diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 274feb10..f6024673 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.542.5) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Strip translation files out of the minimal images, another thing that
+    goes unused when there is no human console user (and we already don't
+    have the locales themselves present on a minimal image).  LP: #1829333.
+
+ -- Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 17 May 2019 18:21:15 +0200
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.542.4) cosmic; urgency=medium
 
   [ Robert C Jennings ]
diff --git a/live-build/auto/build b/live-build/auto/build
index 1d36ed06..de08261f 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/build
+++ b/live-build/auto/build
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ Expire-Date: 0
 # Drop all man pages
 path-exclude=/usr/share/man/*
 
+# Drop all translations
+path-exclude=/usr/share/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/*.mo
+
 # Drop all documentation ...
 path-exclude=/usr/share/doc/*
 
@@ -170,6 +173,10 @@ if [ -f /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/excludes ] || [ -f /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/excludes.dp
     # This step processes the packages which still have missing documentation
     dpkg --verify --verify-format rpm | awk '/..5......   \/usr\/share\/doc/ {print $2}' | sed 's|/[^/]*$||' | sort |uniq \
          | xargs dpkg -S | sed 's|, |\n|g;s|: [^:]*$||' | uniq | DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive xargs apt-get install --reinstall -y
+    echo "Restoring system translations..."
+    # This step processes the packages which still have missing translations
+    dpkg --verify --verify-format rpm | awk '/..5......   \/usr\/share\/locale/ {print $2}' | sed 's|/[^/]*$||' | sort |uniq \
+         | xargs dpkg -S | sed 's|, |\n|g;s|: [^:]*$||' | uniq | DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive xargs apt-get install --reinstall -y
     if dpkg --verify --verify-format rpm | awk '/..5......   \/usr\/share\/doc/ {exit 1}'; then
         echo "Documentation has been restored successfully."
         rm /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/excludes.dpkg-tmp