks/030-root-squashfs.binary
index ad34e76a..6145f235 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-server/hooks/030-root-squashfs.binary
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-server/hooks/030-root-squashfs.binary
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ cp -a chroot/* binary/boot/squashfs.dir
 squashfs_f="${PWD}/livecd.${PROJECT}.squashfs"
 squashfs_f_manifest="${squashfs_f}.manifest"
 
-dpkg-query --admindir=binary/boot/squashfs.dir/var/lib/dpkg -W > ${squashfs_f_manifest}
+# dpkg-query --admindir=binary/boot/squashfs.dir/var/lib/dpkg -W > ${squashfs_f_manifest}
+create_manifest "--admindir=binary/boot/squashfs.dir/var/lib/dpkg -W" "${squashfs_f_manifest}" "binary/boot/squashfs.dir"
 
 (cd "binary/boot/squashfs.dir/" &&
       mksquashfs . ${squashfs_f} \