diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index d0d15536..7d315bba 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Vcs-Bzr: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/livecd-rootfs/trunk
 
 Package: livecd-rootfs
 Architecture: all
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, debootstrap, rsync, python-minimal | python, procps, squashfs-tools (>= 1:3.3-1), grep-dctrl, fdupes, lsb-release, lzma, e2fsprogs
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, debootstrap, rsync, python-minimal | python, procps, squashfs-tools (>= 1:3.3-1), grep-dctrl, fdupes, lsb-release, lzma, e2fsprogs, live-build
 Suggests: partimage
 Description: construction script for the livecd rootfs
  livecd-rootfs provides the script used to create the root filesystem
diff --git a/debian/install b/debian/install
index f960f4ef..c12d1e96 100644
--- a/debian/install
+++ b/debian/install
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 livecd.sh e2fs-zero.py usr/sbin
+live-build usr/share/livecd-rootfs
diff --git a/live-build/auto/build b/live-build/auto/build
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0499a66d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/live-build/auto/build
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+set -e
+
+export LC_ALL=C
+
+(
+	lb bootstrap "$@"
+	lb chroot "$@"
+
+	echo "===== Checking size of /usr/share/doc ====="
+	echo BEGIN docdirs
+	(cd chroot && find usr/share/doc -maxdepth 1 -type d | xargs du -s | sort -nr)
+	echo END docdirs
+
+	if which fdupes >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+		echo "===== Checking for duplicate files ====="
+		echo "first line: <total size for dupes> <different dupes> <all dupes>"
+		echo "data lines: <size for dupes> <number of dupes> <file size> <filename> [<filename> ...]"
+		echo BEGIN fdupes
+		(cd chroot \
+		   && fdupes --recurse --noempty --sameline --size --quiet usr \
+		   | awk '/bytes each/ {s=$1} /^usr/ { n+=1; n2+=NF-1; sum+=s*(NF-1); print s*(NF-1), NF-1, s, $0 } END {print sum, n, n2}' \
+		   | sort -nr
+		)
+		echo END fdupes
+	fi
+
+	lb binary "$@"
+) 2>&1 | tee binary.log
diff --git a/live-build/auto/clean b/live-build/auto/clean
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..5158f42b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/live-build/auto/clean
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+set -e
+
+lb clean noauto "$@"
+
+rm -rf config
+rm -f binary.manifest binary.manifest-desktop binary.log
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ba756d6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+set -e
+
+MIRROR=
+case $(hostname --fqdn) in
+	bld-*.mmjgroup.com)	;;
+	# TODO suffix is either ubuntu or ubuntu-ports
+	*.mmjgroup.com)
+		case $ARCH in
+			i386|amd64)	MIRROR=http://archive.mmjgroup.com/ubuntu/ ;;
+			*)		MIRROR=http://archive.mmjgroup.com/ubuntu-ports/ ;;
+		esac
+		;;
+	*.0c3.net)		MIRROR=http://ftp.iinet.net.au/linux/ubuntu/ ;;
+	*.ubuntu.com)		MIRROR=http://ftpmaster.internal/ubuntu/ ;;
+	*.warthogs.hbd.com)	MIRROR=http://ftpmaster.internal/ubuntu/ ;;
