diff --git a/docs/how-to/code/install-slice/rockcraft.yaml b/docs/how-to/code/install-slice/rockcraft.yaml
index 805995bda..c4b0a8755 100644
--- a/docs/how-to/code/install-slice/rockcraft.yaml
+++ b/docs/how-to/code/install-slice/rockcraft.yaml
@@ -14,5 +14,7 @@ parts:
         plugin: nil
         source: chisel-releases/
         source-type: local
+        build-snaps:
+          - "chisel/latest/candidate"
         override-build:
             chisel cut --release ./ --root ${CRAFT_PART_INSTALL} openssl_bins
diff --git a/rockcraft/services/lifecycle.py b/rockcraft/services/lifecycle.py
index 10639f877..aba1b5ec0 100644
--- a/rockcraft/services/lifecycle.py
+++ b/rockcraft/services/lifecycle.py
@@ -45,14 +45,25 @@ def setup(self) -> None:
         # This inner import is necessary to resolve a cyclic import
         from rockcraft.services import RockcraftServiceFactory
 
+        # this will be removed once part_has_slices is added to craft-parts
+        def part_has_slices(data: dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+            stage_packages = data.get("stage-packages", [])
+            return any(name for name in stage_packages if "_" in name)
+
         # Configure extra args to the LifecycleManager
         project = cast(Project, self._project)
         project_vars = {"version": project.version}
+        parts = project.parts
 
         services = cast(RockcraftServiceFactory, self._services)
         image_service = services.image
         image_info = image_service.obtain_image()
+        needs_chisel = any(part for part in parts if part_has_slices(parts[part]))
 
+        if needs_chisel:
+            self._manager_kwargs.update(
+                extra_build_snaps=["chisel/latest/candidate"],
+            )
         self._manager_kwargs.update(
             base_layer_dir=image_info.base_layer_dir,
             base_layer_hash=image_info.base_digest,
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index ab4bb2256..8fd404395 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -115,12 +115,3 @@ parts:
         - libbtrfs-dev
         - libdevmapper-dev
         - pkg-config
-
-  chisel:
-    plugin: nil
-    stage-snaps:
-      - chisel/latest/candidate
-    organize: 
-      bin/chisel: libexec/rockcraft/chisel
-    stage:
-      - libexec/rockcraft/chisel