diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8a35e707..005651e4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.295) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * forcefully add ubuntu-system-settings-online-accounts to ubuntu-touch
+    builds to make sure the dependency is fulfilled in advance
+
+ -- Oliver Grawert <ogra@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:26:40 +0100
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.294) vivid; urgency=medium
 
   * add more verbosity to the copy command for android fragments in
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index 428b8704..e65678f3 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ case $PROJECT in
 		;;
 
 	ubuntu-touch)
-		add_package install ubuntu-minimal ubuntu-touch systemd-sysv- packagekit
+		add_package install ubuntu-minimal ubuntu-touch systemd-sysv- packagekit ubuntu-system-settings-online-accounts
 		COMPONENTS='main restricted universe'
 		BOOTAPPEND_LIVE='hostname=ubuntu-phablet username=ubuntu'
 		export LB_BOOTSTRAP_INCLUDE='apt-transport-https gnupg'