diff --git a/elements/debian-minimal/package-installs.yaml b/elements/debian-minimal/package-installs.yaml
index d86cad09c..9e08e6a5d 100644
--- a/elements/debian-minimal/package-installs.yaml
+++ b/elements/debian-minimal/package-installs.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
+linux-image-amd64:
+  arch: amd64
+linux-image-686:
+  arch: i386
 systemd:
 systemd-sysv:
diff --git a/elements/debian-minimal/pre-install.d/02-debian-apt-update b/elements/debian-minimal/root.d/75-debian-minimal-baseinstall
similarity index 75%
rename from elements/debian-minimal/pre-install.d/02-debian-apt-update
rename to elements/debian-minimal/root.d/75-debian-minimal-baseinstall
index bacb11293..f12774d15 100755
--- a/elements/debian-minimal/pre-install.d/02-debian-apt-update
+++ b/elements/debian-minimal/root.d/75-debian-minimal-baseinstall
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@
 #
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-#
-# The filename needs to be 02-...: because the install-package script
-# is installed in the dpkg/pre-install/01-dpkg and that has to be executed
-# first.
 
 if [ ${DIB_DEBUG_TRACE:-0} -gt 0 ]; then
     set -x
@@ -34,20 +30,28 @@ set -o pipefail
 function apt_sources_write {
     local APT_SOURCES_CONF="$1"
 
-    mkdir -p /etc/apt/sources.list.d
+    sudo mkdir -p $TARGET_ROOT/etc/apt/sources.list.d
 
     echo "${APT_SOURCES_CONF}" \
         | while read line; do
             local name=$(echo ${line} | cut -d ":" -f 1)
             local value=$(echo ${line} | cut -d ":" -f 2-)
-            echo "$value" >>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/${name}.list
+            echo "$value" | sudo tee $TARGET_ROOT/etc/apt/sources.list.d/${name}.list
         done
 }
 
+sudo mount -t proc none $TARGET_ROOT/proc
+sudo mount -t sysfs none $TARGET_ROOT/sys
+trap "sudo umount $TARGET_ROOT/proc; sudo umount $TARGET_ROOT/sys" EXIT
+
+apt_get="sudo chroot $TARGET_ROOT /usr/bin/apt-get"
+
 apt_sources_write "${DIB_APT_SOURCES_CONF}"
 
 # Need to update to retrieve the signed Release file
-apt-get update
+$apt_get update
 
-apt-get clean
-install-packages -u
+$apt_get clean
+$apt_get dist-upgrade -y
+
+$apt_get install -y busybox python sudo
diff --git a/elements/debootstrap/root.d/08-debootstrap b/elements/debootstrap/root.d/08-debootstrap
index 8af7a91e5..36aa40ac9 100755
--- a/elements/debootstrap/root.d/08-debootstrap
+++ b/elements/debootstrap/root.d/08-debootstrap
@@ -28,23 +28,9 @@ fi
 [ -n "$DIB_RELEASE" ]
 [ -n "$DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR" ]
 
-if [ $DISTRO_NAME = 'ubuntu' ] ; then
-    KERNEL='generic'
-else
-    case $ARCH in
-        amd64) KERNEL='amd64' ;;
-        i386) KERNEL='686' ;;
-        arm7)
-            [ -n "$DIB_ARM_KERNEL" ]
-            KERNEL="$DIB_ARM_KERNEL"
-            ;;
-    esac
-fi
-KERNEL_PACKAGE="linux-image-$KERNEL"
-
 DIB_DEBIAN_COMPONENTS=${DIB_DEBIAN_COMPONENTS:-main}
 DIB_DEBOOTSTRAP_EXTRA_ARGS=${DIB_DEBOOTSTRAP_EXTRA_ARGS:-}
-DEBOOTSTRAP_TARBALL=$DIB_IMAGE_CACHE/debootstrap-${DISTRO_NAME}-${DIB_RELEASE}-${ARCH}-${KERNEL}.tar.gz
+DEBOOTSTRAP_TARBALL=$DIB_IMAGE_CACHE/debootstrap-${DISTRO_NAME}-${DIB_RELEASE}-${ARCH}.tar.gz
 http_proxy=${http_proxy:-}
 no_proxy=${no_proxy:-}
 