+	*.buildd)		MIRROR=http://ftpmaster.internal/ubuntu/ ;;
+	*)			;;
+esac
+
+OPTS=
+PACKAGES=
+TASKS=
+LIVE_TASKS=
+COMPONENTS=
+BINARY_REMOVE_LINUX=true
+
+case $IMAGEFORMAT in
+	ext2|ext3)
+		OPTS="${OPTS:+$OPTS }--initramfs none"
+		PACKAGES="${PACKAGES:+$PACKAGES }jasper"
+		;;
+
+	*)
+		PACKAGES="${PACKAGES:+$PACKAGES }lupin-casper"
+		;;
+esac
+
+case $PROJECT in
+	ubuntu|ubuntu-dvd)
+		TASKS='minimal standard ubuntu-desktop'
+		LIVE_TASKS='ubuntu-live'
+		;;
+
+	kubuntu|kubuntu-dvd)
+		TASKS='minimal standard kubuntu-desktop'
+		LIVE_TASKS='kubuntu-live'
+		;;
+
+	kubuntu-mobile)
+		TASKS='minimal standard kubuntu-mobile'
+		LIVE_TASKS='kubuntu-mobile-live'
+		COMPONENTS='main restricted universe'
+		;;
+
+	edubuntu|edubuntu-dvd)
+		TASKS='minimal standard edubuntu-desktop-gnome'
+		LIVE_TASKS='edubuntu-live'
+		COMPONENTS='main restricted universe'
+		;;
+
+	xubuntu)
+		TASKS='minimal standard xubuntu-desktop'
+		PACKAGES="${PACKAGES:+$PACKAGES }xterm"
+		LIVE_TASKS='edubuntu-live'
+		COMPONENTS='main restricted universe multiverse'
+		;;
+
+	ubuntu-netbook)
+		TASKS='minimal standard ubuntu-netbook'
+		LIVE_TASKS='netbook-live'
+		;;
+
+	mythbuntu)
+		TASKS='minimal standard mythbuntu-desktop'
+		LIVE_TASKS='mythbuntu-live'
+		COMPONENTS='main restricted universe multiverse'
+		;;
+
+	base)
+		TASKS='minimal standard'
+		;;
+
+	ubuntu-headless)
+		TASKS='minimal standard'
+		;;
+
+	*)
+		echo "unknown project $PROJECT" >&2
+		exit 2
+		;;
+esac
+case $PROJECT in
+	*-dvd)
+		LIVE_TASKS="${LIVE_TASKS:+$LIVE_TASKS }$PROJECT-live"
+		;;
+esac
+
+case $ARCH in
+	armel)
+		# TODO export FLASH_KERNEL_SKIP=1
+		KERNEL_FLAVOURS="$SUBARCH"
+		case $SUBARCH in
+			dove)
+				BINARY_REMOVE_LINUX=false
+				;;
+			omap)
+				PACKAGES="${PACKAGES:+$PACKAGES }x-loader-omap3-beagle u-boot-linaro-omap3-beagle"
+				BINARY_REMOVE_LINUX=false
+				;;
+			omap4)
+				PACKAGES="${PACKAGES:+$PACKAGES }x-loader-omap4-panda u-boot-linaro-omap4-panda"
+				BINARY_REMOVE_LINUX=false
+				;;
+		esac
+		;;
+esac
+
+lb config noauto \
+	--mode ubuntu \
+	--distribution "$SUITE" \
+	--bootstrap-keyring ubuntu-keyring \
+	--binary-images tar \
+	--binary-remove-linux "$BINARY_REMOVE_LINUX" \
+	--source false \
+	--build-with-chroot false \
+	${MIRROR:+--parent-mirror-bootstrap $MIRROR} \
+	${COMPONENTS:+--parent-archive-areas "$COMPONENTS"} \
+	--initsystem none \
+	--bootloader none \
+	--initramfs-compression lzma \
+	${PACKAGES:+--packages "$PACKAGES"} \
+	${TASKS:+--tasks "$TASKS"} \
+	${LIVE_TASKS:+--live-tasks "$LIVE_TASKS"} \
+	$OPTS
+
+case $PROJECT in
+	kubuntu|kubuntu-mobile)
+		ln -s /usr/share/live/build/examples/hooks/kubuntu_chroot_icon-theme.sh config/chroot_local-hooks/
+		;;
+esac
+
+case $PROJECT in
+	*-dvd)
+		. config/bootstrap
+
+		cat > config/chroot_sources/dvd.binary << EOF
+deb $LB_PARENT_MIRROR_BINARY $SUITE universe multiverse
+deb $LB_PARENT_MIRROR_BINARY_SECURITY $SUITE-security universe multiverse
+deb $LB_PARENT_MIRROR_BINARY_VOLATILE $SUITE-updates universe multiverse
+EOF
+		;;
+esac