diff --git a/components/live/mate.xml b/components/live/mate.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..256d752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/live/mate.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+<image>
+  <profiles>
+    <profile name="MATE-Desktop" description="MATE Desktop">
+      <requires profile="Live-Base"/>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+  <preferences profiles="Live-Base">
+    <type image="iso" publisher="Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation" volid="Rocky-ZZVOLVERZZ-MATE" primary="true" flags="dmsquash" firmware="uefi" kernelcmdline="quiet rhgb" mediacheck="false">
+      <bootloader name="grub2" grub_template="grub.tmpl" console="console" timeout="10"/>
+    </type>
+  </preferences>
+  <packages type="image" patternType="plusRecommended" profiles="MATE-Desktop">
+    <package name="NetworkManager-adsl"/>
+    <package name="NetworkManager-bluetooth"/>
+    <package name="NetworkManager-l2tp-gnome"/>
+    <package name="NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome"/>
+    <package name="NetworkManager-openconnect-gnome"/>
+    <package name="NetworkManager-openvpn-gnome"/>
+    <package name="NetworkManager-ovs"/>
+    <package name="NetworkManager-ppp"/>
+    <package name="NetworkManager-pptp-gnome"/>
+    <package name="NetworkManager-team"/>
+    <package name="NetworkManager-wifi"/>
+    <package name="NetworkManager-wwan"/>
+    <package name="atril"/>
+    <package name="atril-caja"/>
+    <package name="atril-thumbnailer"/>
+    <package name="caja"/>
+    <package name="caja-actions"/>
+    <package name="dconf-editor"/>
+    <package name="engrampa"/>
+    <package name="eom"/>
+    <package name="f36-backgrounds-extras-mate"/>
+    <package name="f36-backgrounds-mate"/>
+    <package name="f37-backgrounds-extras-mate"/>
+    <package name="f37-backgrounds-mate"/>
+    <package name="filezilla"/>
+    <package name="firefox"/>
+    <package name="firewall-applet"/>
+    <package name="firewall-config"/>
+    <package name="gjs"/>
+    <package name="gnome-disk-utility"/>
+    <package name="gnome-epub-thumbnailer"/>
+    <package name="gnome-logs"/>
+    <package name="gnome-themes-extra"/>
+    <package name="gparted"/>
+    <package name="gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free"/>
+    <package name="gtk2-engines"/>
+    <package name="gucharmap"/>
+    <package name="gvfs-fuse"/>
+    <package name="gvfs-gphoto2"/>
+    <package name="gvfs-mtp"/>
+    <package name="gvfs-smb"/>
+    <package name="hexchat"/>
+    <package name="initial-setup-gui"/>
+    <package name="libmatekbd"/>
+    <package name="libmatemixer"/>
+    <package name="libmateweather"/>
+    <package name="libreoffice-calc"/>
+    <package name="libreoffice-emailmerge" arch="x86_64"/>
+    <package name="libreoffice-graphicfilter"/>
+    <package name="libreoffice-impress"/>
+    <package name="libreoffice-writer"/>
+    <package name="libsecret"/>
+    <package name="lightdm"/>
+    <package name="lm_sensors"/>
+    <package name="marco"/>
+    <package name="mate-applets"/>
+    <package name="mate-backgrounds"/>
+    <package name="mate-calc"/>
+    <package name="mate-control-center"/>
+    <package name="mate-desktop"/>
+    <package name="mate-dictionary"/>
+    <package name="mate-disk-usage-analyzer"/>
+    <package name="mate-icon-theme"/>
+    <package name="mate-media"/>
+    <package name="mate-menu"/>
+    <package name="mate-menus"/>
+    <package name="mate-menus-preferences-category-menu"/>
+    <package name="mate-notification-daemon"/>
+    <package name="mate-panel"/>
+    <package name="mate-polkit"/>
+    <package name="mate-power-manager"/>
+    <package name="mate-screensaver"/>
+    <package name="mate-screenshot"/>
+    <package name="mate-search-tool"/>
+    <package name="mate-sensors-applet"/>
+    <package name="mate-session-manager"/>
+    <package name="mate-settings-daemon"/>
+    <package name="mate-system-log"/>
+    <package name="mate-system-monitor"/>
+    <package name="mate-terminal"/>
+    <package name="mate-themes"/>
+    <package name="mate-user-admin"/>
+    <package name="mate-user-guide"/>
+    <package name="mate-utils"/>
+    <package name="mozo"/>
+    <package name="network-manager-applet"/>
+    <package name="nm-connection-editor"/>
+    <package name="orca"/>
+    <package name="p7zip"/>
+    <package name="p7zip-plugins"/>