@@ -63,7 +49,6 @@ else
     # Have to --include=busybox because initramfs needs it
     sudo sh -c "http_proxy=$http_proxy no_proxy=$no_proxy debootstrap --verbose \
         --variant=minbase \
-        --include=python,sudo,busybox,$KERNEL_PACKAGE \
         --components=${DIB_DEBIAN_COMPONENTS} \
         --arch=${ARCH} \
         $KEYRING_OPT \
@@ -79,6 +64,7 @@ else
     sudo rm -fr ${TARGET_ROOT}/etc/apt/sources.list \
         ${TARGET_ROOT}/etc/apt/sources.list.d
 
+
     echo Caching debootstrap result in $DEBOOTSTRAP_TARBALL
     if [ "${DIB_DEBOOTSTRAP_CACHE:-0}" != "0" ]; then
         sudo tar --numeric-owner -C $TARGET_ROOT -zcf $DEBOOTSTRAP_TARBALL --exclude='./tmp/*' .
diff --git a/elements/dpkg/root.d/60-block-apt-translations b/elements/dpkg/root.d/50-block-apt-translations
similarity index 100%
rename from elements/dpkg/root.d/60-block-apt-translations
rename to elements/dpkg/root.d/50-block-apt-translations
diff --git a/elements/dpkg/root.d/99-block-daemons b/elements/dpkg/root.d/50-block-daemons
similarity index 100%
rename from elements/dpkg/root.d/99-block-daemons
rename to elements/dpkg/root.d/50-block-daemons
diff --git a/elements/dpkg/root.d/99-shared_apt_cache b/elements/dpkg/root.d/50-shared-apt-cache
similarity index 100%
rename from elements/dpkg/root.d/99-shared_apt_cache
rename to elements/dpkg/root.d/50-shared-apt-cache
diff --git a/elements/dpkg/root.d/99-trim-dpkg b/elements/dpkg/root.d/50-trim-dpkg
similarity index 100%
rename from elements/dpkg/root.d/99-trim-dpkg
rename to elements/dpkg/root.d/50-trim-dpkg
diff --git a/elements/ubuntu-minimal/element-deps b/elements/ubuntu-minimal/element-deps
index cba86060f..e078fde1f 100644
--- a/elements/ubuntu-minimal/element-deps
+++ b/elements/ubuntu-minimal/element-deps
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 debootstrap
+package-installs
diff --git a/elements/ubuntu-minimal/package-installs.yaml b/elements/ubuntu-minimal/package-installs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83f64fcc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/ubuntu-minimal/package-installs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+linux-image-generic:
diff --git a/elements/ubuntu-minimal/root.d/75-ubuntu-minimal-baseinstall b/elements/ubuntu-minimal/root.d/75-ubuntu-minimal-baseinstall
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..6e6de8a0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/ubuntu-minimal/root.d/75-ubuntu-minimal-baseinstall
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (c) 2014 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+#
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+if [ ${DIB_DEBUG_TRACE:-0} -gt 0 ]; then
+    set -x
+fi
+set -eu
+set -o pipefail
+
+DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR=${DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR:-http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu}
+
+# We should manage this in a betterer way
+sudo bash -c "cat << EOF >$TARGET_ROOT/etc/apt/sources.list
+deb $DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR $DIB_RELEASE main restricted universe
+deb $DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR $DIB_RELEASE-updates main restricted universe
+deb $DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR $DIB_RELEASE-backports main restricted universe
+deb $DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR $DIB_RELEASE-security main restricted universe
+EOF"
+
+sudo mount -t proc none $TARGET_ROOT/proc
+sudo mount -t sysfs none $TARGET_ROOT/sys
+trap "sudo umount $TARGET_ROOT/proc; sudo umount $TARGET_ROOT/sys" EXIT
+
+apt_get="sudo chroot $TARGET_ROOT /usr/bin/apt-get" # dib-lint: safe_sudo
+
+# Need to update to retrieve the signed Release file
+$apt_get update
+
+$apt_get clean
+$apt_get dist-upgrade -y
+
+$apt_get install -y busybox python sudo
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/package-outside-debootstrap-ac93e9ce991819f1.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/package-outside-debootstrap-ac93e9ce991819f1.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc877b856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/package-outside-debootstrap-ac93e9ce991819f1.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - The `debian-minimal` and and `ubuntu-minimal` elements now install
+    directly from the updates repo, avoiding the need to
+    double-install packages during build.