diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2220e55d..57755b4a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+livecd-rootfs (0.46) hardy; urgency=low
+
+  * Use -nolzma option of mksquashfs, since our current kernel squashfs module
+    does not support it yet (see LP #177634). Bump dependency to
+    squashfs-tools to ensure availability of that option.
+
+ -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:03:41 +0100
+
 livecd-rootfs (0.45) hardy; urgency=low
 
   [ Colin Watson ]
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 780fdfe5..131f3e80 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Vcs-Bzr: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/livecd-rootfs/trunk
 
 Package: livecd-rootfs
 Architecture: all
-Depends: debootstrap, rsync, python-minimal | python, procps, squashfs-tools, grep-dctrl, fdupes
+Depends: debootstrap, rsync, python-minimal | python, procps, squashfs-tools (>= 1:3.3.1), grep-dctrl, fdupes
 Suggests: partimage
 Description: construction script for the livecd rootfs
  livecd-rootfs provides the script used to create the root filesystem
diff --git a/livecd.sh b/livecd.sh
index 59c4960c..99663411 100755
--- a/livecd.sh
+++ b/livecd.sh
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ deb-src ${SECSRCMIRROR} ${STE}-security ${COMP}
       : > livecd.${FSS}.sort
     fi
 
-    mksquashfs ${ROOT} livecd.${FSS}.squashfs -sort livecd.${FSS}.sort
+    mksquashfs ${ROOT} livecd.${FSS}.squashfs -nolzma -sort livecd.${FSS}.sort
     chmod 644 livecd.${FSS}.squashfs
   }