diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8127523c..1a7eb6fb 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 livecd-rootfs (2.208.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Use the correct metapackage for edubuntu-desktop
+  * Hint pinentry-qt4 for kubuntu-desktop to avoid GNOME deps.
 
  -- Adam Conrad <adconrad@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 04 Feb 2015 04:42:54 -0700
 
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index d2bb35c3..965f3658 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ case $PROJECT in
 					xserver-xorg-input-evdev-omap-revert 
 				;;
 			*)
-				add_package install kubuntu-desktop
+				add_package install kubuntu-desktop pinentry-qt4
 				add_package install $HWE_X_PACKAGES
 				;;
 		esac