diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index db3036a0..de5fdf11 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.373) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Set timeout options so ppc64el cloud images don't display a grub boot
+    menu (matching the behaviour of other cloud images).
+
+ -- Daniel Watkins <daniel.watkins@canonical.com>  Thu, 28 Jan 2016 09:32:36 +0000
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.372) xenial; urgency=medium
 
   * Install grub in ppc64el cloud images so they are bootable (LP: #1538610)
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/034-disk-image-ppc64el.binary b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/034-disk-image-ppc64el.binary
index 54d1ad03..59ae62b6 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/034-disk-image-ppc64el.binary
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/034-disk-image-ppc64el.binary
@@ -30,7 +30,13 @@ install_grub() {
     mkdir -p mountpoint/etc/default/grub.d
     cat << EOF > mountpoint/etc/default/grub.d/50-cloudimg-settings.cfg
 ${CLOUD_IMG_STR}
-#
+
+# Set the recordfail timeout
+GRUB_RECORDFAIL_TIMEOUT=0
+
+# Do not wait on grub prompt
+GRUB_TIMEOUT=0
+
 # Set the default commandline
 GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="console=hvc0 earlyprintk"
 EOF