diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 89b88f86..766a850a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.232) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  [ James Hunt ]
+  * live-build/auto/config: Enable universe for system-image ubuntu-core
+    sub-project which requires 'system-image-cli'.
+
+ -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:53:15 +0100
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.231) utopic; urgency=medium
 
   * Hard-code installation of libmirclientplatform-android and
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index e2bcea9b..9d49de44 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -330,6 +330,8 @@ case $PROJECT in
 		#      we use SUBPROJECT to pass on the information
 		if [ "$SUBPROJECT" = "system-image" ]; then
 			add_task install ubuntu-core
+			# universe needed for 'system-image-cli'
+			COMPONENTS='main restricted universe'
 		fi
 		OPTS="${OPTS:+$OPTS }--bootstrap-flavour=minimal"
 		;;