diff --git a/fedora-arm-base.ks b/fedora-arm-base.ks
index 072246c..eae3c15 100644
--- a/fedora-arm-base.ks
+++ b/fedora-arm-base.ks
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ auth --useshadow --enablemd5
 selinux --enforcing
 firewall --enabled --service=mdns,ssh
 
+# make sure that initial-setup runs and lets us do all the configuration bits
+firstboot --reconfig
+
 bootloader --location=none
 part /boot --size=512 --fstype ext3
 part swap --size=512 --fstype swap