diff --git a/subiquity/controller.py b/subiquity/controller.py
index 1d3ecb0e..515fcac5 100644
--- a/subiquity/controller.py
+++ b/subiquity/controller.py
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ class SubiquityController(BaseController):
     def deserialize(self, state):
         self.configured()
 
+    def interactive(self):
+        if not self.app.autoinstall_config:
+            return True
+        i_sections = self.app.autoinstall_config.get(
+            'interactive-sections', [])
+        if '*' in i_sections or self.autoinstall_key in i_sections:
+            return True
+        return False
+
     def configured(self):
         """Let the world know that this controller's model is now configured.
         """
@@ -44,7 +53,11 @@ class NoUIController(SubiquityController):
     def cancel(self):
         pass
 
+    def interactive(self):
+        return False
+
 
 class RepeatedController(RepeatedController):
 
-    pass
+    def interactive(self):
+        return self.orig.interactive()
diff --git a/subiquity/controllers/installprogress.py b/subiquity/controllers/installprogress.py
index 754bcd7a..37f20672 100644
--- a/subiquity/controllers/installprogress.py
+++ b/subiquity/controllers/installprogress.py
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ class InstallProgressController(SubiquityController):
         self.tb_extractor = TracebackExtractor()
         self.curtin_context = None
 
+    def interactive(self):
+        return self.app.interactive()
+
     def start(self):
         self.install_task = schedule_task(self.install(self.context))
 
diff --git a/subiquity/core.py b/subiquity/core.py
index 6dc1fb89..16c11cef 100644
--- a/subiquity/core.py
+++ b/subiquity/core.py
@@ -152,6 +152,11 @@ class Subiquity(Application):
         self.controllers.Reporting.report_finish_event(
             name, description, status, level)
 
+    def interactive(self):
+        if not self.autoinstall_config:
+            return True
+        return bool(self.autoinstall_config.get('interactive-sections'))
+
     def select_initial_screen(self, index):
         super().select_initial_screen(index)
         for report in self.controllers.Error.reports: