diff --git a/1690.patch b/1690.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a76d2fbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/1690.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+From bd64894a03628d52be8cbe89b79ef724293d2053 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Lubomír Sedlář <lsedlar@redhat.com>
+Date: Jul 18 2023 06:44:26 +0000
+Subject: ostree: Add configuration for custom runroot packages
+
+
+Signed-off-by: Lubomír Sedlář <lsedlar@redhat.com>
+
+---
+
+diff --git a/doc/configuration.rst b/doc/configuration.rst
+index 3912e47..70a0534 100644
+--- a/doc/configuration.rst
++++ b/doc/configuration.rst
+@@ -1800,6 +1800,8 @@ repository with a new commit.
+     * ``tag_ref`` -- (*bool*, default ``True``) If set to ``False``, a git
+       reference will not be created.
+     * ``ostree_ref`` -- (*str*) To override value ``ref`` from ``treefile``.
++    * ``runroot_packages`` -- (*list*) A list of additional package names to be
++      installed in the runroot environment in Koji.
+ 
+ Example config
+ --------------
+diff --git a/pungi/checks.py b/pungi/checks.py
+index c5ef3f8..3bd334e 100644
+--- a/pungi/checks.py
++++ b/pungi/checks.py
+@@ -1059,6 +1059,9 @@ def make_schema():
+                                         "config_branch": {"type": "string"},
+                                         "tag_ref": {"type": "boolean"},
+                                         "ostree_ref": {"type": "string"},
++                                        "runroot_packages": {
++                                            "$ref": "#/definitions/list_of_strings",
++                                        },
+                                     },
+                                     "required": [
+                                         "treefile",
+diff --git a/pungi/phases/ostree.py b/pungi/phases/ostree.py
+index cbfcd76..90578ae 100644
+--- a/pungi/phases/ostree.py
++++ b/pungi/phases/ostree.py
+@@ -168,7 +168,9 @@ class OSTreeThread(WorkerThread):
+                 ("unified-core", config.get("unified_core", False)),
+             ]
+         )
+-        packages = ["pungi", "ostree", "rpm-ostree"]
++        default_packages = ["pungi", "ostree", "rpm-ostree"]
++        additional_packages = config.get("runroot_packages", [])
++        packages = default_packages + additional_packages
+         log_file = os.path.join(self.logdir, "runroot.log")
+         mounts = [compose.topdir, config["ostree_repo"]]
+         runroot = Runroot(compose, phase="ostree")
+
diff --git a/pungi.spec b/pungi.spec
index e70c561e..e8d38c6f 100644
--- a/pungi.spec
+++ b/pungi.spec
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Summary:        Distribution compose tool
 License:        GPL-2.0-only
 URL:            https://pagure.io/pungi
 Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Patch0:         1690.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  make
 BuildRequires:  python3-pytest
@@ -164,6 +165,9 @@ rm %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/pungi
 * Tue Jul 25 2023 Stepan Oksanichenko <soksanichenko@cloudlinux.com> - 4.3.7-8
 - Option `excluded-packages` for script `pungi-gather-rpms`
 
+* Wed Jul 19 2023 Lubomír Sedlář <lsedlar@redhat.com> - 4.4.0-2
+- Backport ostree runroot package additions
+
 * Mon Jun 19 2023 Python Maint <python-maint@redhat.com> - 4.4.0-2
 - Rebuilt for Python 3.12