diff --git a/csi-provisioner-image.changes b/csi-provisioner-image.changes
index 187cec6..7777e48 100644
--- a/csi-provisioner-image.changes
+++ b/csi-provisioner-image.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Sep 14 12:40:47 UTC 2020 - Tim Serong <tserong@suse.com>
+
+- Make bootstrap packages optional
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep 11 06:39:23 UTC 2020 - Tim Serong <tserong@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/csi-provisioner-image.xsl b/csi-provisioner-image.xsl
index daf0b1d..03442ec 100644
--- a/csi-provisioner-image.xsl
+++ b/csi-provisioner-image.xsl
@@ -79,17 +79,19 @@
     <package name="csi-external-provisioner"/>
   </packages>
 
-  <packages type='bootstrap'>
+  <xsl:if test="param/packages_boot">
+    <packages type='bootstrap'>
 
-    <xsl:for-each select="param/packages_boot/package">
-      <package>
-        <xsl:attribute name="name">
-          <xsl:value-of select="name" />
-        </xsl:attribute>
-      </package>
-    </xsl:for-each>
+      <xsl:for-each select="param/packages_boot/package">
+        <package>
+          <xsl:attribute name="name">
+            <xsl:value-of select="name" />
+          </xsl:attribute>
+        </package>
+      </xsl:for-each>
 
-  </packages>
+    </packages>
+  </xsl:if>
 
 </image>