diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ec03ed3c..d53d4fda 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.259) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * merge ubuntu-core system-image fixes from the PPA:
+    - add ubuntu-core-libs
+    - add packages not (yet) in the ubuntu-core seed
+    - fix resolv.conf
+    - make timezone, localtime and hostname writable for cloud-init
+
+ -- Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 29 Oct 2014 11:05:29 +0100
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.258) vivid; urgency=medium
 
   * collect changes to /etc/{passwd|shadow|group|gshadow} in the error output
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index 4d191e0e..f64c4fcf 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -343,10 +343,19 @@ case $PROJECT in
 		if [ "$SUBPROJECT" = "system-image" ]; then
 		        OPTS="${OPTS:+$OPTS }--apt-recommends false"
 			add_task install ubuntu-core
-			# Only in
-			# ppa:ubuntu-foundations-team/ubuntu/ubuntu-core-system-image
-			# at the moment, and PPAs don't have tasks.
-			add_package install click-systemd
+
+                        # some workarounds because the seeds are not quite
+                        # corrent at the moment
+		        add_package install dbus
+		        add_package install libpam-systemd
+                        case $ARCH in
+				i386|amd64)	
+			        add_package install grub-pc ;;
+                        esac
+
+                        # contains the framework definition
+                        add_package install ubuntu-core-libs
+
 			# universe needed for 'system-image-cli'
 			COMPONENTS='main restricted universe'
 		fi
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/08-etc-writable.chroot b/live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/08-etc-writable.chroot
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0ca61c6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/08-etc-writable.chroot
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+mkdir -p /etc/writable
+
+# cloud-init needs to be able to modify hostname and has the ability to
+# set the other two.
+for f in timezone localtime hostname; do
+    if [ -e /etc/$f ]; then
+        echo "I: Moving /etc/$f to /etc/writable/"
+        mv /etc/$f /etc/writable/$f
+    fi
+    echo "I: Linking /etc/$f to /etc/writable/"
+    ln -s writable/$f /etc/$f
+done
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/56-handle_resolvconf.chroot.binary b/live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/56-handle_resolvconf.chroot.binary
deleted file mode 100755
index d92dfd43..00000000
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/56-handle_resolvconf.chroot.binary
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh -x
-#---------------------------------------------------------------------
-# this must be run as a binary hook (outside the chroot) since lb
-# massages resolv.conf on finishing the chroot operations.
-#---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-ln -fs /run/resolvconf/resolv.conf chroot/etc/resolv.conf
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-core/includes.chroot/etc/resolv.conf b/live-build/ubuntu-core/includes.chroot/etc/resolv.conf
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..1a407ee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-core/includes.chroot/etc/resolv.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/run/resolvconf/resolv.conf
\ No newline at end of file