diff -Nru livecd-rootfs-2.765.13/debian/changelog livecd-rootfs-2.765.14/debian/changelog
--- livecd-rootfs-2.765.13/debian/changelog	2022-11-21 10:18:14.000000000 +0000
+++ livecd-rootfs-2.765.14/debian/changelog	2022-12-12 10:00:56.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.765.14) jammy; urgency=medium
+
+  [ Samir Akarioh ]
+  * feat: Add metadata on ubuntu-oci image. (LP: #1998229)
+
+ -- Utkarsh Gupta <utkarsh@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 12 Dec 2022 15:30:56 +0530
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.765.13) jammy; urgency=medium
 
   [ Heinrich Schuchardt ]
diff -Nru livecd-rootfs-2.765.13/live-build/auto/build livecd-rootfs-2.765.14/live-build/auto/build
--- livecd-rootfs-2.765.13/live-build/auto/build	2022-11-21 10:01:00.000000000 +0000
+++ livecd-rootfs-2.765.14/live-build/auto/build	2022-12-12 10:00:53.000000000 +0000
@@ -462,7 +462,12 @@
 		fi
 
 		if [ "$PROJECT" = "ubuntu-oci" ]; then
-		    configure_oci chroot
+			if [ -n "$BUILDSTAMP" ]; then
+				configure_oci chroot "$BUILDSTAMP"
+			else
+				echo "The \$BUILDSTAMP variable is empty"
+				exit 1
+			fi
 		fi
 
 		configure_network_manager
diff -Nru livecd-rootfs-2.765.13/live-build/functions livecd-rootfs-2.765.14/live-build/functions
--- livecd-rootfs-2.765.13/live-build/functions	2022-11-21 10:01:00.000000000 +0000
+++ livecd-rootfs-2.765.14/live-build/functions	2022-12-12 10:00:56.000000000 +0000
@@ -922,6 +922,12 @@
     # at https://github.com/tianon/docker-brew-ubuntu-core/blob/master/update.sh
 
     local chroot=$1
+    local serial=$2
+
+    if [ ! -d "${chroot}" ]; then
+        echo "The chroot does not exist"
+        exit 1
+    fi
 
     echo "==== Configuring OCI ===="
 
@@ -930,6 +936,14 @@
     echo 'exit 101' >> ${chroot}/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d
     Chroot ${chroot} "chmod +x /usr/sbin/policy-rc.d"
 
+
+    # Inject a build stamp into the image
+    mkdir -p ${chroot}/etc/cloud
+    cat > ${chroot}/etc/cloud/build.info << EOF
+serial: $serial
+EOF
+
+
     # https://github.com/docker/docker/blob/9a9fc01af8fb5d98b8eec0740716226fadb3735c/contrib/mkimage/debootstrap#L54-L56
     Chroot ${chroot} "dpkg-divert --local --rename --add /sbin/initctl"
     cp -a ${chroot}/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d ${chroot}/sbin/initctl