diff --git a/bootstrapvz/providers/azure/__init__.py b/bootstrapvz/providers/azure/__init__.py
index 7d2249d..970a5db 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/providers/azure/__init__.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/providers/azure/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import tasks.image
 from bootstrapvz.common.tasks import loopback
 from bootstrapvz.common.tasks import initd
 from bootstrapvz.common.tasks import ssh
+from bootstrapvz.common.tasks import apt
 
 
 def validate_manifest(data, validator, error):
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/providers/azure/tasks/boot.py b/bootstrapvz/providers/azure/tasks/boot.py
index c93b85a..ccd961a 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/providers/azure/tasks/boot.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/providers/azure/tasks/boot.py
@@ -32,4 +32,5 @@ class ConfigureGrub(Task):
 		grub_config = os.path.join(info.root, 'etc/default/grub')
 		sed_i(grub_config, r'^(GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=.*)', r'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""')
 		sed_i(grub_config, r'^(GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX*=".*)"\s*$', r'\1console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 earlyprintk=ttyS0,115200 rootdelay=300"')
+		sed_i(grub_config, r'^(GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=).*', r'#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=true')
 		sed_i(grub_config, r'^.*(GRUB_TIMEOUT=).*$', r'GRUB_TIMEOUT=5')