diff --git a/bin/kano-updater-internal b/bin/kano-updater-internal
index c303080e..85ec9576 100755
--- a/bin/kano-updater-internal
+++ b/bin/kano-updater-internal
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ from kano_updater.status import UpdaterStatus
 from kano_updater.utils import make_low_prio, is_running, \
     remove_pid_file, pause_notifications, resume_notifications, show_kano_dialog, \
     run_bg, enable_power_button, disable_power_button, verify_kit_is_plugged, \
-    clear_tracking_uuid
+    clear_tracking_uuid, detach_from_tty
 from kano_updater.return_codes import RC, RCState
 import kano_updater.priority as Priority
 
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ def main():
     msg = _('Administrator priviledges are required to perform this operation')
     enforce_root(u"{}: {}".format(_('ERROR'), msg))
 
+    # Detach from tty to avoid packages trying to run interactive commands
+    detach_from_tty()
+
     args = docopt.docopt(__doc__, version=str(get_target_version()))
     _g_gui_mode = args['--gui']
     _g_keep_uuid = args['--keep-uuid']
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 781669c6..377d4853 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ kano-updater (4.0.0-0) unstable; urgency=low
   * Fix GTK compatibility for Stretch release
   * Add support for CKT
   * Support expanding the filesystem of images with recovery partitions
+  * Detach from tty to avoid interactive package installs
 
- -- Team Kano <dev@kano.me>  Thu, 23 Apr 2018 11:48:00 +0100
+ -- Team Kano <dev@kano.me>  Fri, 6 Jul 2018 11:48:00 +0100
 
 kano-updater (3.15.0-0) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/kano_updater/utils.py b/kano_updater/utils.py
index 431d6468..88a610ce 100644
--- a/kano_updater/utils.py
+++ b/kano_updater/utils.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 import grp
 import signal
 import traceback
+import fcntl
+import termios
 
 from kano.logging import logger
 from kano.utils.shell import run_cmd, run_bg, run_cmd_log
@@ -625,3 +627,16 @@ def clear_tracking_uuid():
         remove_tracking_uuid(TRACKING_UUID_KEY)
     except:
         logger.error('Unexpected error:\n{}'.format(traceback.format_exc()))
+
+
+def detach_from_tty():
+    """
+    Detach from controlling tty
+    """
+    try:
+        myTTY = os.open("/dev/tty", os.O_RDWR)
+
+        fcntl.ioctl(myTTY, termios.TIOCNOTTY, 0)
+        os.close(myTTY)
+    except:
+        logger.error("Failed to close controlling terminal")