diff --git a/etc/grml/fai/config/scripts/GRMLBASE/26-console-setup b/etc/grml/fai/config/scripts/GRMLBASE/26-console-setup
index 3ad1a2d8..05f1e076 100755
--- a/etc/grml/fai/config/scripts/GRMLBASE/26-console-setup
+++ b/etc/grml/fai/config/scripts/GRMLBASE/26-console-setup
@@ -11,5 +11,10 @@ set -e
 
 fcopy -M -v /etc/default/console-setup
 
+# Have setupcon write its cache into /etc/console-setup, to avoid doing
+# this on each live boot.
+rm -f "${target}"/etc/console-setup/cached*
+$ROOTCMD setupcon --save-only
+
 ## END OF FILE #################################################################
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