+    <package name="parole"/>
+    <package name="pavucontrol"/>
+    <package name="pipewire-alsa"/>
+    <package name="pipewire-pulseaudio"/>
+    <package name="pluma"/>
+    <package name="pluma-plugins"/>
+    <package name="rocky-backgrounds"/>
+    <package name="rocky-backgrounds-compat"/>
+    <package name="rocky-release"/>
+    <package name="seahorse"/>
+    <package name="seahorse-caja"/>
+    <package name="setroubleshoot"/>
+    <package name="slick-greeter-mate"/>
+    <package name="thunderbird"/>
+    <package name="tigervnc"/>
+    <package name="usermode-gtk"/>
+    <package name="vim-enhanced"/>
+    <package name="wireplumber"/>
+    <package name="xdg-user-dirs-gtk"/>
+    <package name="xmodmap"/>
+    <package name="xrdb"/>
+    <package name="yelp"/>
+    <!-- ignores for space and other things -->
+    <ignore name="audacious"/>
+    <ignore name="brasero"/>
+    <ignore name="evolution-help"/>
+    <ignore name="fedora-icon-theme"/>
+    <ignore name="gnome-icon-theme"/>
+    <ignore name="gnome-icon-theme-symbolic"/>
+    <ignore name="gnome-logs"/>
+    <ignore name="gnome-software"/>
+    <ignore name="gnome-user-docs"/>
+    <ignore name="hplip"/>
+    <ignore name="isdn4k-utils"/>
+    <ignore name="mpage"/>
+    <ignore name="sane-backends"/>
+    <ignore name="systemd-oom-defaults"/>
+    <ignore name="telnet"/>
+    <ignore name="xsane"/>
+    <ignore name="xsane-gimp"/>
+  </packages>
+</image>
diff --git a/components/live/xfce.xml b/components/live/xfce.xml
index 9b42a6c..0f9b1d5 100644
--- a/components/live/xfce.xml
+++ b/components/live/xfce.xml
@@ -57,20 +57,20 @@
     <package name="xfce4-weather-plugin"/>
     <package name="xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin"/>
     <!-- ignores for space and other things -->
-    <ignore name="autofs"/>
     <ignore name="acpid"/>
-    <ignore name="gimp-help"/>
+    <ignore name="aspell-*"/>
+    <ignore name="autofs"/>
     <ignore name="desktop-backgrounds-basic"/>
-    <ignore name="aspell-*"/> <!-- dictionaries are big -->
-    <ignore name="xfce4-sensors-plugin"/>
-    <ignore name="xfce4-eyes-plugin"/>
-    <ignore name="mpage"/>
+    <ignore name="gdm"/>
+    <ignore name="gimp-help"/>
+    <ignore name="gnome-shell"/>
     <ignore name="hplip"/>
     <ignore name="isdn4k-utils"/>
+    <ignore name="mpage"/>
+    <ignore name="sane-backends"/>
+    <ignore name="xfce4-eyes-plugin"/>
+    <ignore name="xfce4-sensors-plugin"/>
     <ignore name="xsane"/>
     <ignore name="xsane-gimp"/>
-    <ignore name="sane-backends"/>
-    <ignore name="gdm"/>
-    <ignore name="gnome-shell"/>
   </packages>
 </image>
diff --git a/configs/rocky-live-mate.xml b/configs/rocky-live-mate.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eed9950
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/rocky-live-mate.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+
+<image schemaversion="7.4" name="Rocky-ZZVERZZ-XFCE" displayname="Rocky Linux MATE ZZVERZZ">
+  <description type="system">
+    <author>Release Engineering (SIG/Core)</author>
+    <contact>releng@rockylinux.org</contact>
+    <specification>Rocky Linux</specification>
+  </description>
+  <preferences>
+    <version>9</version>
+    <packagemanager>dnf</packagemanager>
+    <locale>en_US</locale>
+    <keytable>us</keytable>
+    <timezone>UTC</timezone>
+    <release-version>9</release-version>
+  </preferences>
+  <include from="this://./repositories/core.xml"/>
+  <include from="this://./repositories/epel.xml"/>
+  <include from="this://./components/boot.xml"/>
+  <include from="this://./components/users.xml"/>
+  <include from="this://./components/live/common.xml"/>
+  <include from="this://./components/live/mate.xml"/>
+  <include from="this://./live/mate.xml"/>
+  <packages type="bootstrap">
+    <package name="basesystem"/>
+    <package name="filesystem"/>
+  </packages>
+</image>
diff --git a/live/mate.xml b/live/mate.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12b62db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/live/mate.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<image>
+  <profiles>
+    <profile name="MATE-Live" description="Rocky Linux MATE">
+      <requires profile="Live-Base"/>
+      <requires profile="MATE-Desktop"/>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+  <packages type="bootstrap" patternType="plusRecommended" profiles="MATE-Live">
+    <package name="rocky-release"/>
+  </packages>
+</image>