diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 007c3ae6..9424805a 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+* Mon Dec 17 Jesse Keating <jkeating@redhat.com>
+- Always add the core comps group.
+
 * Mon Dec 10 Jesse Keating <jkeating@redhat.com>
 - Use a repoview cache.
 - Change path to isomd5sum
diff --git a/share/rawhide-fedora.ks b/share/rawhide-fedora.ks
index 3b8efd56..85ce6214 100644
--- a/share/rawhide-fedora.ks
+++ b/share/rawhide-fedora.ks
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ repo --name=rawhide-source  --mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirror
 # (@base is added by default unless you add --nobase to %packages)
 %packages
 # core
-@core
 tcsh
 @base-x
 kernel*
diff --git a/src/pypungi/gather.py b/src/pypungi/gather.py
index 2ee070c6..4a7c47f9 100755
--- a/src/pypungi/gather.py
+++ b/src/pypungi/gather.py
@@ -250,6 +250,9 @@ class Gather(pypungi.PungiBase):
         # First remove the excludes
         self.ayum.conf.exclude.extend(self.ksparser.handler.packages.excludedList)
         self.ayum.excludePackages()
+        
+        # Always add the core groiup
+        self.ksparser.handler.packages.add(['@core'])
 
         # Check to see if we need the base group
         if self.ksparser.handler.packages.addBase: