diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/environment.d/10-opensuse-distro-name.bash b/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/environment.d/10-opensuse-distro-name.bash
index db0f4756..557c4464 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/environment.d/10-opensuse-distro-name.bash
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse-minimal/environment.d/10-opensuse-distro-name.bash
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ export DISTRO_NAME=opensuse
 DIB_RELEASE=${DIB_RELEASE:-42.2}
 export DIB_RELEASE=${DIB_RELEASE,,}
 export DIB_OPENSUSE_MIRROR=${DIB_OPENSUSE_MIRROR:-http://download.opensuse.org}
+export DIB_OPENSUSE_PATTERNS=patterns-openSUSE-base
 case ${DIB_RELEASE} in
     # We are using "=>" as the assignment symbol since "@" "=" etc could be used in the URI itself.
     # Remember, we can't export an array in bash so we use a string instead.
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/environment.d/10-opensuse-distro-name.bash b/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/environment.d/10-opensuse-distro-name.bash
index a9d195eb..6291ed39 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/environment.d/10-opensuse-distro-name.bash
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/opensuse/environment.d/10-opensuse-distro-name.bash
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export DISTRO_NAME=opensuse
 export DIB_RELEASE=${DIB_RELEASE:-42.2}
+export DIB_OPENSUSE_PATTERNS=patterns-openSUSE-base
 case ${DIB_RELEASE} in
     # Old openSUSE releases
     13*) export OPENSUSE_REPO_DIR=openSUSE_${DIB_RELEASE} ;;
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/zypper-minimal/root.d/08-zypper-chroot b/diskimage_builder/elements/zypper-minimal/root.d/08-zypper-chroot
index cb7909ae..9e375494 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/zypper-minimal/root.d/08-zypper-chroot
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/zypper-minimal/root.d/08-zypper-chroot
@@ -71,9 +71,7 @@ sudo mount -t sysfs none $TARGET_ROOT/sys
 # Install filesystem, base and useful tools
 sudo zypper ${ZYPPER_TARGET_OPTS} install ${ZYPPER_INSTALL_OPTS} filesystem
 # Install basic components in order
-sudo zypper ${ZYPPER_TARGET_OPTS} install ${ZYPPER_INSTALL_OPTS} -t pattern base
-# Install a few useful tools
-sudo zypper ${ZYPPER_TARGET_OPTS} install ${ZYPPER_INSTALL_OPTS} python zypper
+sudo zypper ${ZYPPER_TARGET_OPTS} install ${ZYPPER_INSTALL_OPTS} ${DIB_OPENSUSE_PATTERNS} python zypper sudo
 
 # Put in a dummy /etc/resolv.conf over the temporary one we used
 # to bootstrap.  systemd has a bug/feature [1] that it will assume