diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1ded0c8a..ec9ea473 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ prepare:
 
 	@scripts/live-build-config
 	cp -r data/includes.chroot/* build/config/includes.chroot/
+	cp -r data/package-lists/common/* build/config/package-lists/
 
 .PHONY: iso
 .ONESHELL:
diff --git a/data/package-lists/common/vyos-base.list.chroot b/data/package-lists/common/vyos-base.list.chroot
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e5c1122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/package-lists/common/vyos-base.list.chroot
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+debconf
+gpgv
+gnupg
diff --git a/data/package-lists/common/vyos-utils.list.chroot b/data/package-lists/common/vyos-utils.list.chroot
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d1a3b2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/package-lists/common/vyos-utils.list.chroot
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+nmap
+dnsutils
+sipcalc
+mtr-tiny
+whois
+netcat
+netcat6
+socat
+telnet
+tcpdump