diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a5d5a40d..3ed5d3c4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ livecd-rootfs (2.287) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/00-uid-gid-fix.chroot_early:
     - adjust the {group,gshadow}_bootstrap values. The audio group
       used to be gid 1005 after the bootstrap and is now 29.
+  * live-build/auto/config:
+    - add snappy-ubuntu
 
  -- Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 12 Feb 2015 11:33:00 +0100
 
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index 8d7e0fdc..8396ecd6 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -372,6 +372,8 @@ case $PROJECT in
                         add_package install isc-dhcp-client
                         add_package install resolvconf
                         add_package install click-apparmor
+                        # no Task: header yet
+                        add_package install ubuntu-snappy
 
                         # add special azure package
                         case $ARCH in