diff --git a/fedora-arm-minimal.ks b/fedora-arm-minimal.ks
index f03231a..02af155 100644
--- a/fedora-arm-minimal.ks
+++ b/fedora-arm-minimal.ks
@@ -1,25 +1,6 @@
 %include fedora-arm-base.ks
+%include fedora-minimal-common.ks
 
 part /boot --size=512 --fstype ext4
 part swap --size=256 --fstype swap
 part / --size=1200 --fstype ext4
-
-%packages
--@standard
--initial-setup-gui
--generic-release*
--glibc-all-langpacks
-glibc-langpack-en
-iw
-NetworkManager-wifi
-%end
-
-%post
-
-# setup systemd to boot to the right runlevel
-echo -n "Setting default runlevel to multiuser text mode"
-rm -f /etc/systemd/system/default.target
-ln -s /lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target
-echo .
-
-%end
diff --git a/fedora-disk-base.ks b/fedora-disk-base.ks
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ff9c6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fedora-disk-base.ks
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+# fedora-disk-base.ks
+#
+# Defines the basics for all kickstarts in the fedora-live branch
+# Does not include package selection (other then mandatory)
+# Does not include localization packages or configuration
+#
+# Does includes "default" language configuration (kickstarts including
+# this template can override these settings)
+
+text
+lang en_US.UTF-8
+keyboard us
+timezone US/Eastern
+auth --useshadow --passalgo=sha512
+selinux --enforcing
+firewall --enabled --service=mdns
+services --enabled=NetworkManager,ModemManager --disabled=sshd
+network --bootproto=dhcp --device=link --activate
+rootpw --lock --iscrypted locked
+shutdown
+
+bootloader --timeout=1 --append="no_timer_check console=tty1 console=ttyS0,115200n8"
+
+zerombr
+clearpart --all --initlabel --disklabel=msdos
+autopart --type=plain
+
+# make sure that initial-setup runs and lets us do all the configuration bits
+firstboot --reconfig
+
+services --enabled=sshd,NetworkManager,chronyd,initial-setup
+
+%include fedora-repo.ks
+
+%packages
+@core
+@standard
+@hardware-support
+
+kernel
+# remove this in %post
+dracut-config-generic
+-dracut-config-rescue
+# install tools needed to manage and boot arm systems
+@arm-tools
+rng-tools
+chrony
+bcm283x-firmware
+uboot-images-armv8
+-uboot-images-armv7
+initial-setup
+-iwl*
+-ipw*
+-trousers-lib
+-generic-release*
+
+# make sure all the locales are available for inital0-setup and anaconda to work
+glibc-all-langpacks
+
+# workaround for consequence of RHBZ #1324623: without this, with
+# yum-based creation tools, compose fails due to conflict between
+# libcrypt and libcrypt-nss. dnf does not seem to have the same
+# issue, so this may be dropped when appliance-creator is ported
+# to dnf.
+libcrypt-nss
+-libcrypt
+%end
+
+%post
+
+# Setup Raspberry Pi firmware
+cp -Pr /usr/share/bcm283x-firmware/* /boot/efi/
+cp -P /usr/share/uboot/rpi_3/u-boot.bin /boot/efi/rpi3-u-boot.bin
+
+releasever=$(rpm -q --qf '%{version}\n' fedora-release)
+rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$releasever-primary
+echo "Packages within this disk image"
+rpm -qa
+# Note that running rpm recreates the rpm db files which aren't needed or wanted
+rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*
+
+# remove random seed, the newly installed instance should make it's own
+rm -f /var/lib/systemd/random-seed
+
+dnf -y remove dracut-config-generic
+
+# Disable network service here, as doing it in the services line
+# fails due to RHBZ #1369794
+/sbin/chkconfig network off
+
+# Remove machine-id on pre generated images
+rm -f /etc/machine-id
+touch /etc/machine-id
+
+%end
diff --git a/fedora-disk-minimal.ks b/fedora-disk-minimal.ks
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b37562b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fedora-disk-minimal.ks
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+%include fedora-disk-base.ks
+%include fedora-minimal-common.ks
diff --git a/fedora-minimal-common.ks b/fedora-minimal-common.ks
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42eef06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fedora-minimal-common.ks
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+%packages
+-@standard
+-initial-setup-gui
+-generic-release*
+-glibc-all-langpacks
+glibc-langpack-en
+iw
+NetworkManager-wifi
+%end
+
+%post
+
+# setup systemd to boot to the right runlevel
+echo -n "Setting default runlevel to multiuser text mode"
+rm -f /etc/systemd/system/default.target
+ln -s /lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target
+echo .
+
+%end