diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f65e6b84..5637b160 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.250) utopic; urgency=low
+
+  * build system-image without recommends
+
+ -- Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 07 Oct 2014 11:44:09 +0200
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.249) utopic; urgency=medium
 
   * live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/06-handle_resolvconf.chroot: Remove
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index 733d815b..70429d39 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ case $PROJECT in
 		#      and PREINSTALLED means something different. So
 		#      we use SUBPROJECT to pass on the information
 		if [ "$SUBPROJECT" = "system-image" ]; then
+		        OPTS="${OPTS:+$OPTS }--apt-recommends false"
 			add_task install ubuntu-core
 			# Only in
 			# ppa:ubuntu-foundations-team/ubuntu/ubuntu-core-system-image