diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7bf741d4..7d7dd8fe 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ livecd-rootfs (23.10.16) mantic; urgency=medium
   * fix: Do not install recommends for ubuntu-cpc minimized project (LP: #2031640)
   * fix: Remove dangling symlink /boot/initrd.img.old if exists (LP: #2031640)
   * fix: Ensure required dependencies are installed before trying `grub-install` (LP: #2031640)
+  * fix: Install required package fuse3 when preseeding snaps (LP: #2031640)
 
  -- Philip Roche <phil.roche@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 17 Aug 2023 11:44:23 +0100
 
diff --git a/live-build/functions b/live-build/functions
index 7a97670c..dea971dc 100644
--- a/live-build/functions
+++ b/live-build/functions
@@ -708,6 +708,12 @@ snap_preseed() {
     SNAP=${SNAP%=*}
     # strip /classic confinement
     local SNAP_NAME=${SNAP%/*}
+
+    # For snap preseed to work, we need to ensure that fuse3 is installed in the chroot.
+    # fuse3 is a recommends of snapd but if this is a minimized image then recommends are not installed
+    # and preseeding will fail.
+    chroot "${CHROOT_ROOT}" apt-get install --assume-yes --no-install-recommends fuse3
+
     # Seed from the specified channel (e.g. core18 latest/stable)
     # Or Channel endcoded in the snap name (e.g. lxd=4.0/stable/ubuntu-20.04)
     # Or Ubuntu policy default channel latest/stable/ubuntu-$(release_ver)