diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 048194a6..e8becac7 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ livecd-rootfs (2.525.32) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     this series (LP: #1849343).
   * Backport 999-ubuntu-image-customization.chroot to have a common place for
     our cloud-init datasource.  Add some modifications on top to make sure the
-    legacy raspi2 configuration stays the same.  (LP: #1849472)
+    legacy raspi2 configuration stays the same (LP: #1849472).
+  * Backport enabling of adding extra snaps to ubuntu-core images via the
+    EXTRA_SNAPS environment (LP: #1849491).
 
  -- Łukasz 'sil2100' Zemczak <lukasz.zemczak@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 22 Oct 2019 17:34:31 +0200
 
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index 8d800e4e..7862ea2c 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -204,7 +204,10 @@ case $IMAGEFORMAT in
 				*)
 					UBUNTU_IMAGE_ARGS="" ;;
 			esac
-	
+
+			for snap in $EXTRA_SNAPS; do
+				UBUNTU_IMAGE_ARGS="$UBUNTU_IMAGE_ARGS --extra-snaps $snap"
+			done
 			echo "IMAGEFORMAT=$IMAGEFORMAT" >> config/common
 			echo "UBUNTU_IMAGE_ARGS=\"$UBUNTU_IMAGE_ARGS\"" >> config/common
 			# Store model assertion in top dir to get it picked up later as a build artifact