diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/base/snap.sh b/images/linux/scripts/base/snap.sh
index 98163745..6d38c2e0 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/base/snap.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/base/snap.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,10 @@
 # when they are rolling a new major update out.
 # Hold is calculated as today's date + 60 days
 
+# snapd is started automatically, but during image generation
+# a unix socket may die, restart snapd.service (and therefore snapd.socket)
+# to make sure the socket is alive.
+
+systemctl restart snapd.socket
+systemctl restart snapd
 snap set system refresh.hold="$(date --date='today+60 days' +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%:z)"