diff -Nru live-build-3.0~a57/debian/changelog live-build-3.0~a57/debian/changelog
--- live-build-3.0~a57/debian/changelog	2017-08-08 05:08:45.000000000 +0000
+++ live-build-3.0~a57/debian/changelog	2017-09-28 18:01:04.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+live-build (3.0~a57-1ubuntu31) artful; urgency=medium
+
+  * Don't fail when initramfs is not used (LP: #1720217)
+
+ -- Balint Reczey <rbalint@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 28 Sep 2017 18:01:04 +0000
+
 live-build (3.0~a57-1ubuntu30) artful; urgency=medium
 
   * Drop fix-up code for sysvinit, which has not been essential in Ubuntu in
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	2017-08-08 05:08:45.000000000 +0000
+++ live-build-3.0~a57/debian/patches/series	2017-09-28 18:01:04.000000000 +0000
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@
 ubuntu-s390x-support.patch
 ubuntu-initramfs-compression-symlinks.patch
 ubuntu-no-sysvinit-fixups.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	2017-09-28 18:01:04.000000000 +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