diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 74679739..48d09467 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 livecd-rootfs (2.301) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
+  [ Michael Vogt ]
   * create /boot/uboot on armhf to ensure that its in the system
     tarball and still on the system if ubuntu-core-upgrader
     performs a "format" (LP: #1447652)
   * live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/500-move-kernel-to-device-tar.binary:
     - fix typo in hardware.yaml
 
+  [ Adam Conrad ]
+  * live-build/auto/config: Handle applying priorities to EXTRA_PPAS
+    via the extra_ppa="user/ppaname:priority" syntax (LP: #1450257)
+
  -- Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 28 Apr 2015 08:27:44 +0200
 
 livecd-rootfs (2.300) vivid; urgency=medium
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index c11ea361..5862472c 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -659,6 +659,7 @@ esac
 
 if [ "$EXTRA_PPAS" ]; then
 	rm -f config/archives/extra-ppas.list.chroot \
+	      config/archives/extra-ppas.pref.chroot \
 	      config/archives/extra-ppas.key.chroot
 	gpg_tmpdir="$(mktemp -d)"
 	run_gpg () {
@@ -668,8 +669,23 @@ if [ "$EXTRA_PPAS" ]; then
 			"$@"
 	}
 	for extra_ppa in $EXTRA_PPAS; do
+		extra_ppa_pin=''
+		extra_ppa_origin=''
+		case $extra_ppa in
+		    *:*)
+			extra_ppa_pin=${extra_ppa#*:}
+			extra_ppa=${extra_ppa%:*}
+			;;
+		esac
 		extra_ppa_fingerprint="$(/usr/share/livecd-rootfs/get-ppa-fingerprint "$extra_ppa")"
 		echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/$extra_ppa/ubuntu @DISTRIBUTION@ main" >> config/archives/extra-ppas.list.chroot
+		if [ -n "$extra_ppa_pin" ]; then
+		    extra_ppa_origin="LP-PPA-$(echo $extra_ppa | sed -e 's,/ppa$,,' -e 's,/,-,')"
+		    echo "Package: *" >> config/archives/extra-ppas.pref.chroot
+		    echo "Pin: release o=$extra_ppa_origin" >> config/archives/extra-ppas.pref.chroot
+		    echo "Pin-Priority: $extra_ppa_pin" >> config/archives/extra-ppas.pref.chroot
+		    echo "" >> config/archives/extra-ppas.pref.chroot
+		fi
 		run_gpg --keyring "$gpg_tmpdir/pubring.gpg" \
 			--recv "$extra_ppa_fingerprint"
 		run_gpg --keyring "$gpg_tmpdir/pubring.gpg" \
@@ -692,6 +708,8 @@ if [ "$EXTRA_PPAS" ]; then
 	rm -rf "$gpg_tmpdir"
 	cp -a config/archives/extra-ppas.list.chroot \
 	      config/archives/extra-ppas.list.binary
+	cp -a config/archives/extra-ppas.pref.chroot \
+	      config/archives/extra-ppas.pref.binary
 	cp -a config/archives/extra-ppas.key.chroot \
 	      config/archives/extra-ppas.key.binary
 fi