diff --git a/software/apt-lib.pl b/software/apt-lib.pl
index 3785e308c..49827265b 100755
--- a/software/apt-lib.pl
+++ b/software/apt-lib.pl
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ local $force = !$_[2];
 local (@rv, @newpacks);
 
 # Build the command to run
+$ENV{'UCF_FORCE_CONFFOLD'} = 'YES';
 $ENV{'DEBIAN_FRONTEND'} = 'noninteractive';
 local $uicmd = "$apt_get_command -y ".($force ? " -f" : "")." install $update";
 $update = join(" ", map { quotemeta($_) } split(/\s+/, $update));
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ return @rv;
 sub update_system_operations
 {
 my ($packages) = @_;
+$ENV{'UCF_FORCE_CONFFOLD'} = 'YES';
 $ENV{'DEBIAN_FRONTEND'} = 'noninteractive';
 my $cmd = "apt-get -s install ".
 	  join(" ", map { quotemeta($_) } split(/\s+/, $packages)).
diff --git a/software/debian-lib.pl b/software/debian-lib.pl
index e2635c238..60c98ae5e 100755
--- a/software/debian-lib.pl
+++ b/software/debian-lib.pl
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ local $args = ($in->{'depends'} ? " --force-depends" : "").
 	      ($in->{'overwrite'} ? " --force-overwrite" : "").
 	      ($in->{'downgrade'} ? " --force-downgrade" : "");
 local $qm = quotemeta($_[0]);
+$ENV{'UCF_FORCE_CONFFOLD'} = 'YES';
 $ENV{'DEBIAN_FRONTEND'} = 'noninteractive';
 local $out = &backquote_logged("dpkg --install $args $qm 2>&1 </dev/null");
 if ($?) {