diff --git a/components/base.xml b/components/base.xml
index 82ae7c9..4b11001 100644
--- a/components/base.xml
+++ b/components/base.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	<profiles>
 		<profile name="Common" description="Common packages"/>
 	</profiles>
-	<packages type="image" profiles="Common">
+	<packages type="image" patternType="plusRecommended" profiles="Common">
 		<namedCollection name="core"/>
 		<namedCollection name="standard"/>
 		<namedCollection name="hardware-support"/>
diff --git a/components/boot.xml b/components/boot.xml
index cff1b92..fbfc799 100644
--- a/components/boot.xml
+++ b/components/boot.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	<profiles>
 		<profile name="BootCore" description="Boot core packages"/>
 	</profiles>
-	<packages type="image" profiles="BootCore">
+	<packages type="image" patternType="plusRecommended" profiles="BootCore">
 		<package name="grub2-efi-aa64" arch="aarch64"/>
 		<package name="grub2-efi-aa64-modules" arch="aarch64"/>
 		<package name="grub2-efi-x64" arch="x86_64"/>
diff --git a/components/desktop-environments.xml b/components/desktop-environments.xml
index 64ad0be..234d046 100644
--- a/components/desktop-environments.xml
+++ b/components/desktop-environments.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 			<requires profile="DesktopCommon"/>
 		</profile>
 	</profiles>
-	<packages type="image" profiles="DesktopCommon">
+	<packages type="image" patternType="plusRecommended" profiles="DesktopCommon">
 		<namedCollection name="base-x"/>
 		<namedCollection name="firefox"/>
 		<namedCollection name="fonts"/>
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
 		<ignore name="@dial-up"/>
 		<ignore name="@guest-desktop-agents"/>
 	</packages>
-	<packages type="image" profiles="GNOME-Desktop">
+	<packages type="image" patternType="plusRecommended" profiles="GNOME-Desktop">
 		<namedCollection name="workstation-product-environment"/>
 		<package name="fedora-release-workstation"/>
 	</packages>
-	<packages type="image" profiles="KDE-Desktop">
+	<packages type="image" patternType="plusRecommended" profiles="KDE-Desktop">
 		<ignore name="@admin-tools"/>
 		<ignore name="gnome-disk-utility"/>
 		<ignore name="system-config-printer"/>
diff --git a/platforms/server.xml b/platforms/server.xml
index eb8929b..bcee7a9 100644
--- a/platforms/server.xml
+++ b/platforms/server.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 			</oemconfig>
 		</type>
 	</preferences>
-	<packages type="image" profiles="Server">
+	<packages type="image" patternType="plusRecommended" profiles="Server">
 		<namedCollection name="container-management"/>
 		<namedCollection name="domain-client"/>
 		<namedCollection name="headless-management"/>