diff --git a/elements/base/pre-install.d/00-disable-apt-recommends b/elements/base/pre-install.d/00-disable-apt-recommends
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..36c310cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/base/pre-install.d/00-disable-apt-recommends
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Prevent apt from installing recommended packages
+
+dd of=/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/95disable-recommends << _EOF_
+APT::Install-Recommends "0";
+Apt::Install-Suggests "0";
+_EOF_
+
+
diff --git a/elements/base/pre-install.d/00-baseline-tools b/elements/base/pre-install.d/01-baseline-tools
similarity index 100%
rename from elements/base/pre-install.d/00-baseline-tools
rename to elements/base/pre-install.d/01-baseline-tools