diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/package/apt.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/package/apt.rb
index b6ded39fd..2fc787419 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/package/apt.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/package/apt.rb
@@ -1,108 +1,112 @@
 Puppet::Type.type(:package).provide :apt, :parent => :dpkg, :source => :dpkg do
   # Provide sorting functionality
   include Puppet::Util::Package
 
   desc "Package management via `apt-get`."
 
   has_feature :versionable
 
   commands :aptget => "/usr/bin/apt-get"
   commands :aptcache => "/usr/bin/apt-cache"
   commands :preseed => "/usr/bin/debconf-set-selections"
 
   defaultfor :operatingsystem => [:debian, :ubuntu]
 
   ENV['DEBIAN_FRONTEND'] = "noninteractive"
 
+  # disable common apt helpers to allow non-interactive package installs
+  ENV['APT_LISTBUGS_FRONTEND'] = "none"
+  ENV['APT_LISTCHANGES_FRONTEND'] = "none"
+
   # A derivative of DPKG; this is how most people actually manage
   # Debian boxes, and the only thing that differs is that it can
   # install packages from remote sites.
 
   def checkforcdrom
     unless defined?(@@checkedforcdrom)
       if FileTest.exists? "/etc/apt/sources.list"
         @@checkedforcdrom = !!(File.read("/etc/apt/sources.list") =~ /^[^#]*cdrom:/)
       else
         # This is basically a pathalogical case, but we'll just
         # ignore it
         @@checkedforcdrom = false
       end
     end
 
     if @@checkedforcdrom and @resource[:allowcdrom] != :true
       raise Puppet::Error,
         "/etc/apt/sources.list contains a cdrom source; not installing.  Use 'allowcdrom' to override this failure."
     end
   end
 
   # Install a package using 'apt-get'.  This function needs to support
   # installing a specific version.
   def install
     self.run_preseed if @resource[:responsefile]
     should = @resource[:ensure]
 
     checkforcdrom
     cmd = %w{-q -y}
 
     keep = ""
     if config = @resource[:configfiles]
       if config == :keep
         cmd << "-o" << 'DPkg::Options::=--force-confold'
       else
         cmd << "-o" << 'DPkg::Options::=--force-confnew'
       end
     end
 
     str = @resource[:name]
     case should
     when true, false, Symbol
       # pass
     else
       # Add the package version and --force-yes option
       str += "=#{should}"
       cmd << "--force-yes"
     end
 
     cmd << :install << str
 
     aptget(*cmd)
   end
 
   # What's the latest package version available?
   def latest
     output = aptcache :policy,  @resource[:name]
 
     if output =~ /Candidate:\s+(\S+)\s/
       return $1
     else
       self.err "Could not find latest version"
       return nil
     end
   end
 
   #
   # preseeds answers to dpkg-set-selection from the "responsefile"
   #
   def run_preseed
     if response = @resource[:responsefile] and FileTest.exist?(response)
       self.info("Preseeding #{response} to debconf-set-selections")
 
       preseed response
     else
       self.info "No responsefile specified or non existant, not preseeding anything"
     end
   end
 
   def uninstall
     self.run_preseed if @resource[:responsefile]
     aptget "-y", "-q", :remove, @resource[:name]
   end
 
   def purge
     self.run_preseed if @resource[:responsefile]
     aptget '-y', '-q', :remove, '--purge', @resource[:name]
     # workaround a "bug" in apt, that already removed packages are not purged
     super
   end
 end