diff --git a/conf/machine/smarcimx8m2g.conf b/conf/machine/smarcimx8m2g.conf
index 1084e61..1f0824d 100644
--- a/conf/machine/smarcimx8m2g.conf
+++ b/conf/machine/smarcimx8m2g.conf
@@ -71,9 +71,15 @@ MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += " \
 			   nodejs \
 			   networkmanager \
 			   imx-gpu-viv \
-			   firmware-imx-sdma \
 			   "
 
+# Packages added to all images (including core-image-minimal)
+IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " \
+        firmware-imx-sdma \
+        firmware-imx-epdc \
+        fsl-rc-local \
+        "
+
 IMAGE_FSTYPES = "tar.bz2"
 
 # Ship all kernel modules by default
diff --git a/conf/machine/smarcimx8m4g.conf b/conf/machine/smarcimx8m4g.conf
index 9bcc18b..c206df9 100644
--- a/conf/machine/smarcimx8m4g.conf
+++ b/conf/machine/smarcimx8m4g.conf
@@ -71,9 +71,15 @@ MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += " \
 			   nodejs \
 			   networkmanager \
 			   imx-gpu-viv \
-			   firmware-imx-sdma \
 			   "
 
+# Packages added to all images (including core-image-minimal)
+IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " \
+        firmware-imx-sdma \
+        firmware-imx-epdc \
+        fsl-rc-local \
+        "
+
 IMAGE_FSTYPES = "tar.bz2"
 
 # Ship all kernel modules by default