diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3b676f01..ae157648 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.500) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Disable the snapd.refresh.timer in the live server session.
+
+ -- Michael Hudson-Doyle <michael.hudson@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 08 Feb 2018 13:43:12 +1300
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.499) bionic; urgency=medium
 
   * live-build/auto/config: Take into account SUBPROJECT when setting seeded
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-server/includes.binary/overlay/etc/systemd/system/snapd.refresh.timer b/live-build/ubuntu-server/includes.binary/overlay/etc/systemd/system/snapd.refresh.timer
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..dc1dc0cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-server/includes.binary/overlay/etc/systemd/system/snapd.refresh.timer
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/dev/null
\ No newline at end of file