diff --git a/live-build/auto/build b/live-build/auto/build
index 82eb56ee..08598797 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/build
+++ b/live-build/auto/build
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ if  [ "$(dpkg-divert --truename /usr/bin/man)" = "/usr/bin/man.REAL" ]; then
 fi
 EOF
 
-                if [ "$PROJECT" != "ubuntu-base" ]; then
+                if [ "$PROJECT" != "ubuntu-base" ] && [ "$PROJECT" != "ubuntu-oci" ]; then
                     	# ubuntu-minimal is too much for a docker container (it contains
                     	# systemd and other things)
 	                cat >> chroot/usr/local/sbin/unminimize <<'EOF'
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index 888080dd..702af138 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ if [ "$PREINSTALLED" = "true" ]; then
 		ubuntu-server)
 			add_package live oem-config-debconf ubiquity-frontend-debconf
 			;;
-		ubuntu-core|ubuntu-base|base|ubuntu-cpc)
+		ubuntu-core|ubuntu-base|ubuntu-oci|base|ubuntu-cpc)
 			;;
 		ubuntu)
 			add_package live oem-config-gtk ubiquity-frontend-gtk
@@ -785,6 +785,10 @@ case $PROJECT in
 		OPTS="${OPTS:+$OPTS }--bootstrap-flavour=minimal"
 		;;
 
+	ubuntu-oci)
+		OPTS="${OPTS:+$OPTS }--bootstrap-flavour=minimal"
+		;;
+
 	ubuntu-cpc)
 		KERNEL_FLAVOURS=virtual
 
@@ -951,7 +955,7 @@ case $ARCH in
 esac
 
 case $PROJECT:${SUBPROJECT:-} in
-	ubuntu-server:*|ubuntu-base:*)
+	ubuntu-server:*|ubuntu-base:*|ubuntu-oci:*)
 		OPTS="${OPTS:+$OPTS }--linux-packages=none --initramfs=none"
 		KERNEL_FLAVOURS=none
 		BINARY_REMOVE_LINUX=false
@@ -1018,7 +1022,7 @@ echo "SUBPROJECT=\"${SUBPROJECT:-}\"" >> config/binary
 echo "LB_DISTRIBUTION=\"$SUITE\"" >> config/binary
 
 case $PROJECT in
-  ubuntu-cpc|ubuntu-core|ubuntu-base|base)
+  ubuntu-cpc|ubuntu-core|ubuntu-base|ubuntu-oci|base)
     # ubuntu-cpc gets this added in 025-create-groups.chroot, and we do
     # not want this group in projects that are effectively just chroots
     ;;
diff --git a/live-build/functions b/live-build/functions
index 03d637d8..e52c0bb6 100644
--- a/live-build/functions
+++ b/live-build/functions
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ clean_debian_chroot() {
     rm -f chroot/var/cache/debconf/*-old chroot/var/lib/dpkg/*-old
     Chroot chroot apt clean
     # For the docker images we remove even more stuff.
-    if [ "${PROJECT}:${SUBPROJECT:-}" = "ubuntu-base:minimized" ]; then
+    if [ "${PROJECT}:${SUBPROJECT:-}" = "ubuntu-base:minimized" ] || [ "${PROJECT}:${SUBPROJECT:-}" = "ubuntu-oci:minimized" ]; then
         # Remove apt lists (that are currently removed downstream
         # anyway)
         rm -rf chroot/var/lib/apt/lists/*