diff --git a/overlord/snapstate/backend_test.go b/overlord/snapstate/backend_test.go
index 344d5477ebd..df30b514941 100644
--- a/overlord/snapstate/backend_test.go
+++ b/overlord/snapstate/backend_test.go
@@ -382,6 +382,19 @@ func (f *fakeStore) snap(spec snapSpec) (*snap.Info, error) {
 				},
 			},
 		}
+	case "channel-for-media":
+		info.Media = snap.MediaInfos{
+			snap.MediaInfo{
+				Type:   "icon",
+				URL:    "http://example.com/icon.png",
+				Width:  100,
+				Height: 100,
+			},
+			snap.MediaInfo{
+				Type: "website",
+				URL:  "http://example.com",
+			},
+		}
 	}
 
 	if spec.Name == "provenance-snap" {
diff --git a/overlord/snapstate/snapstate_install_test.go b/overlord/snapstate/snapstate_install_test.go
index 223254ca40f..c297837a2a3 100644
--- a/overlord/snapstate/snapstate_install_test.go
+++ b/overlord/snapstate/snapstate_install_test.go
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ func (s *snapmgrTestSuite) TestInstallRunThrough(c *C) {
 	c.Check(snapstate.AuxStoreInfoFilename("some-snap-id"), testutil.FileAbsent)
 
 	chg := s.state.NewChange("install", "install a snap")
-	opts := &snapstate.RevisionOptions{Channel: "some-channel"}
+	opts := &snapstate.RevisionOptions{Channel: "channel-for-media"}
 	ts, err := snapstate.Install(context.Background(), s.state, "some-snap", opts, s.user.ID, snapstate.Flags{})
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	chg.AddAll(ts)
@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ func (s *snapmgrTestSuite) TestInstallRunThrough(c *C) {
 			action: store.SnapAction{
 				Action:       "install",
 				InstanceName: "some-snap",
-				Channel:      "some-channel",
+				Channel:      "channel-for-media",
 			},
 			revno:  snap.R(11),
 			userID: 1,
@@ -1331,7 +1331,7 @@ func (s *snapmgrTestSuite) TestInstallRunThrough(c *C) {
 			sinfo: snap.SideInfo{
 				RealName: "some-snap",
 				SnapID:   "some-snap-id",
-				Channel:  "some-channel",
+				Channel:  "channel-for-media",
 				Revision: snap.R(11),
 			},
 		},
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ func (s *snapmgrTestSuite) TestInstallRunThrough(c *C) {
 			sinfo: snap.SideInfo{
 				RealName: "some-snap",
 				SnapID:   "some-snap-id",
-				Channel:  "some-channel",
+				Channel:  "channel-for-media",
 				Revision: snap.R(11),
 			},
 		},
@@ -1392,7 +1392,7 @@ func (s *snapmgrTestSuite) TestInstallRunThrough(c *C) {
 	_, cur, total := task.Progress()
 	c.Assert(cur, Equals, s.fakeStore.fakeCurrentProgress)
 	c.Assert(total, Equals, s.fakeStore.fakeTotalProgress)
-	c.Check(task.Summary(), Equals, `Download snap "some-snap" (11) from channel "some-channel"`)
+	c.Check(task.Summary(), Equals, `Download snap "some-snap" (11) from channel "channel-for-media"`)
 
