diff --git a/BuildLiveCD b/BuildLiveCD
index b9dbd4d1..5ca05659 100755
--- a/BuildLiveCD
+++ b/BuildLiveCD
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ for STE in $SUITES; do
     if [ -d ~/build-${STE}-live/chroot-${STE} ]; then
 	sudo chroot ~/build-${STE}-live/chroot-${STE} apt-get -qq update || true
 	sudo chroot ~/build-${STE}-live/chroot-${STE} apt-get -y dist-upgrade || true
-	sudo chroot ~/build-${STE}-live/chroot-${STE} apt-get -y install livecd-rootfs ubuntu-defaults-builder || true
+	sudo chroot ~/build-${STE}-live/chroot-${STE} apt-get -y install livecd-rootfs || true
+	sudo chroot ~/build-${STE}-live/chroot-${STE} apt-get -y --install-recommends ubuntu-defaults-builder || true
     fi
 done
 for STE in $SUITES; do
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 305c1344..f829a3d4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ livecd-rootfs (2.36) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   * BuildLiveCD: Add subproject and ubuntu-defaults-image locale to error
     mail subject.
+  * BuildLiveCD: Install recommendations of ubuntu-defaults-builder.
 
  -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:02:05 +0100