diff -Nru live-build-3.0~a57/debian/changelog live-build-3.0~a57/debian/changelog
--- live-build-3.0~a57/debian/changelog	2017-04-01 04:39:55.000000000 +0000
+++ live-build-3.0~a57/debian/changelog	2017-10-02 23:57:51.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+live-build (3.0~a57-1ubuntu25.5) xenial; urgency=medium
+
+  [ Balint Reczey ]
+  * Don't fail when initramfs is not used (LP: #1720217)
+
+ -- Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 02 Oct 2017 16:57:51 -0700
+
 live-build (3.0~a57-1ubuntu25.4) xenial; urgency=medium
 
   * Demoted packages should only be removed after bootstrap if we're doing
diff -Nru live-build-3.0~a57/debian/patches/series live-build-3.0~a57/debian/patches/series
--- live-build-3.0~a57/debian/patches/series	2017-03-31 11:30:01.000000000 +0000
+++ live-build-3.0~a57/debian/patches/series	2017-10-02 23:57:19.000000000 +0000
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@
 ubuntu-s390x-support.patch
 ubuntu-initramfs-compression-symlinks.patch
 ubuntu-debootstrap-demotions.patch
+skip-missing-initrd.patch
diff -Nru live-build-3.0~a57/debian/patches/skip-missing-initrd.patch live-build-3.0~a57/debian/patches/skip-missing-initrd.patch
--- live-build-3.0~a57/debian/patches/skip-missing-initrd.patch	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ live-build-3.0~a57/debian/patches/skip-missing-initrd.patch	2017-10-02 23:57:05.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Description: Skip installing missing initrd
+ ... instead of failing.
+ .
+Author: Balint Reczey <rbalint@ubuntu.com>
+
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1720217
+Forwarded: no
+Last-Update: 2017-09-28
+
+--- live-build-3.0~a57.orig/scripts/build/lb_binary_linux-image
++++ live-build-3.0~a57/scripts/build/lb_binary_linux-image
+@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}"
+ if [ "${LB_LINUX_PACKAGES}" != "none" ]
+ then
+ 	cp chroot/boot/"${LINUX}"-* "${DESTDIR}"
+-	cp chroot/boot/initrd.img-* "${DESTDIR}"
++	cp chroot/boot/initrd.img-* "${DESTDIR}" 2>&1 || Echo_message "Skipped installing missing initrd."
+ fi
+ 
+ case "${LB_INITRAMFS}" in