diff --git a/recipes-image/gnome/gnome-base-image.bb b/recipes-image/gnome/gnome-base-image.bb
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-image/gnome/gnome-base-image.bb
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+require recipes-image/console/console-net-image.bb
+require recipes-image/include/x11-base.inc
+
+export IMAGE_BASENAME = "gnome-base-image"
+
+# TBD: move to gdm
+GNOME_DM ?= "sddm"
+
+IMAGE_INSTALL += " \
+    ${X11_BASE_INSTALL} \
+    ${GNOME_DM} \
+    \
+    packagegroup-gnome-desktop \
+    packagegroup-gui-base \
+    \
+    network-manager-applet \
+"
+
+# reenable graphical target
+IMAGE_FEATURES += "x11-base"
diff --git a/recipes-image/gnome/gnome-tiny-image.bb b/recipes-image/gnome/gnome-tiny-image.bb
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+++ b/recipes-image/gnome/gnome-tiny-image.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+require gnome-base-image.bb
+
+export IMAGE_BASENAME = "gnome-tiny-image"
+
+IMAGE_INSTALL += " \
+    packagegroup-gnome-apps \
+    \
+    packagegroup-gui-tiny \
+"
+