diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index a5b18cee..835da17d 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ esac
 SIGNED_KERNEL_PACKAGE="linux-signed-generic"
 
 if [ "${SUBPROJECT:-}" = minimized ]; then
-	OPTS="${OPTS:+$OPTS }--bootstrap-flavour=minimal"
+	OPTS="${OPTS:+$OPTS }--bootstrap-flavour=minimal --linux-packages=linux-image"
 fi
 
 case $PROJECT in