diff --git a/apertis-ospack-minimal.yaml b/apertis-ospack-minimal.yaml
index 749a5511722f859dbe9cad3e6871054b43abedd1..e81d8712f56b7e7cfb588598553ee0e02f6c2a54 100644
--- a/apertis-ospack-minimal.yaml
+++ b/apertis-ospack-minimal.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ actions:
     variant: minbase
     keyring-package: apertis-archive-keyring
     keyring-file: keyring/apertis-archive-keyring.gpg
-    merged-usr: false
+    merged-usr: true
 
   # Add image version information
   - action: run