diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 84de170f..1b7ac871 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ livecd-rootfs (2.508) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Use Ubuntu-specific branches when seeding snaps, as required in
     <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuSeededSnaps>.
+  * Add dependency on distro-info for the above.
 
  -- Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 16 Feb 2018 14:02:49 -0800
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index c66d3901..f6468b91 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Architecture: any
 Depends: ${misc:Depends},
          apt-utils,
          debootstrap,
+         distro-info,
          dosfstools,
          e2fsprogs,
          gdisk,