diff --git a/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-boot.bbappend b/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-boot.bbappend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86a866a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-boot.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += " \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains('COMBINED_FEATURES', 'initrd', '${INITRD_PACKAGE}', '', d)} \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains('MACHINE_FEATURES', 'fw-update', 'u-boot-fwumdata-config-stm32mp', '', d)}   \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains('MACHINE_FEATURES', 'fw-update', 'bootcount', '', d)}   \
+    "