diff --git a/scripts/build/lb_bootstrap b/scripts/build/lb_bootstrap
index 5741d413e..f9a195f14 100755
--- a/scripts/build/lb_bootstrap
+++ b/scripts/build/lb_bootstrap
@@ -40,3 +40,10 @@ lb bootstrap_copy ${*}
 lb bootstrap_cdebootstrap ${*}
 lb bootstrap_debootstrap ${*}
 lb bootstrap_cache save ${*}
+
+# Temporary hack until we have multistrap in place
+case "${LB_MODE}" in
+	progress)
+		echo '0.0.0' > chroot/etc/progress_version
+		;;
+esac