diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e9a37267..c0aa845e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 livecd-rootfs (2.525.10) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
+  [ Cody Shepherd ]
   * Include grub efi packages in manifests for uefi images.
 
+  [ Robert C Jennings ]
+  * Disable checksum generation (LP: #1799773)
+
  -- Cody Shepherd <cody.shepherd@canonical.com>  Fri, 26 Oct 2018 15:01:07 -0600
 
 livecd-rootfs (2.525.9) bionic; urgency=medium
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index dc3a8282..ba554125 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -839,6 +839,7 @@ lb config noauto \
 	--initsystem none \
 	--bootloader "$BOOTLOADER" \
 	${INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION:+--initramfs-compression "$INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION"} \
+	--checksums none \
 	--cache false \
 	${BOOTAPPEND_LIVE:+--bootappend-live "$BOOTAPPEND_LIVE"} \
 	$OPTS \