 	// check install-record present
 	mountTask := ta[len(ta)-12]
@@ -1411,22 +1411,22 @@ func (s *snapmgrTestSuite) TestInstallRunThrough(c *C) {
 	var snapsup snapstate.SnapSetup
 	err = task.Get("snap-setup", &snapsup)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(snapsup, DeepEquals, snapstate.SnapSetup{
-		Channel:  "some-channel",
-		UserID:   s.user.ID,
-		SnapPath: filepath.Join(dirs.SnapBlobDir, "some-snap_11.snap"),
-		DownloadInfo: &snap.DownloadInfo{
-			DownloadURL: "https://some-server.com/some/path.snap",
-			Size:        5,
-		},
-		SideInfo:  snapsup.SideInfo,
-		Type:      snap.TypeApp,
-		Version:   "some-snapVer",
-		PlugsOnly: true,
+
+	c.Assert(snapsup.Channel, Equals, "channel-for-media")
+	c.Assert(snapsup.UserID, Equals, s.user.ID)
+	c.Assert(snapsup.SnapPath, Matches, `.*some-snap_11.snap`)
+	c.Assert(snapsup.DownloadInfo, DeepEquals, &snap.DownloadInfo{
+		DownloadURL: "https://some-server.com/some/path.snap",
+		Size:        5,
 	})
+	c.Assert(snapsup.SideInfo, DeepEquals, snapsup.SideInfo)
+	c.Assert(snapsup.Type, Equals, snap.TypeApp)
+	c.Assert(snapsup.Version, Equals, "some-snapVer")
+	c.Assert(snapsup.PlugsOnly, Equals, true)
+
 	c.Assert(snapsup.SideInfo, DeepEquals, &snap.SideInfo{
 		RealName: "some-snap",
-		Channel:  "some-channel",
+		Channel:  "channel-for-media",
 		Revision: snap.R(11),
 		SnapID:   "some-snap-id",
 	})
@@ -1439,17 +1439,36 @@ func (s *snapmgrTestSuite) TestInstallRunThrough(c *C) {
 	snapst := snaps["some-snap"]
 	c.Assert(snapst, NotNil)
 	c.Assert(snapst.Active, Equals, true)
-	c.Assert(snapst.TrackingChannel, Equals, "some-channel/stable")
+	c.Assert(snapst.TrackingChannel, Equals, "channel-for-media/stable")
 	c.Assert(snapst.Sequence.Revisions[0], DeepEquals, sequence.NewRevisionSideState(&snap.SideInfo{
 		RealName: "some-snap",
 		SnapID:   "some-snap-id",
-		Channel:  "some-channel",
+		Channel:  "channel-for-media",
 		Revision: snap.R(11),
 	}, nil))
 	c.Assert(snapst.Required, Equals, false)
 
-	// we end with the auxiliary store info
-	c.Check(snapstate.AuxStoreInfoFilename("some-snap-id"), testutil.FilePresent)
+	info := snap.Info{
+		SideInfo: snap.SideInfo{
+			SnapID:   "some-snap-id",
+			RealName: "some-snap",
+		},
+	}
+	err = snapstate.RetrieveAuxStoreInfo(&info)
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+
+	c.Assert(info.Media, DeepEquals, snap.MediaInfos{
+		snap.MediaInfo{
+			Type:   "icon",
+			URL:    "http://example.com/icon.png",
+			Width:  100,
+			Height: 100,
+		},
+		snap.MediaInfo{
+			Type: "website",
+			URL:  "http://example.com",
+		},
+	})
 }
 
 func (s *snapmgrTestSuite) testParallelInstanceInstallRunThrough(c *C, inputFlags, expectedFlags snapstate.Flags) {
diff --git a/overlord/snapstate/target.go b/overlord/snapstate/target.go
index dd6d92bdd03..b93a84fe731 100644
--- a/overlord/snapstate/target.go
+++ b/overlord/snapstate/target.go
@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ func (t *target) setups(st *state.State, opts Options) (SnapSetup, []ComponentSe
 		InstanceKey:        t.info.InstanceKey,
 		ExpectedProvenance: t.info.SnapProvenance,
 		Registries:         registries,
+		auxStoreInfo: auxStoreInfo{
+			Media: t.info.Media,
+			// XXX we store this for the benefit of old snapd
+			Website: t.info.Website(),
+		},
 	}, compsups, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/main/aux-info/task.yaml b/tests/main/aux-info/task.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e497078715f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/main/aux-info/task.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+summary: Test that snap aux info is correctly stored and returned by the snapd API
+
+details: |
+  When installing a snap, we should store some auxiliary information about that
+  snap in /var/cache/snapd/aux. This test verifies that this is properly done,
+  and then verifies that the information is returned by the snapd API.
+
+systems: [ubuntu-18.04-64, ubuntu-2*, ubuntu-core-*, fedora-*]
+
+prepare: |
+  snap install snap-store
+  snap install jq
+  snap install --devmode --edge test-snapd-curl
+
+execute: |
+  snap_id=$(snap info snap-store | grep snap-id | awk '{ print $2 }')
+  jq --sort-keys .media < "/var/cache/snapd/aux/${snap_id}.json" > media.json
+
+  # don't depend on the exact number of media files, but there should be
+  # something here
+  media_length=$(jq '. | length' < media.json)
+  test "${media_length}" -gt 0
+
+  test-snapd-curl.curl -s --unix-socket /run/snapd.socket --max-time 5 'http://localhost/v2/snaps/snap-store' | jq --sort-keys .result.media > snapd-media.json
+
+  diff media.json snapd-media.json