diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index fa21cdce..0b413631 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -311,7 +311,13 @@ case $PROJECT in
 			layered)
 				PASSES="install-minimal install live"
 				add_task install-minimal minimal standard ubuntu-desktop-minimal
+				# LANG PASS for minimal
+				add_layered_pass_delta install-minimal desktop-minimal-default-languages '^desktop-minimal-(?!default-languages)[^.]+$'
+				add_layered_pass_delta install-minimal desktop-minimal-default-languages 'nolangpacks'  # none (if no default langpack is selected)
 				add_task install ubuntu-desktop
+				# LANG PASS for install
+				add_layered_pass_delta install desktop-default-languages '^desktop-(?!default-languages|minimal|common)[^.]+$'
+				add_layered_pass_delta install desktop-default-languages 'nolangpacks'  # none (if no default langpack is selected)
 				LIVE_TASK='ubuntu-live'
 				;;
 			*)
diff --git a/live-build/functions b/live-build/functions
index 2bfe3f2d..8635d2c4 100644
--- a/live-build/functions
+++ b/live-build/functions
@@ -643,3 +643,59 @@ add_package ()
 		echo "$pkg" >> "config/package-lists/livecd-rootfs.list.chroot_$pass"
 	done
 }
+
+list_packages_from_seed () {
+    # Store all packages for a given seed, including its seed dependency
+    # $1: Name of the seed to expand to a package list
+
+    local all_seeds="$(inheritance $1)"
+
+    for seed in $all_seeds; do
+        head -n-2 config/germinate-output/${seed}.seed|tail -n+3|awk '{print $1}'
+    done|sort -u
+}
+
+add_layered_pass() {
+    # Add a layer to an existing pass based on seeds matching a regexp
+    # $1 base pass
+    # $2 seeds (regexp)
+
+    for seed in $(ls config/germinate-output/|grep -P "$2"); do
+       pass=${1}_${seed}
+       list_packages_from_seed ${seed} >> config/package-lists/livecd-rootfs.list.chroot_$pass
+    done
+}
+
+add_layered_pass_delta() {
+    # Add a layer to an existing pass based on delta between seeds matching a regexp and a base seed
+    # $1 base pass
+    # $2 base seed
+    # $3 seeds to remove from base seed (regexp). If empty, a no-<base-seed> sublayer is generated.
+
+    local seed_regexp="$3"
+    if [ -z "${seed_regexp}" ]; then
+        substract_package_lists ${2} "" >> config/package-lists/livecd-rootfs.removal-list.chroot_${1}_no-{$2}
+        return
+    fi
+
+    for seed in $(ls config/germinate-output/|grep -P "$seed_regexp"); do
+       pass=${1}_${seed}
+       substract_package_lists ${2} ${seed} >> config/package-lists/livecd-rootfs.removal-list.chroot_$pass
+    done
+}
+
+substract_package_lists() {
+    # Substract a package list from another
+    #
+    # $1 source package list
+    # $2 Package list to substract from source package list
+    local list1=$(mktemp)
+    local list2=$(mktemp)
+
+    list_packages_from_seed $1 > list1
+    list_packages_from_seed $2 > list2
+    comm -23 list1 list2
+
+    rm list1
+    rm list2
+}
diff --git a/live-build/lb_chroot_layered b/live-build/lb_chroot_layered
index 41ebef64..fc3dc275 100755
--- a/live-build/lb_chroot_layered
+++ b/live-build/lb_chroot_layered
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ create_chroot_pass() {
 
 	# Handle direct sublayer of current one
 	# Extract the name of the pass corresponding to the sublayer
-	for subpass in $(ls config/package-lists/*.list.chroot_${pass}_* 2>/dev/null | sed -e "s/.*list\.chroot_\(${pass}_[^_]\+\).*/\1/"); do
+	for subpass in $(ls config/package-lists/*list.chroot_${pass}_* 2>/dev/null | sed -e "s/.*list\.chroot_\(${pass}_[^_]\+\).*/\1/"); do
 		lowerlayers_for_subpass="chroot.${pass}:${lowerlayers}"
 		lowerlayers_for_subpass="${lowerlayers_for_subpass%:}"
 		create_chroot_pass "${subpass}" "${pass}" "${lowerlayers_for_subpass}" "" ${*}