diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c2c7b5c..e37eeb0 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ ubuntu-dev-tools (0.101) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * requestsync: Fix bug where the variable 'hasLP' is not always set
     (lp: #607874).
 
- -- Michael Bienia <geser@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:44:18 +0200
+  [ Steve Beattie ]
+  * mk-schroot: add debootstrap include/exclude options
+  * mk-schroot.1: document added options
+
+ -- Steve Beattie <sbeattie@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:02:52 -0700
 
 ubuntu-dev-tools (0.100) maverick; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/doc/mk-sbuild.1 b/doc/mk-sbuild.1
index 8899ffe..e4d95c7 100644
--- a/doc/mk-sbuild.1
+++ b/doc/mk-sbuild.1
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ Use FILE as the sources.list template (defaults to $HOME/.mk\-sbuild.sources).
 Use URL as the debootstrap source (defaults to http://ports.ubuntu.com for lpia,
 official Ubuntu repositories for the supported architectures).
 .TP
+.B \-\-debootstrap\-include=alpha,beta
+Pass along a comma separated list of packages to debootstrap's --include
+argument. See debootstrap (8) for more details.
+.TP
+.B \-\-debootstrap\-exclude=alpha,beta
+Pass along a comma separated list of packages to debootstrap's --exclude
+argument. WARNING: be careful using this option as you can end up
+excluding essential package. See debootstrap (8) for more details.
+.TP
 .B \-\-distro=DISTRO
 Enable distro-specific logic.  Currently known distros: "ubuntu" (default)
 and "debian".
@@ -66,6 +75,12 @@ Do not include the \-updates pocket in the installed sources.list.
 .B DEBOOTSTRAP_MIRROR
 Mirror location (same as \-\-debootstrap-mirror)
 .TP
+.B DEBOOTSTRAP_INCLUDE
+Comma separated list of packages to include when bootstrapping (same as \-\-debootstrap-include)
+.TP
+.B DEBOOTSTRAP_EXCLUDE
+Comma separated list of packages to exclude when bootstrapping (same as \-\-debootstrap-exclude; see warning above)
+.TP
 .B SOURCE_CHROOTS_DIR
 use SOURCE_CHROOTS_DIR as home of schroot source directories. (default
 /var/lib/schroot/chroots)
diff --git a/mk-sbuild b/mk-sbuild
index 5ca3744..f97f144 100755
--- a/mk-sbuild
+++ b/mk-sbuild
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ function usage()
     echo "  --skip-updates             Do not include -updates pocket in sources.list"
     echo "  --source-template=FILE     Use FILE as the sources.list template"
     echo "  --debootstrap-mirror=URL   Use URL as the debootstrap source"
+    echo "  --debootstrap-include=list Comma separated list of packages to include"
+    echo "  --debootstrap-exclude=list Comma separated list of packages to exclude"
     echo "  --distro=DISTRO            Install specific distro:"
     echo "                                 'ubuntu'(default), or 'debian'"
     echo "  --type=SCHROOT_TYPE        Define the schroot type:"
@@ -126,6 +128,8 @@ function usage()
     echo "  SCHROOT_CONF_SUFFIX        Lines to append to schroot.conf entries"
     echo "  SKIP_UPDATES               Enable --skip-updates"
     echo "  DEBOOTSTRAP_MIRROR         Mirror location (same as --debootstrap-mirror)"
+    echo "  DEBOOTSTRAP_INCLUDE        Included packages (same as --debootstrap-include)"
+    echo "  DEBOOTSTRAP_EXCLUDE        Excluded packages (same as --debootstrap-exclude)"
     echo "  TEMPLATE_SOURCES           A template for sources.list"
     echo "  TEMPLATE_SCHROOTCONF       A template for schroot.conf stanza"
     exit 1
@@ -135,7 +139,7 @@ function usage()
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then
     usage
 fi
-OPTS=`getopt -o '' --long "help,debug,skip-updates,arch:,name:,source-template:,debootstrap-mirror:,personality:,distro:,vg:,type:" -- "$@"`
+OPTS=`getopt -o '' --long "help,debug,skip-updates,arch:,name:,source-template:,debootstrap-mirror:,debootstrap-include:,debootstrap-exclude:,personality:,distro:,vg:,type:" -- "$@"`
 eval set -- "$OPTS"
 
 VG=""
@@ -179,6 +183,14 @@ while :; do
             DEBOOTSTRAP_MIRROR="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
+        --debootstrap-include)
+            DEBOOTSTRAP_INCLUDE="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --debootstrap-exclude)
+            DEBOOTSTRAP_EXCLUDE="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
         --distro)
             DISTRO="$2"
             shift 2
@@ -362,6 +374,14 @@ debian)
     ;;
 esac
 
+if [ -n "$DEBOOTSTRAP_INCLUDE" ] ; then
+    debootstrap_opts="--include=$DEBOOTSTRAP_INCLUDE"
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$DEBOOTSTRAP_EXCLUDE" ] ; then
+    debootstrap_opts="$debootstrap_opts --exclude=$DEBOOTSTRAP_EXCLUDE"
+fi
+
 DEBOOTSTRAP_COMMAND=debootstrap
 # Use qemu-kvm-extras-static for foreign chroots
 if [ "$CHROOT_ARCH" != "$HOST_ARCH" ] ; then
@@ -402,7 +422,7 @@ case "$SCHROOT_TYPE" in
 esac
 
 # debootstrap the chroot
-sudo "$DEBOOTSTRAP_COMMAND" --arch="$CHROOT_ARCH" $variant_opt "$RELEASE" "$MNT" "${DEBOOTSTRAP_MIRROR:-http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu}"
+sudo "$DEBOOTSTRAP_COMMAND" --arch="$CHROOT_ARCH" $variant_opt $debootstrap_opts "$RELEASE" "$MNT" "${DEBOOTSTRAP_MIRROR:-http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu}"
 
 # Update the package sources
 TEMP_SOURCES=`mktemp -t sources-XXXXXX`