diff --git a/live-build/snap-seed-parse.py b/live-build/snap-seed-parse.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+ 
+"""
+Usage: snap-seed-parse [${chroot_dir}] <output file>
+ 
+This script looks for a seed.yaml path in the given root directory, parsing
+it and appending the parsed lines to the given output file.
+ 
+The $chroot_dir argument is optional and will default to the empty string.
+"""
+ 
+import argparse
+import os.path
+import re
+import yaml
+ 
+ 
+def log(msg):
+    print("snap-seed-parse: {}".format(msg))
+ 
+ 
+log("Parsing seed.yaml")
+ 
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument('chroot', nargs='?', default='',
+                    help='root dir for the chroot from which to generate the '
+                         'manifest')
+parser.add_argument('file', help='Output manifest to this file')
+ 
+ARGS = parser.parse_args()
+CHROOT_ROOT = ARGS.chroot
+FNAME = ARGS.file
+ 
+# Trim any trailing slashes for correct appending
+log("CHROOT_ROOT: {}".format(CHROOT_ROOT))
+if len(CHROOT_ROOT) > 0 and CHROOT_ROOT[-1] == '/':
+    CHROOT_ROOT = CHROOT_ROOT[:-1]
+ 
+# This is where we expect to find the seed.yaml file
+YAML_PATH = CHROOT_ROOT + '/var/lib/snapd/seed/seed.yaml'
+ 
+# Snaps are prepended with this string in the manifest
+LINE_PREFIX = 'snap:'
+ 
+log("yaml path: {}".format(YAML_PATH))
+if not os.path.isfile(YAML_PATH):
+    log("WARNING: yaml path not found; no seeded snaps found.")
+    exit(0)
+else:
+    log("yaml path found.")
+ 
+with open(YAML_PATH, 'r') as fh:
+    yaml_lines = yaml.safe_load(fh)['snaps']
+ 
+log('Writing manifest to {}'.format(FNAME))
+ 
+with open(FNAME, 'a+') as fh:
+    for item in yaml_lines:
+        filestring = item['file']
+        # Pull the revision number off the file name
+        revision = filestring[filestring.rindex('_')+1:]
+        revision = re.sub(r'[^0-9]', '', revision)
+        fh.write("{}{}\t{}\t{}\n".format(LINE_PREFIX,
+                                         item['name'],
+                                         item['channel'],
+                                         revision,
+                                         ))
+log('Manifest output finished.')