diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index cbcc08b2..c6e3858e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+livecd-rootfs (1.102) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * Don't output a newline in filesystem.size.
+
+ -- Evan Dandrea <evand@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:56:27 -0600
+
 livecd-rootfs (0.101) lucid; urgency=low
 
   * Write out the total size of uncompressed squashfs to be used by
diff --git a/livecd.sh b/livecd.sh
index 22e9b645..6645b7c9 100755
--- a/livecd.sh
+++ b/livecd.sh
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ Pin-Priority: 550
   # <http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/6/16/163>.  However, we would like to cache this
   # number for partman's sufficient free space check and ubiquity's
   # installation progress calculation.
-  du -sx --block-size=1 ${ROOT} | cut -f1 > livecd.${FSS}.size || true
+  printf $(du -sx --block-size=1 ${ROOT} | cut -f1) > livecd.${FSS}.size || true
 
   livefs_squash()
   {