diff --git a/lib/desktop.sh b/lib/desktop.sh
index c2fc014341..3fd31a00d7 100644
--- a/lib/desktop.sh
+++ b/lib/desktop.sh
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ desktop_postinstall ()
 {
 	# stage: install display manager
 	display_alert "Installing" "display manager: $DISPLAY_MANAGER" "info"
-	chroot $SDCARD /bin/bash -c "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y -qq install $PACKAGE_LIST_DISPLAY_MANAGER" >> $DEST/debug/install.log 2>&1
+	chroot $SDCARD /bin/bash -c "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::=\"--force-confold\" -y -qq install $PACKAGE_LIST_DISPLAY_MANAGER" >> $DEST/debug/install.log 2>&1
 	[[ -f $SDCARD/etc/default/nodm ]] && sed "s/NODM_ENABLED=\(.*\)/NODM_ENABLED=false/g" -i $SDCARD/etc/default/nodm
 	[[ -d $SDCARD/etc/lightdm ]] && chroot $SDCARD /bin/bash -c "systemctl --no-reload disable lightdm.service >/dev/null 2>&1"
 
@@ -129,4 +129,4 @@ desktop_postinstall ()
 		echo "disp_mem_reserves=on" >> $SDCARD/boot/armbianEnv.txt
 		echo "extraargs=cma=96M" >> $SDCARD/boot/armbianEnv.txt
 	fi
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}