diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9401c4f6..71aa8eea 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+livecd-rootfs (1.118) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * add temporary workaround for genext2fs bug 583317 (wrong filesystem
+    revision for ext3 filesystems)
+
+ -- Oliver Grawert <ogra@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:37:05 +0200
+
 livecd-rootfs (1.117) maverick; urgency=low
 
   * Only use tmpfs on amd64, due to space restrictions on the current
diff --git a/livecd.sh b/livecd.sh
index 127387ec..fb8699fc 100755
--- a/livecd.sh
+++ b/livecd.sh
@@ -679,6 +679,8 @@ Pin-Priority: 550
     if [ "$IMAGEFORMAT" = "ext3" ]; then
         tune2fs -j livecd.${FSS}.ext2
         mv livecd.${FSS}.ext2 livecd.${FSS}.ext3
+        # temporary workaround for LP: #583317 with ext3 images
+        e2fsck -fy livecd.${FSS}.ext3 > /dev/null 2>&1
     fi
 
     # LTSP chroot building (only in 32bit and for Edubuntu (DVD))