diff -Nru livecd-rootfs-2.487/debian/changelog livecd-rootfs-2.488/debian/changelog
--- livecd-rootfs-2.487/debian/changelog	2017-12-11 12:22:36.000000000 +0000
+++ livecd-rootfs-2.488/debian/changelog	2018-01-03 20:36:56.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.488) bionic; urgency=medium
+
+  * Enable systemd-networkd by default for live-server installs.
+
+ -- Michael Hudson-Doyle <michael.hudson@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 04 Jan 2018 09:36:56 +1300
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.487) bionic; urgency=medium
 
   * Drop android-tools-fsutils dependency, and instead install it on
diff -Nru livecd-rootfs-2.487/live-build/ubuntu-server/includes.chroot/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/systemd-networkd.service livecd-rootfs-2.488/live-build/ubuntu-server/includes.chroot/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/systemd-networkd.service
--- livecd-rootfs-2.487/live-build/ubuntu-server/includes.chroot/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/systemd-networkd.service	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ livecd-rootfs-2.488/live-build/ubuntu-server/includes.chroot/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/systemd-networkd.service	2017-10-27 10:11:45.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#  This file is part of systemd.
+#
+#  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+#  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Network Service
+Documentation=man:systemd-networkd.service(8)
+ConditionCapability=CAP_NET_ADMIN
+DefaultDependencies=no
+# systemd-udevd.service can be dropped once tuntap is moved to netlink
+After=systemd-udevd.service network-pre.target systemd-sysusers.service systemd-sysctl.service
+Before=network.target multi-user.target shutdown.target
+Conflicts=shutdown.target
+Wants=network.target
+
+# On kdbus systems we pull in the busname explicitly, because it
+# carries policy that allows the daemon to acquire its name.
+Wants=org.freedesktop.network1.busname
+After=org.freedesktop.network1.busname
+
+[Service]
+Type=notify
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=0
+ExecStart=/lib/systemd/systemd-networkd
+CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_NET_ADMIN CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE CAP_NET_BROADCAST CAP_NET_RAW CAP_SETUID CAP_SETGID CAP_SETPCAP CAP_CHOWN CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE CAP_FOWNER
+ProtectSystem=full
+ProtectHome=yes
+WatchdogSec=3min
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+Also=systemd-networkd.socket
diff -Nru livecd-rootfs-2.487/live-build/ubuntu-server/includes.chroot/etc/systemd/system/network-online.target.wants/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service livecd-rootfs-2.488/live-build/ubuntu-server/includes.chroot/etc/systemd/system/network-online.target.wants/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
--- livecd-rootfs-2.487/live-build/ubuntu-server/includes.chroot/etc/systemd/system/network-online.target.wants/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ livecd-rootfs-2.488/live-build/ubuntu-server/includes.chroot/etc/systemd/system/network-online.target.wants/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service	2017-10-27 10:11:45.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#  This file is part of systemd.
+#
+#  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+#  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Wait for Network to be Configured
+Documentation=man:systemd-networkd-wait-online.service(8)
+DefaultDependencies=no
+Conflicts=shutdown.target
+Requisite=systemd-networkd.service
+After=systemd-networkd.service
+Before=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/lib/systemd/systemd-networkd-wait-online
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=network-online.target
diff -Nru livecd-rootfs-2.487/live-build/ubuntu-server/includes.chroot/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/systemd-networkd.socket livecd-rootfs-2.488/live-build/ubuntu-server/includes.chroot/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/systemd-networkd.socket
--- livecd-rootfs-2.487/live-build/ubuntu-server/includes.chroot/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/systemd-networkd.socket	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ livecd-rootfs-2.488/live-build/ubuntu-server/includes.chroot/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/systemd-networkd.socket	2017-10-27 10:11:44.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#  This file is part of systemd.
+#
+#  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+#  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Network Service Netlink Socket
+Documentation=man:systemd-networkd.service(8) man:rtnetlink(7)
+ConditionCapability=CAP_NET_ADMIN
+DefaultDependencies=no
+Before=sockets.target
+
+[Socket]
+ReceiveBuffer=8M
+ListenNetlink=route 1361
+PassCredentials=yes
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=sockets.target